AboutGary & Teri Expertise My main specialties are invitations, catering, and banquet locations or in general, wedding receptions. Started as a family business over 75 years ago I now own and operate a catering & banquet facility for over 30 years and have catered small cookout events to large formal ones with everything in between. I even had an event that was attended by the President of the United States. I have been involved with over three thousand weddings and have been told that I have seen and done it all. I must reply almost, because something new always pops up.
Experience I have preformed almost every service needed at a reception from invitations, hosting and catering the event to photographing, dj and honeymoon plans with the latter being special circumstances. I have worked and hosted weddings up to 750 guest and other functions up to two thousand. With well over 30 years experiance of consulting with brides I have seen much of what works and does not.
I have also been involved with many business and orginizational functions and also have been listed in "Who's Who" business and executive edition.
Question We have chosen to nix a formal wedding but would like to have a wedding celebration and somehow, get married in the middle. I'd like to just have all of the guests make a circle and my fiance and I come to the middle with the officiant and get married.
I'm just having trouble deciding what type of invitation to send... wedding invitation? Wedding celebration? Invite them to a party then just say surprise?
Any ideas are very much appreciated!
Answer Hi Tiffany, it sounds like you want to get married at your reception location. If that is the case make the invitation just like any other inviting them to the wedding but the location will be the reception location. The only thing different is how your seating is done and your guest will find out that when they get there.
Also you can put reception immediately following.
