Destination Wedding-Reception Ideas

Hi-We are also having a destination wedding in Vegas in October. We are planning on having a reception when we return. We are thinking of having a dessert and champagne reception. I am still undecided about wearing my dress to the reception. My Mom wants me to so that she can see me in my dress since she isn`t able to go to Vegas with us.

It is customary to wear your wedding dress to the reception, as most destination weddings are not as formal. It gives those who couldn`t be there an idea of how beautiful you looked. If you have a very formal dress and neither of you wants to dress in all of that again, you can have one of your wedding portraits blown up to a large size for display purposes and wear a very nice suit or informal dress with your FH dressed in a suit or something to match the formality of your dress. But since your Mother can`t be there it would be nice for her to see you in your gown.

You don`t have to go with all of the traditions that come with a reception such as the chicken dance and so on. You can have a DJ without a dance floor or design your own CD`s for the music to play throughout the reception with no interruption. And it is completely up to you whether you throw a bouquet/garter and so on. But the cake cutting should stay. It`s a nice gesture that others truly enjoy seeing.

My FH and I are forgoing the DJ, dancing, bouquet toss and garter for our celebration. Neither one of us would have fun with it. But we are still cutting the cake together.

As for food, again that`s up to you. It depends on your budget, location, the time of day, number of guests and so on. I`d discuss it with your FH and both sets of parents to see what they might be expecting as well as what their financial contributions towards the party may be. Good Luck.