I seriously have never seen a luxury porta potty. I’ve only seen the “construction” ones that smelled awful and had been used by lots of sweaty people and guys and gals with terrible aim. Blech.
Glad to hear there are nicer alternatives, though I confess I’ve never been to a wedding that used any kind of portable toilet system, luxury or no.
Not to digress…ok…maybe to digress. I had dinner with friends tonight. One had just returned last week from a shower that she said was SO MUCH FUN?..way more fun than the typical shower where all the gifts come from BBB. The shower was a regifting shower and you had to bring something from your home…with the story behind it. If you wanted to buy a gift, it had to be $10 or less.
The bride got a lot of interesting things with great stories behind them. It sounded like fun! She said people wer very thoughtful in what they chose…and the stories were great.
One funny one was a gorgeous blown glass fruit bowl. Apparently the giver had gone past the glassworks place in Vermont on the way to visit a friend…and bought the bowl. That Christmas, her friend sent her a blown glass bowl…from the same place…same color. She never had the heart to tell the friend she already had one! Apparently, it was gorgeous.
@thumper1: Simon Pearce? Their stuff is gorgeous, and very expensive.
Ha VH. I have a gorgeous Simon Pearce bowl…that I never use.
I don’t know what kind of bowl the gift was…my friend was at the shower…not me.
That sounds like a really fun shower!
Hey @thumper1 – I’ll take it off your hands!!
This was similar to the portable bathroom trailer used at the wedding we attended.
http://www.callahead.com/portable-toilets/restroom-trailers/the-atlantic-luxury-restroom-trailer/the-atlantic-luxury-bathroom-trailer.html
I got married out on a ranch, which had one small hunting cabin in states of disrepair, with one very small bathroom. Somehow, 100+ guests survived the 2-3 hour function just fine, and I don’t remember seeing a line for the bathroom. This was low-budget wedding extraordinaire!
I would go to a wedding that had portapotties (because I’ve tinkled in some truly crazy places with truly crazy “toilets”), but I would not ever plan a wedding that required them. That’d be a hard no for me.
Someone mentioned the “what’s on your counter” thread idea a few pages back-yes, make that thread! 
@MotherOfDragons It’s done!
New rule: Regardless of what your guests do that is inappropriate, or how a friend or family member may have let you down…if you’re the bride or groom, you can’t have a fight with that guest during the reception. Put on a fake smile and deal with that business next week.
What do you think of this Facebook post?
"Hello everyone! As most of you know our wedding is coming up and we ask that in lieu of gifts you donate to our Honeymoon. Thank you all so much! "
The post included a link to the honeymoon registry.
I used to be a bit opposed to contributing to honeymoon funds…but you know…if that is what the couple wants…I’m all for doing it.
@raclut eh, I’d send them money for the honeymoon unless I knew them super well and got them a gift I knew they’d love. There’s too much bad stuff going on in the world to get huffy over being asked to fund their honeymoon. It just reduces the step they’d have to take to return the toaster I sent them, get the cash for it, and use it for the honeymoon, lol.
However, posting the request on Facebook is mucho tacky.
@MotherOfDragons I don’t have problem contributing to a honeymoon instead of giving a gift.
I just never saw such a message conveyed over Facebook before.
I wonder in the future would wedding invitiations be a Facebook invite?
Maybe instead of a wedding website a wedding Facebook page?
At least they didn’t use Twitter.
@raclut do you follow them on Twitter? Maybe they did
@thumper1 I don’t really do twitter as they are too many sources for information only.
I don’t even know the couple. A friend liked their post and it came on my feed.
Not sure if this etiquette breach was discussed already, but my friend just posted a picture of herself at a wedding tonight wearing a white dress. I thought by 2016, that’s been understood to be a huge no-no.
A number of years ago two church friends got married in their 40s. She already had a nice little house and all of the stuff they’d need, and he obviously had stuff also. But they were on a tight budget. (He was going back to school.) A mutual friend, talking with them over dinner one night about what they planned to do for their honeymoon heard about possible camping trips, etc. But she found out that what they would really love to do is take a trip to Italy. They couldn’t afford it. This friend communicated with all the rest of us and suggested we put together a honeymoon fund as a group wedding gift. AFAIK, the couple were unaware of it. I was very happy to contribute, as were many others, and they were delighted and overjoyed to be able to plan a honeymoon trip to Italy.
That, now that I come to think of it, was the only occasion upon which I gave money as a wedding gift. And was very happy to do so.
I have seen several registries in which honeymoon funding is an option.