Buffet vs. Sit-Down

This is one of those great debates that has no right answer.  The bottom line: the cost of a reception is often what you serve rather than how you serve it.  Hence a basic sit-down chicken dinner will be cheaper than a fancy buffet with shrimp, sliced beef tenderloin and other pricey dishes. Conversely, a […]

The Infamous Cake-Cutting Fee

A huge pet peeve to most wedding couples is with the caterers and reception sites.  Some of these people have the audacity to charge you a ridiculously high fee to cut your wedding cake.  Ranging anywhere from 50 cents to $3 per guest, this “fee” supposedly covers the labor involved to cut the cake, as […]