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- Upon your guests’ arrival, have your staff (friends/loved ones) offer them
something to drink. Water is great! This keeps them hydrated and more or less
occupied while they wait for the wedding to begin.
- It’s also important for your staff to ask your guests if they can take the empty
glass and offer them another beverage to take it's place.
- Have your alcoholic beverages set apart from the other beverages.
- Have the food set up in several stations – your guests will be moving more
(eating less) and keeps the bottle-necking reduced.
- Having staff assigned to carry trays or dishes of hors d’oeuvres moving through
the guests; this offers personal service (guests love it) and it reduces the food
intake. This can be put into effect once the wedding is complete as it keeps the
guests occupied while you’re becoming familiar with being Mr. and Mrs. Also
great if you are needing time to take pictures.
- Hors d’oeuvres can be solo or served with other foods available at the stations.
- Liquor at your reception? When you are interviewing sites for your wedding
reception with a guest list of 50? or more, I strongly encourage you to be certain
- in writing - with the site’s representative - you will be provided two bartenders
behind the bar preparing the drinks. Guests can get really agitated when the
waiting line is 10 or more minutes long.
- If you have your wedding and reception at the same site, have the officiant stall
the guests for a few moments while the wedding party takes a quick potty break
or time to get a beverage.
- Placement of chairs: have your chairs placed where each row is staggered - no
one misses seeing the couple say "I do."
- Smokers? At your reception, create two separate areas.
- Receiving Line. The traditional receiving line takes one (1) minute per person.
Another option: the Bride and Groom exit with the wedding party to follow and
return shortly to ‘dismiss’ the guests. This reduces the time to about half. A less
formal approach has the Bride and Groom meeting and greeting all of their
guests at the reception.
- Reserve a parking space for your Officiant. Make it easy for their departure.
- Ask your Officiant in advance if they'd like to wear a Boutonnière or Corsage as
not all are able to wear them..
- Wedding Entertainment Incorporating some entertainment into your wedding can
have many benefits, you can hire a magician to entertain your guests whilst your
photos are being taken, or a children's entertainer to keep the kids occupied.
You may want to have your wedding go with a bang by having a firework display
to end your night.
| Glenda Gibbs, Officiant 509.585.9683 |
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