The Key Components of a Great Wedding
The Key Components Of A Great Wedding are what turn a special day into an unforgettable one! While every wedding has its unique charm, if you’re dedicating time, effort, and money to planning your big day, you’re aiming for more than just ‘good.’ You want your celebration to be truly exceptional, filled with those magical touches that make it stand out and leave lasting memories for everyone involved. Let’s explore what takes a wedding from good to great!
There are some ‘great wedding’ factors that are beyond your control. You can’t control the weather, for instance, and you can’t guarantee that Tom Hanks will turn up for some truly memorable photos.
But everything else? That’s largely within your control. In this post, we’ll run through some of the key factors that make a wedding truly great, ensuring that you can put together a wedding day that lives long in the memory for all the right reasons.
The Guestlist
What would a wedding be without guests? In our view, not a whole lot. While you and your partner will be the stars of the show, your guests will play a vitally important secondary role. You’ll work to create a special atmosphere, but it’s your guests who will really bring it to life.
So, what’s the key to a great guest list? There’s no magic answer here, but we’d say avoid inviting anyone — or at least too many people — just because you feel that you “have to.” Stick with the fun-loving crowd who you know will be thrilled to be there, and it’ll be a great old wedding.
The Venue
A fantastic venue can make a wedding truly memorable. On the other end of the spectrum, even the best-planned weddings will suffer if the venue isn’t up to scratch.
The first thing you’ll need to think about is where the wedding will take place. If you’re looking internationally, then you’ll have a much larger range of options at your disposal. Plan a wedding in Paris or London, and you’ll have the option of choosing from some of the world’s best wedding venues. What makes a great wedding venue, we hear you ask? While everyone will have their own opinion about that, we think a venue that’s grand, historic, and features plenty of luxury touches is the way to go.
The Food
What do guests like most about a wedding? While you’d like to think that watching you and your partner getting hitched is the answer (But don’t worry: it’s up there!), the real answer is probably the food that you serve. A great meal will be talked about for years to come.
The key to a great meal is hiring the right caterers. If you don’t trust your sense of taste, then make sure you take someone who understands quality food when you go to sample what the caterer has to offer. Also be mindful that, in this day and age, many people have dietary restrictions in one way or another, so it’s best not just to sample what the caterer serves as their “main” dish, but also the gluten-free, vegan, and other options they provide.
The Party
How important is the party at a wedding? Well, for many people, this is the only time that they go out to dance all year, so we’d say that it’s very important! The art to a great wedding party is hiring the right DJ for the job, and offering some encouragement to get people onto the dance floor. Hiring a live wedding band to perform for an hour or so can be a good way to get the crowd warmed up, as can handing out some inflatable instruments and other props — you’ll be surprised at how much more willing people are to bust out their dance moves when they have an inflatable saxophone in their hands.
The Convenience
People are more than willing to bring all of their positivity and enthusiasm to a wedding, but to do that, things will have to be convenient. If they have to think about how they’ll get home or what their kids will do, then it’ll be inevitable if they hold back slightly. You can get around this — and ensure your guests can have the best time offer — by making things as convenient as possible.
The Surprises
If you’ve taken all of the tips we’ve outlined above on board, then you’ll be well on your way to having a great wedding. But there’s one thing that can really guarantee that everyone is still talking about your wedding for years to come, and that’s a surprise or two. Could you set off some fireworks, or hire an ice cream truck to hand out some delicious midnight snacks?
