How to Plan Wedding Receptions With Your Spouse

As soon as you say “yes” to the big question, you automatically know when and where you will be married. You have thought about it your whole life, but the part of the fantasy that often escapes little girls is the planning of wedding receptions. There is a lot involved, and the planning must begin immediately. There are three ways to go with the celebration depending on the size of your wedding party.
If you are having the ceremony at a church of which you are a long time member, the establishment will probably be happy to host the after party in their fellowship hall. Depending on your church and your involvement, there may be ministry who se job it is help brides with the planning of the events. You may have the kitchen, the stage, and even a musician and a volunteer photographer at your disposal included in the price of renting the hall for the night. It may even be free, but if you are looking beyond your place of worship, there is much more involved.

First, you need to find a place. Often the rental fee of the location included only the right to use the facility. This leaves you, depending on how you view the event, with either the excitement or the burden of decorating and finding a caterer, a photographer, and DJ or a band, and if you have specific people in mind, this may be the way to go, but you should know that there is a stress free easy way out to the planning of your celebration.

Look for a company who is in the wedding receptions business. Even if you insist on using your own location for the vow part of the ceremony, there are businesses that are glad to take the reins of your planning. You can be as involved as you would like, or you can just arrive on the day of the event for a party being thrown in your honor. Most brides will fall somewhere in between the two extremes, and a venue that is in the business of planning such extravaganzas will know how to handle either.

Although it seems a little reverse, the one thing you may want to do first is to consider the availability of your reception venue prior to booking the place for the actual wedding. Churches usually host one event per weekend or per day at the most whereas a place in the business of wedding receptions can have a gig o two a day, so you are more likely to have a successful booking if you work in reverse. Other than that minor piece of advice, working with a reception venue will certainly take the stress out of what should be one of the most memorable times in your life. Hand over the reins and enjoy the celebration of your vows. That really is what this moment is about.