I can’t believe you are charging your guests! By tradition the bride’s family pay for the wedding including the reception, whereas the grooms family pays for rehearsal dinner, including food, drink, lodging, and transportation, as-well-as all Corsages and boutonnières for the wedding party. The groom pays for the engagement ring and the brides wedding ring, while the brides family pays for the grooms wedding ring!
Againn, this is ALL traditional, and nowadays you can do whatever seems right and fair to you, including charging people for their reception dinner, apparently!
the one who plans the wedding pays. the guests bring gifts. that's the way for the to treat everyone to and celebrate what would be the point for guests paying. I guests payed would they also need to bring a gift? never been to a wedding where a guest has to pay their meal and never heard of it.
No one, and I mean no one should have to pay to attend your wedding. They didn't choose for you to get married. It also creates a massive rift in your family and social circle. Despite what social media tells you, you don't HAVE to have a princess wedding. make it something fun on the riverbank with a cookout or something. I find cheaper is usually better as there's less social stress to the whole event and no one is out an arm and a leg.
The bride's family foots the bill, unless the groom or his family want to chip in.
The people at the reception are invited guests and you expect them to pay? If I invite someone to my house for a few beers, at the end of the evening I'm not going to hand them a bill.
If you can't afford to feed someone then don't invite them.
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u At least in Western type weddings, whoever is hosting the wedding pays for everything. Guests should not have to pay or anything except a gift.
u The usual arrangement is that guests are not charged anything to attend the reception. If you have a catered meal for 120 people or more, it quickly becomes very pricey!
If you invite people who love you, the guests will donate more than the cost of their food and bar fees.
WTF are you both doing?
The whole point of a reception is to INVITE people you want to partake the company of, and they want to partake yours. The "charge" is their gift.
By placing a fee you are in effect just planning a party, and asking them to split the bill
No no no no no. No. If they need to pay to be there, don’t invite them. But if you’re gonna charge them, give them the bill after they’ve finished eating - that way they’re either wasted and are willing to pay anything or they’ve had their silverware taken away already so they can’t use it as a weapon.
The families pay for the wedding, traditionally the bride's family. However, due to the high cost of "fancy" weddings, both families have been contributing in recent years. Expecting or asking your guests to pay is rather low-class. Bridesmaids and groomsmen usually pay for their gowns and tuxedos, and that's a big expense too if you go that route.
I've never had to pay for a reception. I have however paid for tux rental when I was actually in the wedding. I received a gift from the groom, but it was a small token compared to price of the tux.
When we got married, my husband stents chipped in money towards the reception bill and my husband and I paid the rest. Typically those we invited provided a wedding gift.
I think it is the height of ratchet to make GUESTS pay for anything. They are GUESTS meaning you are their host. It's unfathomable to me how people do this. If you can't afford GUESTS, elope.
Tradition has the bride's family pay for it. Sucks to be a couple with five girls and no boys. And by the way, how much is your dowry?
I would pay for everyone at my wedding. But that might be unique? I'm not rich, but I could hypothetically afford a wedding.
I'd never make guests pay, I'd be embarassed.
My hubby, my self. And our parents paid because it was a big wedding.
Who's ever wedding it is should be footing the bill.
Charging to go to a wedding? This is new to me.
The person who pays for the wedding also pays for the food.
Unless things have changed host is responsible for food fees.
Usually the bride and groom pay for their guests
Guests should not have to pay and you should not invite more than you can afford to spend.
In laws pay and you don’t charge guests lol. They’re giving you wedding gifts and you charge them? 🤷♂️
I have Never heard of someone having to pay a “Buffet Fee” at a Wedding. Usually the Gifts is what people get in return for the Food!
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