Potluck wedding reception

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Is it OK to ask your guests to bring food to your wedding? Is a potluck wedding reception OK? Yes, and YES. Here's how to have a potluck wedding reception that works for everyone.

How To Host a Potluck Wedding Reception - tips for saving money on your wedding reception by holding a potluck reception rather than having it catered.

Thinking about taking a unique approach to catering your reception? Check out this post to learn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about how to plan a potluck wedding! Wedding Planning tips to save money and catering advice | Click on the link to see more diy and cheap wedding ideas and inspiration on TheBudgetSavvyBride.com

Wanna know how we DIY catered their own wedding reception? It was easier (and MUCH cheaper) than you'd think. Find out more!

Potluck Wedding at Salem Old Town Hall, Salem MA Weddings | Alexandra Roberts Photography

The concept of a potluck wedding is gaining traction—and there’s good reason why. Couples choose to have a potluck wedding in order to save costs, include more friends and family in their day-of activities, offer a wider variety of dishes to their hungry guests, and create a shared sense of community.

We asked an expert for her tips and tricks for planning a memorable potluck wedding reception. Here, find out how to execute this family-style event, including etiquette guidelines, menu planning ideas, and even potential challenges and solutions.

Here’s the last installment of the DIY wedding reception series I’ve been sharing with you this week (you can see all the posts here). Shopping for a big event like a wedding reception is not like a normal grocery run, and there are a few tips I’ve picked up to make it a little easier. These tips can be helpful for a range of parties, too — whether you’re cooking for 50 at a graduation barbecue, or 200 at a wedding reception.

Over the past few days I’ve been sharing the process of catering an hors d’oeuvre wedding reception for friends (you can see all of the posts so far here, including the plan and the menu). Now we’ve arrived at the big day: the wedding itself! It was a hectic day of packing up, finishing the food, shopping for last-minute supplies, and laying out the buffet, but in the end, the food was delicious, the bride and bridegroom were glowing, and everyone had a good time!