I think a buffet-style reception should be a lot cheaper. Plus, it givs you the oppportunity to offer more variety to your guests. I don't plan to use a seating chart.
When doing my research, I did find that buffet style receptions are much cheaper than sit down dinners. I am having a buffet style, and also creating a seating chart. I will not place each guest in specific seats, only at specific tables.
It'll cost me more if I let them fools serve themselves! Some of the nurses from my church have offered to work the buffet stations serving the food for me!
I'm doing a buffet reception. I don't think I'm going to assign seats or tables outside of the parents and head table. I have too many "special" people who feel that they are so important and constantly go their own way (nothing malicious thank God, just different).
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We also decided on buffet. It actually cost us the same for sit down or buffet. But buffet gave us more menu options. We also created a seating chart to keep kind of keep order.
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Re: Buffet Receptions
Posted on: 09/18/2007 12:42 PM
You will save a lot with a buffet vs. per plate reception. We're having a buffet, we're doing the table chart, but we're not assigning seats. As long as they know which table they're in, it will all work out very smoothly.
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Re: Buffet Receptions
Posted on: 10/11/2007 12:48 PM
We did a buffet, but no seating charts, except for seating our parents and grandparents. We didn't have much trouble for that. I think that buffets are cheaper and even cheaper if its lunch time. Its really cheap at a restauraunt or hotel because they get deals on food. I found that private caterers are not that much cheaper than the buffet because they don't get as great a discount, plus they have to include staffing in the overhead and your cost.... Full-time staffers at hotels and restaurant are paid their usual hourly wage because they are already employed usually full-time or part-time at the facility...With private caterers they are often PT so they will ask for 100+ per staff person so they can make their money, unless the pvt caterer is completely full time with full time staffers-then they are no different from a hotel's catering department.
i am hoping everyone will mingle so i'm not doing a seating chart. we are doing heavy h'orderves in a buffet style, i think it will work out nicely. i want a mingling kind of feel, not so much formality
We did a buffet-style reception. We accidentally did not do any seating charts -- (actually I did, but I left them home the day of the wedding). It worked out fine though. All of our guests had a great time and everything flowed very smoothly.
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Remember Abeni, there are no stupid questions!! But yes, you are correct. Well I haven't gone through the process yet, but this is what I plan to do. I am having a buffet style reception with a seating chart, just to assign each person to a specific table. Some people assign specific tables and seats, but I don't really care about the specific seats.
We're doing pictures of us in special places for table names (i.e. Columbus Park, Buckingham Fountain, etc.).
Question: For those that did or plan to do a buffet, did you have place settings with real china or just a stack of plastic plates at the beginning of the stations?
Future ...I'm doing the stack of plates thing ...but it'll be a little nicer than it sounds .. :) I laughed when I saw ..."or just a stack of plastic plates at the beginning of the stations?"
However, I am using the table naming, and was just going to ask my sisters for some creative names ...I've started off with Mistle Toe, Sugar Cookie, Warm Chocolate ... I have about 16 tables ...
I'l probably do the plastic plate thing. Unless someone is going to open their wallet and pay for anything other than that, I'm not worry about what they say.
Plat, good to have you there with me! Since the plates won't be on the table I figured it didn't matter. My MOH was not fond of the idea though! I'll have the clear plastic plates and keep it moving. Who cares what the holder looks like as long as you're eating a good meal!
This was a great idea ... I went to this site ... http://www.cresourcei.org/cy12days.html ...and found out I'm getting married on the 3rd day of Christmas ...Three French Hens
The Three Theological Virtues: 1) Faith, 2) Hope, and 3) Love (1 Corinthians 13:13). How awesome ... and I checked this list I can use 12 tables w/o craming anyone!
Rhony I'm over here crying out of pure happiness! No way that we planned it like that ...but I wouldn't have it NO other way ...December 28th is perfect for us!
Thanks for bringing the 12 days of Christmas to my attention, not only for table names, but I also learn something -ALOT actually ...and made me love the day we chose even more. THANKS AGAIN LADIES!
They sure do, they even have plastic forks and spoons that look like the real thing to. They use that for banquets and things at the university where I work.
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