I specifically asked our bridesmaids and ushers to set up and tear down the reception hall, and to round up additional help if needed.
Which, they were guests yes, but they were already guests who'd committed to doing a bit extra, and they could have said no.
(But then, we did a bring-and-share-food reception and paid for the booze, because all the options for catering were *so* expensive we could either invite immediate family only, *or* invite more people but ask them to bring food. And one of the best weddings I went to did that and so I nicked the idea. So I am probably a terrible person by that site's standards.)
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Which, they were guests yes, but they were already guests who'd committed to doing a bit extra, and they could have said no.
(But then, we did a bring-and-share-food reception and paid for the booze, because all the options for catering were *so* expensive we could either invite immediate family only, *or* invite more people but ask them to bring food. And one of the best weddings I went to did that and so I nicked the idea. So I am probably a terrible person by that site's standards.)