Weddings are expensive affairs and one couple on a budget decided to save money on a reception by asking their guests to join them after dinner at a nightclub.
A friend of the groom, who wasn’t a fan of this “stupid idea” took to Reddit to share her frustration.
“My husband has a friend who is getting married next year,” she begins.
“He and his fiancee have booked a beautiful mansion in an expensive area for the ceremony and dinner. However, the venue does not allow music after 9pm and, to save money, they actually have no music at all.
“So instead of dancing and socializing after dinner, the couple asks guests to leave at 9 and join them at a crowded nightclub in another part of town at their own expense for dancing and drink.”
“This takes the cake!”
The woman says the couple are calling this part of their wedding day the reception, although she says she can’t believe guests will be eager to go.
“The nightclub is one of those places with a steep cover charge where people line up to get in. I think this is such a stupid idea that I can’t understand the guests accompanying it.
“I thought I’d heard everything, but this takes the cake.”
Hundreds of commenters had their say on whether this was a good idea with one saying how they attended a wedding without realizing it when a local bride and groom hosted their reception in a similar fashion.
“I once went to a Great Gatsby themed night at a great local bar with a nice seating area,” the user writes of her quirky wedding experience.
“What I didn’t know until after I paid the cover charge was that it was a wedding reception and the couple had opened it up to the public with a cover charge to reimburse some of the expenses but didn’t notify the other guests. . I knew some people there, but not the couple. It was very strange to have random people come up and ask how we knew the couple.”
Another commenter had a difficult experience at their brother and sister-in-law’s wedding where there was a distinct lack of planning.
“They were supposed to be out of their place by 9pm, but as they were heavy drinkers and wanted to keep the party going, they had a party at a local bar and club but failed to notice that the guests they had to pay. for drinks or that there was a cover charge.
“They also did not notify the bar in advance to expect a sudden influx of nearly 100 people. They just ‘assumed’ everything would be fine… Needless to say, it wasn’t.”
“An after party at a bar – that was closed”
Another user had an even worse experience at a friend’s wedding that involved a walk on a cold winter night to a closed hotel bar.
“They planned an after party at a bar and even put it on the invitations. There was a group taking people there… we lost people trying to find the place. We got to the bar… it was completely dark because they were closed.
“The happy couple didn’t think to contact the bar about having dozens of people there for an after party and just assumed it would be open.”
An older person commenting on this budget-saving approach said that it only works for certain guests and that maybe some couples had different priorities.
“I’m old and the last time I went to a wedding the dance floor didn’t open until 10pm and I had an hour’s drive home so I left very upset and didn’t get to dance. You have to drive across town, park, stand in line and pay a cover charge when the wedding is over at 9pm? Absolutely not, I’m going home to sleep.
“One of my pet peeves is when couples clearly focus on things that will look good in photos and save the basics for their guests. Like you couldn’t dip into the flower budget and hire a DJ and a venue for a few hours?”
“We paid for a round of shots”
Finally, one poster showed how this kind of local bar wedding could actually be done well with a little extra planning.
“At my wedding, we had an after party in an Irish pub with live music,” the poster explains.
“We paid for a party bus to transport our guests to the pub, and we also booked a section at the back of the bar so guests had somewhere to sit. We also paid for a round of shots that awaited our guests upon arrival.
“We paid for all their drinks during our 2 hour cocktail ‘hour’ and all drinks while we waited for dinner. We also paid for and provided drinks for friends on the party bus. We were only in the pub for about an hour and a half but our guests loved it.
“I don’t think having an after party at a club or pub is difficult per se, but I think it’s important to make sure guests have transport and they don’t have to wait in line/pay cover charges .”
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