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dbrcymry
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 Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:22 pm Post subject: Are you hosting a wedding brunch? |
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| Most of our guests are flying in from out of town for our Saturday night wedding and then leaving sometime on Sunday afternoon. And some aren't leaving until Monday. We have been getting questions about a brunch, so I guess we are going to do some sort of a continental brunch around 10:30 AM at the hotel ----more $$ I had not planned. I am going to try to negotiate some sort of a deal with the hotel since I know they will not allow us to bring in food from off the premises. Has anyone else done this? Is this required? Any ballpark figures on the cost? There can be no liquor served due to state liquor laws. Thanks for your help. |
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melouofs3640
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| Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:42 pm Post subject: Are you hosting a wedding brunch? |
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| I think something light like fruit salad and muffins would work with juice and coffee. You don't need to go crazy, but I think something is in order. We are hosting a welcome dinner the night before our destination wedding, as obviously everyone is in from out of town. I think doing something extra for those who've gone the extra mile to attend your wedding is a great thing to do. |
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RB4857
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| Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:03 pm Post subject: Are you hosting a wedding brunch? |
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| Many of my friends have hosted brunches the morning after the wedding. It's just a chance for the parents of the couple to see the out of town guests once more. It's mainly done at the parents' homes for their family and friends that came from out of town. The bride and groom aren't usually around for this event. It's just mom and dad visiting with friends. My son's grandparents and family all stayed at a hotel where they got free breakfast. So instead of having them to our house the next morning, we just joined them at the hotel and put some tables together and enjoyed one last visit before they went home. Our son and his bride were on the plane out of town. |
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May312008
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| Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:24 pm Post subject: Are you hosting a wedding brunch? |
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| I'm in a similar position - Saturday night wedding and lots of out of town guests. A lot of our guests want the brunch but my fiance and I seriously do not have one extra dime to host it. As a compromise, we're having a buy your own post wedding brunch at a local restaurant. We've talked to our guests about it in person and everyone thinks it's a fine idea. |
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MK9140
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| Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:44 pm Post subject: Are you hosting a wedding brunch? |
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We have some out of towners too, but if we do decide to do a brunch, everyone would need to buy thier own meal. Geez, we will have already spent a bunch on the wedding and then to have to pay for everyone to eat again! Yikes! All I really had in mind was to meet up with my parents and say good bye before we go on our honeymoon. I think it's whatever you want to do.  That's what we are doing anyways, it's our day! |
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Stacey
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:05 am Post subject: Are you hosting a wedding brunch? |
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| Nope. I'm sleeping in and then opening presents with just our families. But I only have a few people who'd be flying in. |
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MelB2343
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:25 am Post subject: Are you hosting a wedding brunch? |
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| We had lots of out of town guests for our wedding as well. Lucky for me, my in-laws insisted on hosting the brunch the next day. We used a Hilton hotel to block the rooms and they gave us a deal since we had so many (around 60 rooms, 100+ guests). The brunch was 35$ per person (+ tax and gratuity) and was actually very delicious. This included an omelet station, chafing dishes of bacon, sausage, french toast and breakfast potatoes, and a huge spread of muffins, breads, bagels, croissants, fruits platters and cereals (hot and cold). There was also a beverage station of juices, milk, tea and coffee. The hotel gave us two servers to clean up used plates and refill coffee cups too. We didn't have a set time limit, but we allotted 3 hours (9AM-noon) It was hard to anticipate how many people would attend the brunch, so the hotel made us guarantee at least 50 people, we ended up with almost double that. My mother in law slipped the maitre'd a hundred bucks and he only charged us for 70 people. In answer to your question of is it required? Absolutely not, but if you can afford it, your guests will certainly appreciate it. I think my in-laws paid around $2,900 for the whole thing, but it might be more or less depending on where you live, we are in the suburbs of NYC. |
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jingledelz0456
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| Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:46 am Post subject: Are you hosting a wedding brunch? |
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| Yup we're doing a Sunday brunch from 10.30 onwards. We've made this a very casual day so that we can properly catch up with everyone. My fiance's uncle will be cooking a BBQ breakfast, so it will be relatively cheap for us. Sunday Brunch is supposed to be a casual fun day! Why not try having a BBQ breakfast? |
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