The Stress Free Guide To Greeting Your Wedding Guests
The receiving line has been a hot topic lately when our couples come in to go over the details of their wedding day. It has been a tradition for years to greet your wedding guests as they enter the venue. But the reception line is not the be all and end all when it comes to receiving lines. Many couples are finding this to be a hindrance in one way or another with their wedding timeline. If you are expecting a large number of people you can expect a reception line to last anywhere from 1-2 hours. With that in mind, we would like to discuss ways in which you can have a receiving line at different times within your wedding day. As well we will discuss NOT have a receiving line at all…crazy as that may sound to your mother.
As wedding photographers we fell that the best time to have a receiving line is after the ceremony. Guest can line up and congratulate the bride and groom as well as their parents. Whomever is the host leads the receiving line. This is of course the bride and groom or the parents. This can take up to a few hours but will be made less stressful with drinks and hors d’oeuvres, if this is possible. For us we can capture great candid images of everyone’s joy and tear filled faces.
The second best option would be not having a receiving line at all. But before you freak out and call us names we have a very good option to use instead. The table hop during dinner is a less formal way of getting to talk to each and everyone of your wedding guests. You can take as long as you want with anyone without feeling the pressure of a line forming behind them. You can fit these “hops” in between courses during dinner as you cannot go through all the tables within 15-30 minutes, especially with over 100 guests.
Our goal as one of your trusted wedding vendors is to keep the stress level as low as possible. These two options can help you stay calm cool and collected. As the bride and groom you have the right in choosing how and when you greet your wedding guests. It can be right after the ceremony or dinner during and doesn’t have to be as everyone enters the venue. This is especially useful if you would like your first dance to be the first glimpse the guests get of the bride and groom. FYI…if your mom gets mad you didn’t hear any of this from us.
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