Should I Rent Portable Dance Floor?

I'm trying to plan a low-budget outdoor wedding for next year. There will only be a maximum of 50 guests, most of them family members. My family isn't known for getting up and dancing so would it be horrible for me not to rent a dance floor? Will that make the few guests who may like to dance.... [Read more]

Destination Wedding/At Home Reception

We are planning a small wedding (16 people) on an island far away from home. Exactly a month after our wedding day, my parents are having a reception at their house. It will be in their large backyard with a tent, decorated banquet tables and chairs. We'll have a nice dinner (which we're.... [Read more]

Is a canopy sufficient or should we rent a wedding tent with sides?

I've scoured the site and conducted several searches to no avail. My husband and I married in February, out of state, with only 15 guests. The plan has always been to have a large reception-type party on his parents farm (read: plenty of room) this summer. The invitation list is approximately 240.... [Read more]

Unequal attention for both parents - financial - Help

My future MIL is not a cooperative person and relies on her children heavily for finacial help. We are going to pay for her expenses to our destination wedding in October (as her other son is doing for his Hawaii wedding in June). If we didn't pay for this she wouldn't come to the wedding. We.... [Read more]

Lighting of the unity candle with divorced parents

My parents were divorced 18 years ago. My step-mother and my father raised me (and are paying for the wedding), although my mother still had visitation rights and I still see her regularly. I would like to have the lighting of the unity candle as part of my ceremony, but I'm not quite sure how to.... [Read more]