Keeping Your Wedding Guests Happy

One of the most important things that you can do for your wedding is to try to figure out how to keep your wedding guests happy. When you start planning your wedding, you will be consumed with details that might take months to complete. Think about it. You’ve got to make decisions about the ceremony, receptions, rehearsals, attendants, flowers, food, music, your dress, decorations, a honeymoon to plan and wedding guests to accommodate, to name just a few.

The comfort and happiness of the wedding guests is often overlooked by busy and stressed brides. While you may be carried away with the romantic happiness of your big day, your guests need to feel special and appreciated. They were invited to share your happiness and, if their needs are ignored, they might just leave early or harbor bad feelings about you for years.

One way to avoid this is to think about the logistics of your wedding, your reception and the hotel/motel accommodations you’ve arranged for out of town guests.

Since normal site bookings for weddings tend to fill up early, it would be a good idea to book your wedding site, reception hall and the overnight accommodations for your guests as early as possible in order to get them reasonably close to each other. Draw a very clear map of the route between all the scheduled events so your guests will not get lost in an unfamiliar town. Don’t forget to provide turn-by-turn directions and the addresses of the church and reception. The phone numbers of local taxi cab companies might come in handy for those who do not want to drive to your ceremony.

The close proximity of each event in your big day is important for the comfort and happiness of everyone. While you and your groom might be too excited to be hungry or tired, your guests are not that excited. They will want to get to the reception so they can sit, snack and socialize with the other guests while they wait for you to arrive at the reception after the photos have been taken after the ceremony.

Once you get there, make your receiving line short, if you follow that tradition. A receiving line with you, your spouse and both of your parents will keep everyone happy.

Food is another possible mistake at your reception. In the first place, your guests will be hungry and hors devours and a supply of cold soft drinks will be welcomed by those who arrive at the ceremony before the bride and groom. Be sure to have some kid-friendly snacks readily available. Hungry guests and children are not happy guests. These refreshments do not have to be elaborate, but substantial enough to stave off growling stomachs until the main course is served, if you are having a sit-down meal.

If you are serving the traditional reception meal, stick to customary food. You will be serving a meal to many guests with many different tastes and tolerances for food. Your taste for exotic dishes or ethnic selections will not be a hit at your reception with children and those with tender stomachs. Any caterer can help you with your food selection. It might be a good idea to send a request for information about any food allergies to your reception guests along with your invitation.

Your wedding day is a very important day in your life. You are starting your future with your new husband and all your guests have gathered to send you off with good wishes and much love. Keeping their comfort in mind when you are planning your big day will ensure that your guests are as happy as you are.

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Secrets For A Perfect Wedding Day

Your planning your wedding and you want the day to be perfect. After months of wedding plans the big day will be staring you right in the face and you could be a nervous wreck. It is normal for you to be worried that something could go wrong at the last minute with your reception or that you will not look perfect when you walk down the aisle. Here are a few tips for you.

Your reception fears are relatively easy to handle. While you might consider your reception to be an important part of your entire wedding, it is, in reality, a fancy party. What makes a party successful?

Plenty of food and both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks for the duration of your reception will sooth your anxiety some. People get testy and start leaving parties early if the food and drink are slow to arrive or not abundant.

If children are part of your guest list, make sure that you have a good assortment of finger foods and soft drinks. Ice cream in cups might be a good idea, too.

There will be times when your guests are just marking time, waiting for you and your new husband to finish with the wedding photo shoot after the ceremony and, perhaps, when you both are changing clothes before leaving for your honeymoon. You will need entertainment to keep them from being bored and getting restless. There’s several easy ways to do this.

Besides the band or disk jockey providing music, have members of your wedding party or families get the guests involved in quiet activities while they are snacking and waiting. Simple games are the best option. Have small tablets and pencils at each place setting and have your helper ask everyone to write down their favorite crazy thing either one of you did when you were kids. Go around the room and have each guest read what they wrote.

Another option is to ask them to write down all the details they know about each one of you, like where you met, when you first kissed, favorite music, sports, etc. As before, go around the room for a reading. If someone is video taping this, give it to the couple at the end of the reception.

There are a few simple remedies you can use if you get up on your wedding day and your eyes are sore, irritated or puffy. Irritated eyes can be relieved if you soak a cotton ball in cold milk and place it over your eyes for a few minutes. Wipe the milk off your eyes with a warm, wet cloth.

Another way if your eyes are puffy is to run cold water over a metal spoon until it is cold. Place the spoon on your puffy areas for a minute. If you don’t get relief, dip the spoon in ice water and do it again. Cold, wet teabags will also reduce the puffiness.

Make sure you use waterproof makeup on your wedding day. Tears of joy are very common and waterproof makeup, particularly mascara, will keep your face looking beautiful. If you should shed a few tears, don’t wipe your eyes, but dab them at the corners of your eyes with a tissue. Before you enter the chapel, tuck a tissue in your bouquet or inside your long sleeves so you have it handy when you need it.

Concealers will adequately cover up an unexpected pimple or blemish and do double duty with dark rings under your eyes. Consult a makeup artist for the best choices for shades. They might suggest using two concealers of complimentary shades to give your eyes the sparkle you want.

These are just a few tips for perfect wedding day. Your wedding should be as beautiful as you want it to be and with some advance planning for the unexpected you should be able to handle anything.

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