Wedding extras

Person_one

Mrshaworth2b wrote: »

I disagree, I've had many a conversation with friends and with family after they have been at a wedding and they have commented on the things like entertainment, waiting around, table arrangement's, flowers, what the bride looked like. Not a lot of people go to a wedding and then just talk about the love between the two stood at the front.

Well, exactly! They remember if it was fun and they had a good time, not how original or different it was!

Person_one

LilElvis wrote: »

I have no idea what a "photo booth" at a wedding looks like. All I can imagine is them hauling in one of those boxes with curtains you see at stations and post offices and guests then queuing to get their passport photos done, plus the group of teens trying to see if 12 can squeeze in at once. Can someone enlighten me?

Yep, that's not far off!

It starts with lovely sensible pictures of granny and granddad holding up a sign that says 'congratulations, but there are usually a few novelty props in there for people to take daft pictures with when they've had enough to drink.

*max*

Photobooths may seems naff, but they are always a lot of fun, provided the machine is there for a good length of time so people don't have to queue up for ages, and the props are plentiful and fun. They're popular for a reason! Who cares if "everyone's doing it"? What matters is that your guests enjoy themselves. If you can afford it, why not? Do what you like and have fun!

gettingtheresometime

I've been to weddings where a book was run, at say £1 a time, on how long the speeches would last.

onlyroz

burlington6 wrote: »

My daughters friends definitely don't want their wedding to be remotely similar to their friends.

It's a competition nowadays

Which is why people feel that they've got to spend silly money like £15-30k on a wedding when this money would be far more usefully put towards a house or a car or whatever.

Throwing money at a wedding doesn't guarantee it'll be good. The best weddings are where you gather your friends and family in a welcoming environment, you don't make them wait around for too long for the ceremony and food etc, and you provide entertainment and music suitable for a wide age range.

It does seem rather childish to spend money on all manner of weird and wacky activities just so that you can get one up on your mates in a strange my-wedding-is-better-than-yours contest.

ciderwithrosie_2

onlyroz wrote: »

Which is why people feel that they've got to spend silly money like £15-30k on a wedding when this money would be far more usefully put towards a house or a car or whatever.

Throwing money at a wedding doesn't guarantee it'll be good. The best weddings are where you gather your friends and family in a welcoming environment, you don't make them wait around for too long for the ceremony and food etc, and you provide entertainment and music suitable for a wide age range.

It does seem rather childish to spend money on all manner of weird and wacky activities just so that you can get one up on your mates in a strange my-wedding-is-better-than-yours contest.

I agree. The nicest weddings I've been to are the lower cost, simpler ones, and even ones where everyone pitches in to help - auntie makes the cake, a friend with a posh car drives you etc. It makes it so much more personal, not ones where it feels like everything's micro managed. It's almost like 'you damn well will all enjoy yourselves because we've spent all this money' - if that's the case, why not hire a load of actors to play your 'relatives and friends' so you can guarantee an appreciative and interactive audience.

LilElvis

gettingtheresometime wrote: »

I've been to weddings where a book was run, at say £1 a time, on how long the speeches would last.

At least it wasn't how long the marriage would last :eek:

gayleygoo

We went to a wedding that had an "instant photobooth", that was supervised by a hired person (I assume to make sure nobody did anything too stupid) and it was brilliant fun, with props and everything. The attendant let us keep whatever photos we wanted to and stuck others into an album for the bride and groom to keep.

Another photobooth was more DIY, with a camera on a tripod and a box of props. Also great fun

There was a bouncy castle at that wedding too, which was brilliant for children and adults!

ecgirl07

Check out a secret singing waiter, I was at a wedding recently and it fair put energy in to the lull between the meal and the reception getting going! At the wedding only the couple knew so everyone was surprised when it all kicked off!

codemonkey

Chairs. The last couple of weddings I've been at have had a lot of waiting around in areas with little seating. Standing around in heels for hours is not fun, especially if like one of them, we were sent to wait in a stuffy hallway with nowhere for coats (winter wedding so everyone had big coats) and nowhere to get drinks for hours. That wedding I only remember in a negative way as it put everyone in a grumpy mood because we were tired, hot and thirsty - I didn't drink alcohol at this time and I would have killed for a glass of water. Plus the ceremony was looong, and went on for an hour after they were declared man and wife and the speeches were even longer, so I'm guessing their theme was boredom. So I guess what I'm trying to say, is keep the actual thing short and give people chairs and water in the betweeney bits.

I went to one in the summer that had a kind of vintagey fair theme, with cocktails served in tea cups and hot dogs, candy floss and popcorn. That was kind of fun.