Weddings

37 posts · 6 guides on weddings.

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Your Wedding Mood Board Belongs Next to Your Guest List

Boards on Brunchie put your inspiration right next to the RSVPs, budget, and seating — private to you and your planner, or open to guests when you're ready.

4 min ·
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A Banff Destination Wedding, Coordinated: Cross-Border Guests, One Currency Math, Zero Spreadsheets

The hard part of a Banff wedding isn't the venue — it's coordinating a half-domestic, half-American guest list, the room block that books out months early, and the costs that land in two currencies. Here's how to run it in one place.

4 min ·
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How to Save on Wedding Catering: Cut the Format and the Timing, Not the Quality

Catering is one of the two biggest lines in a wedding budget, and the per-plate number is the lever. Here's how to cut the format and timing without touching the quality guests actually remember.

3 min ·
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How to Hire Wedding Vendors: Priorities First, the Questions That Protect You, and the Red Flags

Hiring vendors is a budget-allocation decision before it's a taste decision. Here's how to rank your priorities, ask the questions that protect you, and book in the right order — with every contract in one place.

3 min ·
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Planning a Korean Wedding: Two Ceremonies, the Pyebaek Bows, and the Envelope Ledger

Many Korean weddings are two ceremonies in one day — a Western service plus a Pyebaek. Here's how to run the two setups, arrange the seniority bows, and track the white-envelope gifts.

3 min ·
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Backyard Wedding Budget: Why the 'Free Venue' Isn't Free, and What It Actually Costs

A backyard wedding has no venue fee — but no tables, chairs, kitchen, or restrooms either. Here's the real cost: the rental lines that replace the venue, the hidden infrastructure, and when it actually saves money.

3 min ·
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When expenses are off: here's what a plus-ones hangout CAN do

Brunchie auto-disables expenses when you allow plus-ones. It's not a bug — it's a correctness guarantee. Here's the full feature surface you have instead.

5 min ·
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How to Choose Your Wedding Date: The Five Forces, the Venue Chicken-and-Egg, and the Costly Mistakes

Your wedding date is pulled by five forces at once, and flexibility on it is a real money lever. Here's how to hold candidate dates, check them against your venues and key people, and lock the right one.

3 min ·
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Your shared wedding photo album is already built in

The QR-code-to-Google-Photos tradition is how 40% of your wedding photos disappear. Here's the version that actually works.

6 min ·
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Run a Live Wedding Photo Slideshow on the TV — From the Booth, Through the Night

Stop ending the night with a USB stick. Show every photo as it's taken — booth shots, guest uploads, all of it — on the lobby TV, controlled from your phone.

3 min ·
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Print Your Seating Chart for the Easel — One Click, Two Pages, Done

The seating chart you've been editing all month, exported to a brand-styled PDF that's ready to hand to a print shop. No design work, no manual arrangement, no spreadsheets.

3 min ·
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Seating Chart on the TV: a Self-Service "Find Your Table" That Updates Live

The line at the place-card table is the avoidable problem. Throw the seating chart up on the lobby TV and let guests find their own table while you actually greet people.

3 min ·
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Planning a Jewish Wedding: The Shabbat Date Constraint, Kosher Vendors, and the Hora Room

A Jewish wedding starts with a date constraint most planning checklists skip: no Shabbat. Here's how to settle the date, line up kosher vendors, assign the ceremony roles, and size the room for the Hora.

3 min ·
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Every wedding contract in one place (not seven email threads)

Your venue contract is in one thread. The DJ's is in another. The photographer sent a PDF via iMessage. The florist used an expired Dropbox link. There's a better way.

5 min ·
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How to Plan a Wedding Under $10k: The Guest-Count Math, the Off-Peak Discount, and the Hidden Costs

A $10k wedding works when you attack the guest count first, time it off-peak, and track the hidden line items before they eat the budget. Here's the actual workflow, not a gallery of cheap centrepieces.

3 min ·
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Add Guests Without Email: Because Not Everyone Lives in Their Inbox

Your grandma doesn't check email. Your uncle doesn't have one. Now you can add them to your guest list anyway — just a name is all you need.

2 min ·
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How to Set Your Wedding Guest List: The Two Ceilings, the Tiers, and the Plus-One Rules

Your guest count isn't a wish — it's set by two hard ceilings. Here's how to land the number, tier the names, and set the plus-one and kids rules before the list creeps past your budget.

3 min ·
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Bring Your Seating Chart to Brunchie — Any Format, Any Source

Whether it's a PDF from your venue, a photo of a whiteboard sketch, or an Excel file from your planner—import it into Brunchie in seconds.

5 min ·
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Planning a South Asian Wedding: Multiple Events, Multiple Guest Lists, One Place to Hold It

A South Asian wedding is three or four events before it's one ceremony. Here's how to run the per-event guest lists, the multi-day itinerary, and the two-family budget without it scattering across group chats.

3 min ·
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Wedding Budget Breakdown: Where the Money Actually Goes, and How to Reallocate It

The standard wedding budget percentages are a starting template, not a rule. Here's where the money goes by category, why the reception dominates, and how to reallocate toward what you actually care about.

3 min ·
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Smart Seating: Let Brunchie Arrange Your Tables

Set seating preferences and let auto-assign place guests at the right table—no manual puzzle-solving

2 min ·
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The Best Free Seating Chart Maker for Weddings in 2026

What to look for in a wedding seating chart tool—and how to get everything you need without paying a subscription.

5 min ·
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How to Choose a Wedding Venue: The Three Constraints, the Questions to Ask, and the Red Flags

Choosing a venue is a decision, not a vibe. Here's the framework — capacity vs guest count, the all-in cost, the contract terms — run as a structured shortlist instead of a gut call.

3 min ·
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How AI Reads Your Seating Chart PDF (and Why It Matters)

Upload a PDF of your venue's floor plan and watch AI extract every table, dance floor, and seat count automatically.

5 min ·
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Planning a Chinese Wedding: The Tea Ceremony Order, Two Guest Lists, and the Red-Envelope Ledger

A Chinese wedding is two events and two guest lists before it's anything else. Here's how to run the tea-ceremony order, the bilingual RSVPs, and the red-envelope ledger without losing the thread.

3 min ·
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Spring Wedding Checklist: What to Do and When

Planning a spring wedding? Here's your week-by-week checklist for the final stretch—from vendor confirmations to seating charts.

5 min ·
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Bringing an Excel Guest List into Brunchie — Just Drop the File

You don't have to retype 150 names. Drop your Excel, CSV, PDF, or even a screenshot into the Upload file tab and Brunchie reads it.

4 min ·
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Why Spreadsheets Fail for Wedding Planning

Spreadsheets feel familiar, but they break down when wedding planning gets real. Here's what goes wrong—and what works better.

5 min ·
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Wedding Planning Timeline: 12 Months Out to Day-Of

A month-by-month wedding planning timeline with the tasks that actually matter—and the tools to manage them.

6 min ·
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A Wedding Budget Spreadsheet That Actually Works

Track wedding costs in one place—venue, catering, flowers, and all the little things—without spreadsheets in 12 different apps

1 min ·
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Seating Chart Etiquette: Who Sits Where at a Wedding

Who gets the head table? Where do divorced parents sit? A practical guide to wedding seating etiquette.

5 min ·
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Your Guest List in One Place: Import, Track, Manage

No more scattered spreadsheets and paper lists. Import your guest list once, track RSVPs, and manage seating—all in one app.

5 min ·
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The Free Seating Chart App That Does More Than Seating

Most seating chart tools stop at tables and names. Brunchie adds expense splitting, polls, and guest management—all free.

4 min ·
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Why Every Wedding Needs a Seating Chart (and How AI Helps)

A seating chart isn't just about logistics—it shapes the entire guest experience. Here's why, and how AI makes it painless.

5 min ·
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Import Any Seating Chart — PDF, Photo, or Spreadsheet

Already have a seating layout? Upload a PDF, snap a photo, or import a spreadsheet—Brunchie's AI does the rest.

5 min ·
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5 Things Your Wedding Planning App Should Do for Free

Most wedding planning apps charge for features that should be free. Here are five must-haves—and how to get them without paying a dime.

6 min ·
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Wedding Seating Chart Without Spreadsheet Hell

How to create and share a wedding seating chart with smart auto-assign—no spreadsheets, no group chat chaos

1 min ·

Guides on weddings