Wedding planning: some things to avoid
Plan your wedding with respect for your guests
Wedding planning, a months-long commitment that requires a lot of attention and energy! There are many aspects that you have to take care of, from participation to the guest list, from the menu to the choice of location, not to mention the clothes.
In our previous article we have already talked about how to choose the right car for your wedding to make an arrival in style and elegance at the place of the ceremony. If you haven't done it yet, we suggest you to read it, because in addition to being interesting, it might give you some precious hints.
Today, however, we at Vip Limousine Milan want to focus on another aspect of weddings, in particular we want to break some spears in favor of your guests. Planning your wedding months in advance is undoubtedly very difficult, many are the decisions you have to make, the details you have to think about and all this without abandoning your daily routine.
In these situations it's normal to forget something. For this reason we want to give you some advice and give you a small list of things to avoid to make your guests happy too: celebrating your wedding is better if everyone is happy.
Little tips for a perfect wedding
Even if you've planned everything down to the smallest detail with the hope that your guests will enjoy the wedding, that's not necessarily the case. In fact, it is not rare to find weddings where only a small number of guests have fun, while many others sit at their tables hoping that everything will end soon.
This could be every couple's nightmare, especially for those who want everyone to have fun and spend a few hours of joy and not boredom.
Aware that it is not always possible to please everyone, there are some things to consider when planning your wedding to make it easier for your guests.
The bride and the delay: a tradition or a moment to forget?
Etiquette states that the groom must wait for his future wife directly at the altar, but nothing says about the bride being late. By now it is a tradition that the bride arrives late at the place of the ceremony, in almost all weddings this moment is now considered traditional and essential.
Careful, though! Delaying by a few minutes is acceptable, but delays of 30 minutes are starting to become almost unacceptable. This is in fact one of the moments that guests hate so much. Weddings, especially church weddings, require particularly long ceremonies and if you add to this the excessive delay of the bride, it is normal that many people do not appreciate it.
Our advice is not to exaggerate; there is a right middle way that will satisfy all parties. A 10-minute wait is more than acceptable and will allow you to respect tradition.
Impose the dress code? Better not.
Marriage is an investment for the bride and groom, but it is also an investment for the guests. In recent years there has been a widespread desire to organize themed weddings; sometimes everything revolves around a specific color, other times they are real themes like a specific historical period.
If well organized, these are beautiful and interesting weddings, but it would be better not to impose a precise dress code on their guests. When you attend a wedding, you are often pushed to buy a formal dress or, at best, to reuse one that we already have in our closet.
Imposing guests to show up in 1920s clothes, for example, may not be accepted by everyone, creating discontent. If you want, you can leave this freedom to your guests, specifying on the participation that a dress code on the subject is not mandatory, but on a voluntary basis.
Long waiting times
Weddings are full of waiting and downtime, moments that often occur throughout the day. If you've attended even one wedding, you already know what we're talking about.
After the ceremony, it is customary for the bride and groom to retire to the classic photo book, often leaving the guests to their own devices. Your guests will not know what to do, where to go and, often, they don't even know the place of the party. In these cases it is better to tell them to reach the restaurant where they will find a large buffet for the aperitif to be consumed comfortably seated.
The other wait is for the courses. Often hours pass between courses, making the meal time interminable. You should not be in a hurry, especially because in addition to eating your guests will talk to each other, but it is advisable to tell the waiters to bring the dishes to the tables regularly and without excessive waiting.
Open bar or pay bar?
When it comes to bars, there's a real divide. Many newlyweds are inclined to leave the open bar always well accepted by their guests, others instead prefer the bar for a fee both to keep costs down and to prevent many guests from getting drunk.
Usually it would be good to have an open bar, especially if you already know that your guests would mind paying for a simple drink. Alternatively, you can always opt for a limited number of finished free drinks that you have to pay for.
Alone among strangers
How would you like to be assigned to a table where you don't know anyone? This is undoubtedly the greatest fear of many guests, especially when it comes to single people who know few of your friends.
The choice of seating is always difficult because many variables have to be taken into account while respecting the available space. Make sure you seat people you know close together and never put a friend of yours alone at a table of perfect strangers: at weddings you make friends, it's true, but for some people it could be a particularly embarrassing moment.
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These are just some of the tips we can give you on your special day. Improving your guests' experience will allow you to enjoy your wedding more, with the certainty that you have really done everything possible as a perfect hostess.
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