Help needed for friend! Guests leaving after cocktail hour and not staying for dinner.

Hi! My friend is getting married at Westbury Manor in two weeks and she needs help. Her cocktail hour is from 1-2pm and the reception is from 2-6pm. She has two friends that are staying for the cocktail hour and want to stay for her entrance and then leave at 3pm. Obviously they are not staying for dinner. What does she do? She wanted them to just leave right after cocktail hour but that isn't happening. She didn't want to pay for two place settings at a table when they won't be eating/staying.

Any advice? Thank you in advance! :)

Help needed for friend! Guests leaving after cocktail hour and not staying for dinner.

Hmmmm...Can they hide near another table and stand near a corner or the bar and then leave????

Help needed for friend! Guests leaving after cocktail hour and not staying for dinner.

I don't think she can ask them to leave earlier. Like the other poster said, maybe she can ask them politely to hang in the back or share a seat with a friend from the hour?

Help needed for friend! Guests leaving after cocktail hour and not staying for dinner.

Seriously? That is not ok. She should just tell them not to come at all.

Help needed for friend! Guests leaving after cocktail hour and not staying for dinner.

I have someone in my family that does not attend receptions but will be there for my actual ceremony as well. I feel like this situation is difficult- because they may very well be giving enough money to cover their plates- but maybe she can talk to the venue and let them know two people are not attending dinner and are ONLY coming from 2-3 (so they think they are missing cocktail hour) and are only able to attend for the hour (no meals are needed) and see if they can pull in an extra two chairs or what the venue can offer. I would be honest and ask the venue for advice and explain she doesn't want to spend the extra money for people who won't be there. I would avoid telling them they are staying for cocktail hour though because then they may want her to pay something. :D