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When you are deciding where to host your wedding, you may find that it is most convenient to have the entire event take place in one location. For some couples, having the ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception all in one spot is the simplest and easiest option. This is a look at how you can combine the three distinct sentences of a wedding in one venue, while ensuring that each part feels distinct and special.
A lot depends on the layout of your venue. The most challenging situation to sort out is when you have one big room to use for the ceremony, cocktails, and reception. This is likely to be the case in a loft setting or a lodge, although many other venues may have a similar set up. The one thing you should try to avoid is having guests see the reception space before the ceremony. It will definitely take away from the big reveal of your gorgeous centerpieces and other reception decorations. The best scenario is one where the space is divided up so that the ceremony area is closest to the door through which guests will enter. From there, they should move to the cocktail hour area, with the reception section being the farthest back.
This ideal scenario is not always practical, so other solutions should be thought. If the lay out of your wedding site will require guests to pass the reception area on the way to the ceremony, create a hallway out of draperies to hide the dinner area from view. That will preserve the big reveal after the cocktail hour. It is also a nice way to delineate the spaces for the three phases of your wedding. When the cocktail hour ends, guests can be escorted into the dinner area behind the curtains or the curtains can be rolled back. Be sure to think about how you can reserve an entranceway so that the newlyweds will have their grand entrance to the reception. It is a special moment when the bride and groom march into the wedding dinner together, especially if she has changed into a party dress with fabulous crystal chandelier earrings.
Hotels are another popular site for all-in-one weddings. They are often fairly easy to divide up into the three phases of a wedding. You may have the ceremony in one room, the cocktails in an adjoining room, and the reception in an adjunct ballroom. Some hotels will set up the cocktail hour in a hallway between the ceremony and dinner rooms. This can be okay, as long as the hallways is very wide, and you can provide some seating. Do not let the hotel talk you into this plan if you are likely to end up with bottlenecks of people crammed together around the cocktail stations! Your guests in all their finest dresses and crystal earrings will not appreciate being squished together like a bunch of fancy sardines!
Perhaps the most ideal set up is one where an outdoor space will be available. It can work to have the ceremony in one room, then invite the guests out to a beautiful veranda for cocktails. While they are on the veranda, the ceremony room can then be turned over for the dinner. This quick change act requires a fair amount of staff and a simple enough design plan, so be sure that there would actually be enough time for it to be completed. Last but not least, consider a wedding location that has enough outdoor space to host all three parts of the event outside. You could say your vows in an area with a beautiful view, move to a patio for cocktails, and then into a tent for the dinner part of the wedding. While having your wedding in one venue can take a bit of creative planning, it can also be a very convenient way to keep the fun of the day going without interference.
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Source by Laura Firenze
