Your Honored Guests
Posted on | June 28, 2010 | 1 Comment
As you learned in The Art of Gracious Wedding Planning, consideration of your guests should be at the forefront of all your wedding related decisions. While planning your wedding, consider decisions from your honored guests’ perspective. How will your decisions impact logistics for guests, as well as their comfort and enjoyment? How do you want your guests to perceive your wedding and what do you want their lasting impression to be?
It is a tribute to you and an honor when guests join in the celebration of your wedding. Their acceptance of your 
invitation puts them in a very special category of privilege. As with any guest invited to your home, you must treat your wedding guests with the same forethought and graciousness when planning the event. You have extended an invitation; therefore, you should be conscientious of their comfort and enjoyment. It is critical to understand that their experience while attending your wedding will ultimately determine the success of it.
During your wedding planning, imagine how you would feel attending your wedding as your guest. In other words step in their shoes and imagine yourself in their place and visualize what they might encounter from the moment they arrive for the ceremony. Have all the aspects been arranged with your guests in mind? Will they be able to hear your vows? Were the wedding programs distributed to everyone? Can your guests see from all angles? Can the directions be challenging such that it would be prudent to provide a map with directions? If you overlook even the tiniest minor details, it can leave your guests isolated, confused or possibly worse.
It is also important to be aware of the expenses that attending your wedding will require. In addition to a wedding gift there is the time and money spent traveling, parking fees, possible overnight accommodations, time away from work, possible taking of personal vacation time, appropriate attire, and babysitters.
Moreover, provide your guests with time for personal acknowledgement and attention during your wedding such as greeting and spending at least a few minutes at each table, dance with your guests and engage in conversation with them. It can be very beneficial to get your family and your bridal party involved to assist you in keeping your guests enjoying your wedding by allowing them to act as your co-hosts by greeting guests, answering questions, dancing with the single ladies and gentlemen and overall just behaving gracious, warm and friendly to each of your guests.
By considering your honored guests perspective in each of your wedding planning decisions, you are guaranteed to have your fairytale wedding and be in first place with your guests as the ‘ ‘Best Wedding I Ever Attended’.
Tags: Courteous Behavior > General Wedding Etiquette > Guest List > Invite > Manners > Wedding Advice > Wedding Planning
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June 29th, 2010 @ 2:24 am
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