Five Tips On Common Wedding Reception Mistakes
One of the most common mistakes made at a wedding reception is not having enough food catered in to feed everyone. When you order food through a catering service, you have to provide them with a number. They need to know exactly how many people were invited in order to quote you a price on the overall meal. The caterer projects how much ot will cost to prepare each meal and what is left over is his or her profit. For this reason, you can almost bet that the caterer will not prepare more that that amount of meals and there will be very little left over for extra guest.
Unfortunately, this is one aspect of your wedding plans that yu cannot completely control. No matter how much you emphasis, some of your guests will bring someone with them whether it is a guest or a child or parent. It is almost inevitable. All that you can do is hope that the no shows will outweigh the extras and order a few extra meals from the start. The other danger is that some guests will take more than they are allowed so provide plenty of appetizers and have the guests served as opposed to buffet style.
It is highly recommended that you hire and use a wedding planner to avoid common mistakes like planning the layout of your reception. Placement of the wedding band or disc jockey is a vital key to success. If you use a wedding hall for your reception, many times, you will not have to worry about this particular problem, however, many home weddings and receptions choose poorly when deciding where to put their wedding band. Placing the speakers too close to the food or blocking access to other areas not realizing how much equipment is used to set up.
Wedding favors are often themed for the type of wedding you are having. If you order beach wedding favors or summer wedding favors and then change your theme to fairy tale favors or Cinderella wedding favors and forget to change the order, you could wind up with egg on your face as your guests open their wedding favor bags and scratch their heads in puzzlement. Maintain a list of the steps you take to prepare for the big day and go over it often. Almost every step that you take has repercussions to every other step so cross-reference your work.
Speaking of work, many of your guests will spend their hard-earned money of your wedding gift. One of the biggest complaints after a wedding is that the guest did not receive a thank you not from the couple. They will feel slighted when have they take to time to pick out that perfect gift for you only to be ignored for their efforts. It is vital that you send out thank you notes after the fact. Proper etiquette allows up to a year but six months would be the normal amount of time after the reception. This allows you to return from your honeymoon and get settle into your new life. Thank you notes can be a terribly daunting task as you want to send each person a personal note so share this responsibility with your new mate.
Another often-heard complaint from guest at a wedding is that they had to pay for several of the things that they thought would be provided. If you plan to charge for drinks at your “open bar” wedding reception, make sure you indicate that on the invitation. One way to take the sting out of a “pay for your own drinks” reception is to make sure that you get the opportunity to visit with each guest that attends. While this may prove to be impossible for large weddings, make the effort. Many people feel slighted when they do not get the chance to greet you personally. A brief visit from you and your new spouse will go a long way to taking the sting out of them shelling out a few bucks for drinks.
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