Bridal magazines talk at length about how your wedding is “all about you” and that it is “YOUR special day.”
But when you step back and think about it, though, that’s not entirely true. Sure, you’re the one getting married, but the day is something that dozens of other people will experience too. They also want to have a good time.
So, what can you include at your wedding that your guests will love? Take a look at the following ideas.
Photo Booths
Photo booths have almost become a staple of modern weddings, providing guests with something to do if there is a lull in proceedings. They provide you with an alternative way to collect photographs of your big day, meaning that you’re not wholly reliant on your photographer. They also allow your guests to have fun, pull silly faces and generally lark about.
A Kids Play Area
Getting kids to sit quietly and engage in polite conversation with other guests at a twelve-hour wedding is impossible. It doesn’t matter how good your guests are at parenting; they can’t prevent nature from taking its course. Eventually, even the best-dressed children in tuxedos will succumb to their desire to wreak havoc.
Guests, therefore, like it a lot when you provide them with a game plan for kids. You could set up a supervised creche, offer a separate area for children to have fun with toys, and provide plenty of changing facilities.
Mobile Bars
At weddings, guests expect to be able to get professionally-made drinks. Unfortunately, not all venues have bars – something that can undermine high spirits at the after-party.
With mobile bar hire, though, you can get around this problem. The way it works is surprisingly simple: you contact a company that provides bar hire services, and then they bring all of the equipment that they need to make drinks to the venue. Once they arrive, everyone is happy. Your guests get freshly-made cocktails, and you can still use the venue of your choice, without compromising.
Dance Classics
The guests at your wedding probably don’t want to listen to your latest SoundCloud playlist. The majority are perfectly happy with dance classics. Tell your DJ to play them.
Entertaining Speeches
Speeches at weddings ceased being tributes to the married couple a long time ago. Now they’re mainly about audience entertainment, having primarily become comedy sketches. The best speeches are those that mildly rib the couple with anecdotes while at the same time, fitting in with the theme of the rest of the wedding.
A quality speech can change the atmosphere at a wedding. If guests are struggling to warm to each other, a jovial toast can utterly change the mood.
Food Trucks
Wedding day schedules are a little strange. Usually, the ceremony begins at around 11 am and then finishes at 1 pm. The wedding breakfast, however, might not be ready until 4 pm, but which most of your guests will be hungry.
Instead of handing them a glass of prosecco and telling them to deal with it, hire a food van and satisfy the peckish.