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My fiance and I attended a reception that is very much like what you are describing. They actually got married in a 5 min ceremony down at the beach with their cosest friends and fam- then walked up the hill to this reception area. What they did was have multiple buffest stations with various themese- Sushi, Italian, fresh fruit, drinks etc. They didn't assign any seats. People mingled, walked around and ate where they found a nice little area. They kept it casual. But there wasn't enough tables even, for everyone to eat at. People were sitting outside of the reception area, or sitting on the lawn or bench with their food on their lap. But I don't think anyone complained.
Why don't you just reserve for your immediate family and then let everyone else just seat themselves.
Thanks for the quick reply Sparkles! We aren't going to do assigned seating though...even for family...except I want to make sure my 84 year-old grandmother has a place to sit :) We just figure everyone will mingle and eat at their own pace so we don't want to reserve seats in case those people don't eat right away. The problem is the wording on the RSVP card - since we don't have "seats" for everyone, should we use another term or just leave it as-is?
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Sorry! I completely misunderstood...
I think it would be fine to put "We have reserved ____ seats in your honor". They are returning this RSVP card to you to RSVP? So they won't really remember if you put spot or seat or place for the day of. Right?
It's commonplace not to have as many seats as guests at a buffet reception, but if you are inviting all of them to the ceremony, you will definitely have to have enough seats there for all of them! ;-) In this case, it is perfectly appropriate to word your invites, "We have reserved ___ seats in your honor."
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I'm designing my RSVP Cards right now but wanted to get the hive's thoughts on something. We are doing a buffet dinner at a smalle venue so there aren't enough seats for the entire guest list to sit down at one time. We instead have some big tables and some high tops for people to eat at when they're ready to hit the buffet. So since we don't technically have a "seat" for each person, would I still say: "WE HAVE RESERVED ___ SEATS IN YOUR HONOR"? My fiance and I are thinking we should put something more like "WE HAVE RESERVED ____ PLACES IN YOUR HONOR" OR "SPOTS"???
Should we just leave "Seats" or come up with another word?
What do you all think?
Thanks!!