Wedding Receptions: An Introduction

Top tables, guest tables, seating and planning ahead – all you need to know about throwing a fantastic wedding reception.

As you head back down the aisle as man and wife, you’ll no doubt be dying for a drink, a breather and a good old knees up – which is exactly what your wedding reception is for.

If you follow our guide and learn the simple, but important art of table and seat planning, position all the most important people on the top table and make sure you are super-organized, we promise you that arranging the party of your dreams for your wedding day will be really easy.

For all you need to know to about the planning stages, just follow our guides to the basics of organising a wedding reception, and how to do it in step by step stages, as well as how to create a seating plan, how to avoid tricky situations...and hilarious tales of wedding receptions from hell that will give you a laugh!

And before you start the organization? Arm yourself with our wedding planner notebook to keep your checklists all in one neat place!