Jul 08

While this month’s Wedding Tip applies mainly to off-premise events (parties held at locations other than hotels, such as on the beach, at a private estate, etc.), the same can be said about be said about on-premise events. While on-premise events have such things like restrooms, parking, security, etc., already built into your cost, it helps to be aware of it.

For many brides-to-be, the excitement of planning her own wedding often causes “tunnel vision” in which she focuses her priorities and attention to the things she feels are important to her. Often, these items include the food, the dress, the decor, the dress, and more. Many other considerations are left as an afterthought…but these considerations can be critical to the success (or failure) of your party.

Brides who host a wedding at a hotel usually do not have to worry about the following items, but if you are planning a celebration on the beach or at a private estate, these are some things you should seriously consider:

RESTROOMS. Are there enough accessible restrooms for your guests? Are they usable, and who will clean them? I did a wedding at a beach park many years ago, and the only restrooms were the public ones at a park. By the middle of the reception, the restrooms were filthy. Because of this, many guests left early.  Make sure there are enough accessible restrooms for your guests.

PARKING. Is there enough parking for all of your guests? If your wedding doesn’t have enough stalls for your guests to park, they may simply drive by and go somewhere else. A few rules of thumb:

  • Assume that half of your adult guests will drive, if they are local. Even if they are part of a family unit, they may take separate cars.
  • Don’t count the kids, because they will ride with their families.

COVERING/SHADE. The Hawaiian sun can be notoriously hot, depending on the time of day. If your wedding is during daylight, have some sort of shade available for your guests so they can hang out under after the ceremony is over and until the reception starts, if they wish to. Also, if the weather turns bad, your guests will appreciate having some sort of cover from the rain.  Have some sort of shade from the sun/rain available for your guests.  They will appreciate it!

Wait, there’s more!

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Jun 09

With school over and the summer wedding season now in full swing, this month’s Wedding VIP Club Newsletter is focused on the kids! This month’s newsletter includes tips on…

  • How to keep the children entertained at your wedding reception (so they don’t run around and wreak havoc on your presentation);
  • How to keep your kids active during the summer months (so they don’t get into anything bad, dangerous, or illegal);
  • And for the guys, how to choose your ringbearer for your wedding.

In addition, I highlight upcoming weddings (Ashlee & Alvin, Genesa & Brian); recent weddings (Janilee & Melvin); anniversaries; birthdays; and much more! So if you’re a member of the Wedding VIP Club, check your inboxes for this month’s helpful dose of information, stories, and images.

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May 18

Here’s a great tip to help make the wedding planning experience much more stress-free:

Create a free Yahoo! or Google G-Mail email address strictly for your wedding planning.

This is good for several reasons:

  • You don’t clutter up your regular email address with wedding-related emails, especially if you plan to use the email address to sign up for various mailing lists.
  • You can keep ALL of your wedding-related email correspondence from your wedding professionals and guests without having to worry about mailbox space.
  • Since the emails you receive will be strictly wedding-related, it will be easier and faster to search for a particular wedding-related email if you need to look up something that was said a long time ago.
  • You make the accounting & budgeting for your wedding easier and faster if all of your invoices and receipts are sent to the same email address.
  • Use it also for your e-RSVPs, making it easier to track who’s coming to your wedding and who isn’t.

So simply sign up for a free Yahoo! or Google G-Mail email address, use it strictly for wedding-related business, and make your life easier!

Did you know there’s this week’s Weekly Wedding Tip is related to this article? If you are setting up a free Google G-Mail account for your wedding-related email, this week’s Weekly Wedding Tip gives you easy and fast instructions to set it up.

To get the Weekly Wedding Tip, you must be a member of my Wedding VIP Club. If you are a member, check your inboxes or bulk mail boxes on Tuesday, May 19, for this week’s great tip.

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May 06

This month’s Wedding VIP Club newsletter just went out yesterday, and it’s full of great information:

  • Rehearsal tips for your Master of Ceremonies;
  • Ideas to bring on some romance this summer;
  • For your husband-to-be: a link and/or video clip about choosing the right tuxedo;
  • And much more.

Of course, we recognize recently married couples, celebrate anniversaries, announce “Save The Dates”,welcome our new Wedding VIP Club members, and more!

So if you are current member of the Wedding VIP Club, check your inboxes for the latest issue of the newsletter. If it isn’t in your inbox, it may have been placed in your bulk mail folder by accident.

If you aren’t yet a member and want to join, simply surf on over to

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Fill out all of the requested information, and then check your email for a confirmation email. Click the link in the confirmation email, and you should be good to go!

If you have any questions or comments about the articles on the newsletter, please feel free to ask!

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