Children at Wedding

Is it rude to only invite my FI's nieces and nephews to the wedding and not all of the other guests' children? We have a lot of people coming in from out of town and I'm not sure if I should be providing a babysitter at the hotel. The Watermill has the bridal suite that I can use as a nursery, but would I be charged for the children then, per head?

I think its fine

We're only inviting my fiance's niece and nephew (they're in the wedding party) and my cousins (I didn't want to invite them but my dad wanted me too). No one else is invited with children. The exception would be if any of FI's family comes over from Europe, I would extend invitations to the kids.

What I am doing

We are only inviting our nieces and nephews (all in bridal party) and FH's cousin from Canada has a 3 year old that is allowed to come. You are not expected to invite children to a wedding but it is a nice gesture if you can find a babysitter to help out-of-town guests with their children for the night. I would not use the bridal suite because then the parents will have to go in and out all night or the kids will want to 'go see Mommy'. Plus you will have to pay for food for them. My place takes 30% off for children, mainly because they do not drink alchol. I would suggest hiring a babysitter (girl or two in your area)to go to the hotel. Have the children in one room or two rooms. They can watch movies, eat dinner and get into their PJs without any problems. Also, the parents can then enjoy themselves without worrying. You can offer to pay the babysitter if you want or send a basket full of popcorn, candy, goodie bags for each child. I hope this helps

Children at Wedding - what we did

We invited only the children we are close with that included nieces, nephews, the son of one of my friends, our godchildren and my cousins kids. Watermill charged us full price on kids over 12 (I think) and a reduced rate for the other kids that 'were fed' (60%?)the little ones were free. We had a seat for them and they ate at the cocktail hour and maybe some of their parents dinner. (I think I used age 5 as the cut off)

We are having children at Watermill

Ours is a wedding of only 50 people, and 8-10 are chilren and are all my FH's nephew's and nieces. I was concerned about having them once I chose the Watermill, but the main idea of having our wedding is to have immediate family and friends. And, it's an afternoon wedding, so hopefully it'll be OK.

Children at Wedding

Our hall (Sans Souci) only charges $20 per kid (12 & under) once we meet our minimum. They get the same food as the adults, except their entree is chicken fingers instead of the fancy chicken or beef or fish dish. (I kinda wish I was getting chicken fingers. I love them! :-D) We are only inviting my cousin and my fiancee's 2 cousins. Pretty much everyone else with kids live in the tri state area, so I'm planning on them arranging for their own babysitter.

Children at Wedding - Nina

I know what you mean, kids will be kids. Honestly it was not problem. Watermill was very accomodating with them. My SIL told me we haved one very picky niece that didnt want her chicken fingers for dinner after she orderd them. She really liked some of the cocktail food so they brought some out to her! I didnt know about this until about a week later. Overll the kids were fine - the little ones really enjoyed dancing and two of the teens (my DH's niece and my Godson) now have an email romance going on!

Children at Wedding

How much did the Watermill charge for children?

Children at Wedding

Ours in only a 50 person guest list. So, after we meet the minimum 50 people, I think it's kids 4-10 that are charged 2/3 of the price per head. This is more than I am happy with though, b/c when I went to the Swan Club it was 1/2. But I haven't heard one bad thing about the Watermill, so I'm satisfied.