Approriate to have gift table for wedding reception when guests were not invited to destination wedding
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We are marrying in a private ceremony on an island. Upon our return we are having an informal cocktail reception for all of our family and friends. We are not expecting gifts, but know that some family and friends will bring a gift or card to this party. Would it be inappropriate and/or tacky to have a gift table? We don't want to make it look like we we're expecting gifts, but we wondered what to do with the gifts, if people bring them as they arrive. We also don't want it to look like we were expecting them if there is a table set up. We really just want to celebrate with our family and friends, share photos, etc! Thank you!
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Re: [april08bride] Approriate to have gift table for wedding reception when guests were not invited to destination wedding
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Having a gift table pre-set will always appear as though you;re expecting gifts. In a traditional wedding and reception, it is proper to send the gifts to the home of the bride before the wedding, for obvious reasons. Now, for your event, where you had no wedding guests, only reception guests, it's even less appropriate to have a gift table set up since reception guests aren't obligated to send a gift. I understand that some guests will want to give a gift anyway, but technically they should be sending the gifts to your home.
Speak to your banquet manager and ask him/her to have a safe place to store these gifts until the end of the ceremony. Let them kow that you do not want to have a pre-et up gift table.
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Approriate to have gift table for wedding reception when guests were not invited to destination wedding
