RD help..

do you need to do assigned seating?
do you make toasts?

and do you 'present' the gifts?? like should i have a table for them @ the restaurant? ( i dont know about this one)

do you give favors?

HELP!

*just a side note - my rd will consist of more than just bp. there will be all immediate families and ppl from oot. we expect about 60 ppl*

I am not doing assigned seating.

From what I heard you give the gifts out to the bridal party and parents granparents etc...

No favors needed

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Posted by mtdr1106

do you need to do assigned seating?
do you make toasts?

and do you 'present' the gifts?? like should i have a table for them @ the restaurant? ( i dont know about this one)

do you give favors?

HELP!

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Favors- NO! What for?? They will get them at the wedding lol

assigned seating-i dont think so-ppl know who they want to sit w/.....

i would pu tthe gifts in a box, thats it....

and my moh/best man did not give a speech-the wedding is better for that!

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Posted by JeanineHubert

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Posted by mtdr1106

do you need to do assigned seating?
do you make toasts?

and do you 'present' the gifts?? like should i have a table for them @ the restaurant? ( i dont know about this one)

do you give favors?

HELP!

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Favors- NO! What for?? They will get them at the wedding lol

assigned seating-i dont think so-ppl know who they want to sit w/.....

i would pu tthe gifts in a box, thats it....

and my moh/best man did not give a speech-the wedding is better for that!

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are me & matty expected to? how about parents or something?

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Posted by mtdr1106

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Posted by JeanineHubert

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Posted by mtdr1106

do you need to do assigned seating?
do you make toasts?

and do you 'present' the gifts?? like should i have a table for them @ the restaurant? ( i dont know about this one)

do you give favors?

HELP!

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Favors- NO! What for?? They will get them at the wedding lol

assigned seating-i dont think so-ppl know who they want to sit w/.....

i would pu tthe gifts in a box, thats it....

and my moh/best man did not give a speech-the wedding is better for that!

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are me & matty expected to? how about parents or something?

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i had a more casual one in my backyard bc my in laws did cack.... lmao

but i didnt feel we had/parents had to either-just drink n eat ! lol

Def NO on the favors & assigned seating...people will just sit wherever.

I have been to rehearsal dinners wher bride & groom thanked the bridal party & thier parents-but it was very brief...just a few words.

Assigned seating??? Umm, nope. The seating chart for the wedding itself is enough work for one bride to do!

Favors?? Again, nope. The guest will get favors at the wedding itself. Do you really need an extra expense?

Gifts? No extra table necessary unless they are so big that they don't fit in a bag that you can just keep at your feet under the table. As is the case with our GMs gifts. You can just hand them out after any toasts.

Toasts? Not by the BP, but it is customary for the hosts (usually the groom's parents) to say a few words. Also the groom generally says something.

We're having the same amount of people and we're not doing a seating chart or favors. We are planning on thanking everyone for coming (very short since we're doing the same thing at the wedding).

As for gifts for the BP, we're going to go around to them and distribute them after the main course is completed.

We also had an RD for about 60 people. We chose to assign seating... I feel that sometimes it makes it easier for the guests and DH and I did not have to 'choose' who to sit with. We gave out OOT bags out at the RD. We made NY Survival kits with maps, bottles of water, snacks, advil, etc. and left them on each guests chair. We left the bridal party gifts on their chairs (again... it helped that we had assigned seating). After a mini-cocktail hour, we kicked off the night by thanking everyone for coming. After that, the bridal party roasted FH and I! It was so funny and lasted throughout dinner. Then more mingleing and cocktails during dessert. It was a great way to kick off the wedding weekend!!

HTH

We had about 25 people at our RD and we didn't have assigned seating, favors, or grooms cake.

We had dinner, cake, and we gave out gifts to BP and Grandparents.

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Posted by mtdr1106

do you need to do assigned seating?
do you make toasts?

and do you 'present' the gifts?? like should i have a table for them @ the restaurant? ( i dont know about this one)

do you give favors?

HELP!

*just a side note - my rd will consist of more than just bp. there will be all immediate families and ppl from oot. we expect about 60 ppl*

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Save yourself the aggrivation.
Dont do assigned seating.
Toasts are optional by anyone... i think the host of the RD usually makes it

As far as gifts.. Just present them to everyone after dinner and have them all open them up together.

You have a wedding to plan. The RD should be laid back & stress free