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Advice

Wedding advice and etiquette can be a weird thing, especially when you’re talking about alternative and offbeat weddings. We pride ourselves on our compassionate focus on constructive, respectful communication and focus on conflict resolution.

Weekday wedding advice from @offbeatbride readers #weddings #weekdayweddings

8 weekday wedding tips from brides who’ve been there

Midweek weddings and weekday weddings aren’t so unusual in some parts of the world, but even among the weddings we see on Offbeat Bride, weekend weddings still reign supreme. So weddings that fall on a weekday can sometimes throw guests for a loop.

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Want to see some make-outs? Pony up for charity instead of glass clinking

We love this alternative to the glass-clinking-kissing tradition. Instead of having guests clink their glasses to get the couples to kiss, they solicited a small donation for a worthy cause, the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation. See how Hailey and Delainy did it, what signage they used, and why they chose to celebrate a cause instead of just some smooching.

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How to deal when friends and family don’t support your wedding

When someone refuses to celebrate your happy times, neglect, criticism, and even humiliation are often the emotions you experience. And that’s why is can be so hard and painful. My father’s negative reaction to one of the most joyous occasions of my life has been a really painful and difficult learning curve. But, most importantly, there are some things that I have learned about having unsupportive friends and family that I hope will help other readers in a similar predicament feel better…

Offbeat New York wedding venues as seen on @offbeatbride #newyork #weddings

Offbeat New York wedding venues from real offbeat weddings

Between Offbeat Bride readers, our archive of real weddings, and our Vendor Guide, we’ve seen a LOT of vendor recommendations. So we decided to start rounding up these nuggets of info sourced directly from our readers for a series of reader recommended vendor list posts. We’re continuing on to another one of our largest markets: venues in New York City and the greater New York area.