*please see edit below

Hi friends! We are just shy of 5 months out from our wedding (both yay and ahhh lol, I'm sure you all can relate) and my fiancé and I got a text from one of his groomsmen, let's call him Frank. Frank and Shelly (one of my bridesmaids) had been dating for 5 years and she suddenly decided that she didn't want the relationship anymore. There's more to it than that but I don't need to air their relationship online even if I did use fake names lol. Long story short, she deeply hurt him.

Frank's been our friend for much longer, he's been friends with my fiancé since elementary school (mid-30's now) and friends with me since my fiancé and I started dating (a little over 10 years now) and he's always been a stellar friend to both my fiancé and I. Shelly has been an okay friend to me, and I asked her to be a bridesmaid after my fiancé asked Frank. I hoped we could kindle a closer friendship because she was always kind and friendly in person, but extremely hard to get a hold of over text. She's always been like that, a really bad texter. But given how nice she could be in person, and how she'd been there for me when my dad died, I wanted to try to get closer, so I asked her.​

Now that Shelly's broken up with Frank in such a hurtful and dramatic way, I don't want her in my bridal party anymore. Frank is much more important to me, and he's been a much better friend over the years. When he told us the news, I privately asked him his feelings on the wedding party situation. He was honest that he'd be really hurt and uncomfortable if she's there, which I totally understand, and I don't want her there after she hurt him so deeply.

The problem is... she hasn't said anything to me about any of it yet. I've given her a month to reach out. Frank told me that when she broke up with him, something she'd been really upset about was missing out on the wedding and those things changing so I wanted to give her a chance to talk to me when she was ready. But she hasn't texted me at all. So I'm gearing up to text her, and I have no idea what to say. I've just started it with "Hey, I heard the news from Frank" but that's all I've gotten so far. How do I navigate telling her she isn't a bridesmaid anymore? Please help! I don't want to be hurtful to her but I also want to be straightforward.

**EDIT**: Adding context due to confusion. I thought she would reach out to me because her comment to Frank made it clear she would no longer be attending, so I thought she would talk to me about stepping down. I wanted to give her the space to process and reach out to me, but she hasn't, which is why I'm here. We live across the country from each other so I can't invite her to talk in person. I will try to get her on the phone, as I would prefer to do the conversation that way, although she's historically been really difficult to reach by text or by phone. We have previously gone back and forth for two weeks trying to set up a phone call and she didn't come through (before the breakup, just to talk about wedding planning stuff). I am not trying to be cowardly or hurtful by texting her, I just don't think I can get her on the phone and wanted everything written down so there's no question about it. I will still try to call her to talk about everything though.

My partner and I gravitate towards all things haunted, decrepit, kitschy, halloweeny, sexy, vintage, strange, ugly, dark, grungy, cinematic, and maximalist. As such, we are looking for a venue that fits the bill.

We are having trouble finding exactly what we want, but I thought some spooky ladies in here might have some more ideas for me!

Budget is undecided, and we are open to any state(bonus points if you know of something in the midwest, though.)

I have scoured what feels like the entire internet, and some potential options for us are as follows:

-clown motel

-1950s movie theater

-themed hotels like wildwood inn

-cemetery chapels

-local dive bars

If you have ANY freaky little spots that you know of, drop them here please!

Thank you 💗🎃

5 months until my big day and this week, I am finally deciding to end my wedding. My fiance and I the past 2 years have live together and honestly it’s been not the best.

A few weeks ago or families got into a fight over a rehearsal dinner. This fight words were said and there is no turning back from these words. It is just not getting better. It has opened my eyes to the type of person my fiance truly is. He said to me twice his family comes first before me. He basically won’t compromise. Said he hates being around my family. Said he has to spend the holidays with his family because he hates my family. Feels bad leaving his mom for holidays.

It would be so embarrassing to even have this wedding at this point because of this on going fighting. Every few days is a new fight about something new. Our next deposit is due November 1st and I need to cancel before it comes. I don’t want to waste more money. I feel let down, heart broken, stressed and all of the above about this.

Things have been booked, and I feel guilty and embarrassed to cancel a wedding. All over a rehearsal dinner. How stupid and childish!!

I tried my hardest to try and work on things and give alternatives to things to my fiance about our families not getting a long and he does not like any of them. He keeps saying there is no choice but to end it. I hate that I have to end my 5 1/2 year relationship because of a rehearsal dinner and his mom wanting things her way and my mom calling his mom a vulgar word. But like I said it brought out some true colors to my fiance. -example saying he had to spend holidays with his family.

I told him we need new traditions and he just doesn’t want to compromise..

I don’t want to end things but this seems to be the only out come. I have been talking to my therapist and I can’t even think of reasons why I love my fiance. Which is quite sad too. She asked me the last time I felt in love with him too and I couldn’t even answer that but now thinking about it… it has to be well over a year. Before we moved in together.

He said he invested a lot of time into this and he wouldn’t have bought a house or bought a ring if he didn’t see long term with me but he constantly dismisses my needs. Makes me feel bad for doing things I want to do. Makes fun of the way I dress and says I dress weird. List can go on.

I thought this was the person I was going to spend the rest of my life with.

If anyone is looking for cheap easy ways to do pretty envelope liners, I used a matte wrapping paper (specifically I looked for wrapping paper that was like a vintage brown paper base) from Amazon, made a template out of thin cardboard tested in the envelope, and used that to cut them out. Then just double sided tape to stick them in. It worked so well and was way easier and cheaper than printing my own or buying specialty liners. I had a few people ask how I did it and thought I'd share it here for any brides who really want the look of envelope liners without dropping a couple hundred on them. 💙

Hello!

I’m getting married in 3 weeks and the caterer is now suggesting we do buffet for my 33 guest count. Not sure why the change. I’m waiting for my coordinator to speak with him. Anyone experience this?

I suggested family style if it’s logistically easier. His reasoning is that people will want to eat other things after, per experience. But each guest picked their plate already so they know.

My wedding is quickly approaching (2-ish weeks ahh!), and I'm thinking about what we should eat before our ceremony begins at 4 pm. I don't like skipping meals, so I want to make sure I eat something for breakfast and lunch, even if it's small.

My biggest concern is that I will have my makeup done in the morning, and I don't want to potentially mess it up.

What did you and your bridesmaids/groomsmen eat pre-wedding?

Hello all! Just looking for some feedback or suggestions regarding my fiance and I's current wedding timeline plan. We are planning over a year in advance so plenty of time to make adjustments, but this has been out plan from the beginning.

For context, we are planning a casual and chill wedding. Semi-Formal dress to formal dress, but more casual and not bank breaking fancy. We are not looking to go broke for this wedding. There will be a maximum of 60 people invited but so far our guest list is 45.

We are currently planning to do a morning ceremony and an evening reception. We did this because we easily were able to secure our dream ceremony venue spot for a 10am to 12pm timeslot for VERY cheap.

We plan that the ceremony would start around 11am, end by 12pm, and the reception would start at a different location with a start time between 5pm-6pm (sort of a show up between these times). The reception will be at a different location.

For more context, ALL but 2 guests live within the city, and the two guests who are flying in will be staying with family. All guests except for 2 families live within a 15min - 25min drive from the ceremony venue which is very close to everyone. The 2 families live more so about a 30min - 40min drive but my parents are open to hosting those two families during the in-between time.

Pretty much everyone (our friends and direct family) we have brought up this idea to seem to like it. I am just worried because I keep seeing online that it is very rude to do this.

The reception venue isn't planned yet, but all of our ideas for the spot are a similar distance (about 10min - 20min away from majority of guests).

It is NOT possible to have our reception at the location of our ceremony. It is VERY important we have our ceremony at this spot. The ceremony venue is already booked but I think it's possible to switch time slots to be in the evening, but one of the reasons we are doing a break is so people can arrange alternative transportation to and from reception since there will be alcohol.

If anyone has advice or suggestions please please help me out here!

TLDR: My wedding is in 5 days. I paid my catering / table settings / rentals invoice over a week ago. And yesterday I discovered I was the victim of a BEC - business email compromise. At some point in the last month following many many many months and many email chains of correspondence with my caterer and event rentals rep, an impersonator email inserted themselves into the conversation. We talked about my tablecloths, they sent me an updated invoice based on what I had spoken to the real caterer and real events company rep about. As an already stressed bride, I feel like the joy has been completely plucked out of my wedding week. I’m scrambling to make sure I still even have a caterer, sobbing, embarrassed, hurt. How can I even focus on the good right now… so defeated.

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As my final payment due date approached, the caterer emailed me several payment options and I figured wire most efficient option given the large amount owed.

I received a response appearing to come from the caterer confirming that a wire transfer would be acceptable and providing banking information to complete the payment. Because this information was provided within what appeared to be our ongoing email correspondence, I believed the instructions were legitimate. I subsequently initiated the wire transfer to the provided account.
After the transfer, I received confirmation via email that the payment had been received. Communication continued as normal regarding the final details of my wedding, and I had no reason at the time to believe anything was wrong.

Last week, I requested additional rental items, including table clothes and extra seating. The caterer/event rep indicated that they would send me an updated invoice for the additional balance. Correspondence continued including talks about end-of-night event breakdown and setup.

Yesterday, I received a phone call from the caterer checking on the status of my original wire transfer. After discussing the payment and reviewing our correspondence, we discovered that I had been communicating with a fraudulent email address impersonating the caterer (they changed one letter in the email address but I never noticed because it appears they pasted a previous email thread I had with the real caterer in the body of the email). The imposter even knew my new balance which was discussed in correspondence with the legitimate email addys of the caterer / events rep and sent me updated invoices.

I worked so hard to save up for this and I’m devastated and feel stupid like I should have known better or took better steps to protect myself but I had so many different vendors calling and emailing me over the last two weeks that it was very overwhelming. I guess I just wrote this post as a warning. Do as much over the phone as you can.

My fiancé and I are getting married and having a smaller wedding (under 125 people) and I originally wasn’t planning on inviting anyone from work.
I like my coworkers and my boss, but at the end of the day we have a professional relationship. I don’t hang out with any of them outside of work or really socialize with them outside of work hours. Plus, the people in closer with are my actual basses and I feel like having them there would make me a little self conscious about letting loose and actually having fun at my own wedding lol.

The thing is, my boss recently made a comment that she just got her new planner for the year and said first thing she did was mark down my wedding date so that she knows she’s busy that night. It kind of caught me off guard because I never actually invited her or even talked about inviting anyone from work. Her comment sparked a few other coworkers asking about invites as well. Nothing super direct but hinting at it.

Now I feel a little awkward about the whole thing. I genuinely like her and would feel bad if she expected an invitation and didn’t get one, but at the same time I don’t want to invite people out of obligation especially when we’re trying to keep the wedding relatively small. And if I invite my boss, I feel obligated to invite other coworkers.

I also don’t want to make things weird at work or have anyone feel like I dislike them because they weren’t invited. I just feel like work and my personal life are two separate things, and I want to be able to relax and enjoy my wedding without thinking about work.
So what should I do? Should I just set aside seats for them as a round 2 of invites, depending on how many people rsvp yes? I just don’t want anyones feelings to get hurt. Looking for suggestions and maybe if anyone else if dealing with the same nissues?

After a year of reading every thread on this sub, our wedding (~200 guests, black tie, VHCOL) finally happened. It was the best day! After receiving so much advice from reading others experience here’s what I'd spend on again and what I'd change.

Our venue was at a club that handled catering and a lot of logistics in house, so these are the vendors we contracted separately.

Worth it:
Photographer. I found a mid-priced photographer and she was incredible. She ended up moving along a lot of the day and it made it much less stressful. If you're deciding where to put extra money, put it here. 1000% worth it.

KRUU Photo Booth. There's next to no info about this company in the US and there was very few reviews so I took a chance. It cost a fraction of a traditional booth and our guests absolutely loved it. They deliver it a few days before, we tested it and didn’t have any issues thankfully. IMO it was worth the gamble to spend $300 vs. $1K+

A quality DJ. Find one who will meet with you ahead of time to plan the details, and who can handle ceremony sound too. Entrances, speeches, and flow add up to a lot of logistics you don't think about until you're in it. Ours was a huge reason the reception ran smoothly.

Live music trio for cocktail hour instead of a reception band. This saved so much money and gave the day an elevated feel. Look for local musicians who may not be on The Knot or WeddingWire.

A florist who works with your budget. Tell them your budget and vision up front. Mine stayed completely within it. Many places will try to upsell you, but the right one won't. You won't remember the difference at the end of the night or even after you go down the aisle for that matter.

What I'd do differently
Don't go with the lower-priced coordinator. Even as a type A person who planned every detail, this was my biggest mistake. We went with the lower end of pricing, and the day-of coordination was a pain. A few examples of where it went wrong :

- Final call was canceled last minute, and the rescheduled call was taken from another couple's rehearsal
- Décor instructions which were clearly defined with photos were not followed, and family and venue staff had to correct them
- Coordinator tried to start the processional before the groom was in place and gave almost no help lining up the bridal party
- Interrupted the planned private moment after the ceremony to ask for batteries
- Ended cocktail hour early without consulting us
- Left vendor gratuities undistributed, and I had to apologize to vendors who had already left
- Gave incorrect guidance about leaving belongings overnight, and did not coordinate breakdown with the venue causing family / bridal party to scramble.

The day went smoothly because our venue team, photographer, DJ, and a friend who is a professional coordinator stepped in. If you're tempted to save money here, don't. Ask who exactly will be your coordinator, how many events they've run, and go with your gut if something doesn’t seem right in the vetting process.

Do a trial with every hair and makeup artist. The stylists who did my own beauty were fantastic and had been tested ahead of time. The others sent by the same company were rude and one cut a bridesmaid's hair without her consent and it caused a ton of distress (don’t worry, we are laughing about it now thankfully). If you can't trial everyone, treat your bridal party to a test run with the specific artists if possible.

Good luck to everyone still planning! The stress will all have been worth it when the day comes, I promise !!!

Hi all, my big day is 11/7, just 9.5 days away!
Looking back on this process has been crazy and of course there have been tense moments. Lots of disagreements with my mom about stuff she wanted, feeling like my fiance needed to step up more with planning, and going through a major health scare during the process (I had two retinal detachments and needed two surgeries 3 months ago) and dealing with an opinionated future MIL…
But as I look back on the process it was actually really great. I had tons of help from family and friends and even when I felt alone and stressed the best thing I could have done for myself was TALK ABOUT IT with other people. Isolating in my stress did not help. Every little thing that seemed to make me crazy has now been tied up. We found our venue for an amazing price, invited our max guest count, and have a great menu. The cake, photographer, and DJ all fell into place too. This is just some hopecore for any brides that feel like everything is falling apart. If I can go through almost going blind and having no idea how to plan a wedding, to being almost a week out and feeling overjoyed then I believe this can be others story too. The only thing is that my dress still doesn’t fit and I am getting it in two days🙃so praying it fits, lol. I am excited to graduate wedding planning but it’s bittersweet. I mean, what else am I gonna think about after??

Hiiii! So the love of my life finally proposed to me a few days ago and I’m flipping the hell out. I’m so excited so start planning the wedding. We don’t know when it’ll be or how long we’ll be engaged and we have some life stuff that might delay us or might be higher priority.

But, yeah! I would love some help with finding a physical wedding planner that I can write in! I do much, much better with a pen and paper than anything online. Bonus points if I can customize or get it customized on the cover! I want it to be rather girthy and have a lot of spots where I can write. I want to put this book on display on our bookcase forever, even after the wedding ❤️ Help a lovesick girl out?

My fiance wants to do private vows so that takes away a fair amount of time during the ceremony. We are also not religious. I don’t want to do any of the like mixing sand together things. What else is there to do in a ceremony ? I feel like it’s gonna be 5-10 minutes total without this stuff.

My fiancé and I just got engaged and don’t want to be engaged too long so we are starting to plan. I’m learning that planning with my parents is not as fun as I thought it would be (I’m the bride btw).. First, we want to get married in a forest up north in our state during the spring. This area would be less than 2 hours from home. My parents are saying that’s too hard and are only sending us venues from our area. I understand it’s harder but we would love a venue up north. Second, I was explaining the color of the tie my fiancé wanted and my mom rolled her eyes and told me to tell him to let us just plan those things because “traditionally the bride and her family plan things like that”. Why can’t the groom who will literally wear the color not have an opinion?! This is for him too! Third, I’m so so so nervous to go wedding dress shopping because I just know whatever I want to wear will be too revealing (aka shoulders showing, maybe a slit in the skirt of the dress) for my mother to be willing to pay for it but I cannot afford a dress by myself right now. Fourth, they refuse to supply ANY alcohol which is minor because my fiancé’s family can do that but I don’t want them doing certain things to cause a rift. Fifth, my father said that yes we are the ones getting married but we are also hosts so it’s not just about us. I understand you want it to be happy and fun for the guests too but WE are the ones getting married? I’m so lost on how to navigate this and I’d rather not elope so we can have our loved ones there but this is so stressful.. Any advice or ideas would be much appreciated, thank you.

As the title says.

My mom was diagnosed on October 19th. She was so tired and not herself for a year. I’m her first daughter and up for the task. My fiance and I just closed on our first home and finished our move literally on October 18th. I am much closer to her now. I don’t know how this week went by with doctor appointments, phone calls etc. we have family around. I just don’t feel like any of this is real.

The course of action most likely after our first oncology appointment is going to be(after all the testing ), 3-4 rounds of chemo , surgery and then another 3-4 rounds of chemo

I have delegated the rest of the wedding stuff to my fiance and he is capable of handling it( welcome party, details, etc) we had done a ton of major decision in the early days.

I just want my mom to not be in pain. I don’t feel celebratory and can’t think about my wedding at all. She is a fighter , she is just tired and in pain.

For people who have been in my shoes, what advice do you have for me?

Hello, all,

I made a post yesterday, which basically says that I can't afford a wedding because I am in debt pay-off mode from an "intense" Bachelors degree and some small loans I used to live off during that time. I am not looking to have a fantastical wedding, just something "normal." However, I live in NEI and the lower end is going to cost $12,000.00. That is excluding my dress, as I have been told to keep the dress out of the budget.

I talked to fiancé and MIL last night and they said we are not doing a Courthouse wedding. I brought it up in passing. Just as a "So what if we did a Courthouse wedding instead?" and they were like "Noooooo."

Sooo, I don't know what to do at this point. I am probably going to have to finance my wedding dress or take out some loan even though that is a horrible idea. I know its a bad idea, but I don't know what else to do at this point. Of course, I am going to put as much as I can in a high-yield savings account, but things need to be booked in the next few months so I can only save up so much.

MIL is going to pitch in, but we don't know how much. It could be $1,000 or it could be $10,000. I am afraid to ask. But since, she wants us to have a "traditional" wedding so bad, I am kind of starting to expect her to put in a little more than before.

I will also be doing mostly DIY decorations, as my friends have done that in the past, and I am not mad at that idea, as I like to create stuff.

Please let me know your thoughts and ideas, as I greatly appreciated them on my other post.

TL;DR: I realistically can't afford a wedding, Courthouse wedding is off the table and I am stuck.

I’ve decided to do my own makeup and hair for my wedding. Before I get people telling me it’s worth the money and blah blah blah. It’s simply not about the money, I’ve had extremely sensitive skin, eczema, and a history of being a carrier for MRSA (no active outbreaks or contagious) but this makes me uncomfortable having Somone use their brushes, their makeup, and many more things on my skin.

Ultimately I have a skin care system down, however I need to then buy makeup to do myself. I used to do makeup a lot in high school but I’ve grown to love my natural skin after all my acne went away.

Recommendations for: Primer Foundation Concealer: I use haus labs and I LOVE it Lip stain and gloss? I’m honestly not sure what all goes into bridal makeup so any more recommendations are appreciated.

I’ve always used concealer for blemishes, blush(rare beauty), highlighter(Dior), and a lip gloss(Dior and Summer Fridays).

My biggest thing is the whole no water and silicone bases mixing. I have no idea what goes good with what and Google sure isn’t helping.

Wedding is in may 2027, so I have time to practice. Thank you if you read this ❤️.

Hi, frustrated bride here! I just had my second Azazie color “retire” on me within three months. The first time I got over it, but this time is pretty annoying since I started buying things to match the bridesmaids dress color with the wedding getting closer. The color retirement date is next month, still 6 months out from my wedding so I’m not comfortable demanding all the girls pick a style, try on sizes, purchase a dress etc within 3 weeks with still so much time until the wedding.

I’d love to know where everyone else is having their girls buy their bridesmaid dresses?? I love the price point, convenience, and overall variety of styles that Azazie offers, but i’d love to shop around at similar places! I have also looked into Birdy Grey but haven’t read the best things on their quality, so would love to hear more on that as well. Thanks!

I am about 3 months away from my wedding!! I cannot decide what to do about makeup 😬

In general I never wear makeup. I own some but hate how it feels but I am not sure of that is just my application or products? If I do wear makeup I will be hiring a professional.

When I say it feels bad, i mean I am constantly aware of having something stuck all over my face and ESPECIALLY eye products like mascara and eye-liner are a constant bother. I feel like my lashes get stuck together or like little granules of makeup are constantly falling into and irritating my eyes. I tried wearing a but the other night to dinner and used a wet wipe at the table half way through to remove it all because it was just that bad.

If I do go makeup free does anyone have tips for skin treatments that might be helpful in the lead up so that my skin looks as good as possible bare on the day?

I am not sure if the microneedling I have heard about will be good or other things?

Hello, I need advice on this. I have been planning my wedding, and due to excitement and wanting to share my joy, I’ve invited a couple of my best friend’s friends. We aren’t close and speak here and there.

Anyway this week I learnt in passing that one of them is having a pretty elaborate 30th and I wasn’t invited, it hurt way more than I expected it to. And it’s as if the ball dropped and I realised oh we aren’t friends. I’ve already sent them invites and they’ve all RSVPd that they are coming. They have been helpful too and tried to support me in the wedding plan, sharing vendor recommendations etc.

I just don’t want them at my wedding anymore, it feels scared and it’s the only time I will have a wedding. I only want people who see me and hold me in the same way I do them. I know it’s socially unacceptable to uninvite people, but I really don’t want them there anymore.

How can I go about this?

Thank you for your advice.

Edit: Will not be uninviting, thanks to all the helpful folks. Feelings are so tricky, but I think it’s better to keep the invites to honour my initial excitement and hopefully build the friendship in the future.

Spent the last year spending every second of every day and every dime we made making our wedding happen.
Planned a whole weekend ordeal, kept it as low budget as we could and somehow pulled it off to have one amazing wedding lined up.

A nor’easter had other plans. Sat stagnant for a week over our location, and wiped out the one road into the island we’ve called home the last 5 years. In the past our DOT has been phenomenal at getting that road open in about 48 hours. We’re going on a week closed with no timeline to reopen now. Visitors banned from traveling to the island (that’s all our family, wedding party, and childhood friends). All our vendors are out here so can’t pivot and have one back where we’re originally from, as well as leaving out all the new friends and chosen family we’ve made here over the last few years. We don’t have the funds to pivot and try and book a new venue/some vendors and make something happen last minute. Have important people flying in who aren’t able to cancel or get refunded for their flights. Everyone asking what the plan is.

I’m just heartbroken to look around and just come to the realization that this wedding isn’t happening. Needed to scream into the void.

We got an email yesterday saying that due to a permit issue they will no longer be hosting events. There’s nothing we can do about it. We had booked it 5 months ago.

I cried for two hours then calmed down and then cried some more. We talked to the catering company who are basically an events company. Our contract was with them and they run a few venues in our area. They are being very nice about this, it was not them but the venue owners fault, and the event planner I talked to seemed livid with them. She’s working on finding us other options and they refunded us.

Now, we’re still a year out which I know is plenty of time. We don’t have outsider vendors booked or save the dates sent out, thank god. I am just now struggling to move on. There is nothing else like what we had in our area. We were supposed to get married on NYE in a restored mansion like a mile from our house. Now we’re being offered industrial looking buildings and one option outdoors with a heated tent. And they are all like an hour a way from us, not in the city we live in and wanted to get married in.

I don’t know what to do here. The event planner I talked to said that honestly there really aren’t any other venues of that type nearby that could host 100 people indoors. Obviously we could go with a totally different style, but the whole reason we booked this was that we loved the style and location. We could also move the date, and do something outdoors but idk like I said this something we picked specifically because we liked it.

Ultimately I just feel like every option we are being offered just feels like a major downgrade from our vision. I really feel like if I’m just going to be feeling like whatever we go with is not as good as what we had, why even have the wedding. It would not be that hard to just cancel everything at this point. And I feel like all the work and stress we put in is totally gone and we’re going to have to do all of it over which I just don’t want to do.

Cancelling makes me to sad too, though. I was supposed to buy my dress this week and now i keep breaking into tears thinking about how I’ll never get to wear it.

I would just love some advice or opinions.

We're getting married in a few weeks at a small indoor venue. Our plan for photos has always been to do them before the ceremony in a park near our hotel. But mid-November in the Midwest can be unpredictable, so in the event of bad weather, our backup plan was to use our hotel's lobby. I was just informed by the hotel that they've booked an event in their lobby for that day, so it won't be available for any photos. Now I'm stuck wondering where people do wedding photos if outdoor isn't an option? Our venue is fairly simple/small and will probably still be getting set up at the time we're looking to do first look and photos. Any ideas/advice?