What is that person called that sits at a wedding reception that recieves the gifts and has the guest book?

Answer 1

They have different names. They can be called "Greeters", since they're there to greet the guests, remind them to sign the guest book, and take gifts. I've also seen them to be called "Table Attendants".
Sometimes it's not even needed to have people stand at the tables, but I'm having a few because I want someone to watch the wedding gifts and to also greet guests.

Answer 2

Usually there is a table set on one side of the room, perhaps behaind or close to the cake table and people place their gifts there by themselves. The guest book is usually by the entrance or on a table beside the gift table along with a couple of pens. I've been to probably well over three hundred weddings and I have only seen once where a person stays by the guest book and that was an old auntie who needed a "special" job to keep her feeling important. As for the gift table, I have seen at two weddings, big fancy-shmanzy weddings where gifts would be VERY valuable, where a person was asked to stand by the table, receive the giftas, ensure that the card was taped solidly to the gift box, and then guard the gifts as the table was fairly close to a public entrance. If people had better manners, they would know that wedidng gifts are supposed to be delivered to the home of the bride at LEAST two weeks before the wedding anyway!! It is a hassle for the family to pack up all the gifts after all the dining and drinking and get them all stuffed into cars and taken home in the middle of the night without loss of cards, etc. Anyone who has had a wedding whether their own or their kid's would have the sense and courtesy of sending the gift well ahead!!

Answer 3

I'm sorry I've never heard of that before-all of the weddings i attended to I've never seen anyone just sit and and collect gifts and make people sign the guest book-usually there is a table set up for that-it would be really inappropriate to ask a friend or relative to sit and do that all night-they wouldn't even get to enjoy your special; day with you-unless you are planning on hiring someone fulfil that duty-but to make it easier on you just set up a table and people will automatically bring their gifts to the table-and have the guest book right in the entry way when people walk in to sign it right away-good luck and congratulation!!

Answer 4

This problem has come up before on Yahoo! Answers. Some Rsvp cards I've seen are conveniently worded something like "M_______ (accepts with pleasure/regretfully declines) your kind invitation for the wedding dinner reception on Saturday, November 6th. Number in party ___". That's just asking for trouble, unless you yourselves write in "two" (or whatever number the invitation said). The better way would be to leave room on the Rsvp card for you to write in the exact names of the persons named on the invitation, and leave out the "Number in party". Even then you may have to deal with some rude people who will just assume that their children Roger and Billy and baby Emma will be welcome, and write them in too. You'll have to be very firm with them, even if their acceptance arrives the day before the wedding. Sometimes the problem is that Great-Aunt Florence barges in early with an uninvited guest or two, plops down at a table, and won't budge. One way I've heard of to forestall such problems is to station a no-nonsense person in the lobby, armed with the official guest list. This person checks the names of all the guests who arrive. Another person ushers them to their places at the tables, according to a seating chart and place cards. If there's a problem, the dragon at the door is instructed to say, "I regret to have to tell you that that name doesn't seem to appear on the guest list. The guests' place cards have already been arranged at the tables. I'm truly very sorry to have to turn you away." Sometimes the message can be softened by the offer, "If you'd care to wait outside, it's possible that someone who has previously accepted will fail to arrive. In that case, perhaps a place will open up." (This rarely happens, fortunately.) If you have some idea of who might want to bring along an extra person ("Who ever heard of inviting a single person to a wedding without a guest of their own?" they may demand) you may be able to inform them ahead of time that the invitation is for them alone. You could mention that they might meet someone interesting at your wedding. As a last suggestion, if the catering people will agree, you could arrange for a very few extra places to be set in the back of the room. If unexpected people arrive, you can be charged for their meals – otherwise the original count stands. Most food supplies for a large crowd can be stretched five percent or so, unless the main dish is an individually prepared entrée. Some guests are vegetarians or have other issues with certain foods. If you're not planning to offer special meals, try to have the menu feature separate meat, potato/rice/noodle, vegetable, salad, and dessert items, not mixed dishes. That way they can at least pick their way through their plates.

Answer 5

Gift attendant and Guest-book attendant. I had them at my wedding. 2 gift and 1 guest-book attendant. It's typical for the more formal weddings.

Answer 6

In all the weddings I've ever been to, that's just called a table. Nobody sits and receives gifts or watches the book.

Answer 7

The person who sits at the guest book table and receives the gifts.....

Don't think they have a specific "name."

Answer 8

Grandma or someone else that doesn't move around a lot. Actually I think the table is usually put in an area that it's visible and not near an exit to deter theft. I've never known anyone to be assigned the job.

Answer 9

A gift reciever and a guest book haver.

Answer 10

Typically, it's just said that that person is in charge of the guest book, there's not really a title.