Treating your wedding guests......to more than just food!

You already know that I love weddings - so of course I love the guests that attend them also!  As a bride you should too!  Yes, it is your wedding day, but it is a great event for them too and you should treat it that way. 

One quick and easy way to do that is create a room block at a hotel close by for your out of town guests.  It doesn't cost you anything, and it shows that you thought about them!

In their hotel rooms you should try and place just a little something - from a guest bag with some goodies to a special note from you and your groom.

For a limited time the ladies of Behind The Scenes Inc will create your guest accomodation hotel room block for you - FOR FREE!

All we need from you is your name, your grooms name, wedding date, preferred hotel and an estimated number of out of town guests. All you need to do is email us at Veronica@behindthescenesinc.com with this infromation and Room Block  in the subject line.  Give us about 2 days to cement everything and we'll send you the details for your guests!

Protect your event - purchase insurance!!

If your wedding is going to be a production (most weddings are!) then you should take that extra step and schedule about $160 (for an average wedding) for liability insurance.  This can cover just your event, lasts only that one day, sometimes two for set ups and protects you agains lawsuits brought on by third-party bodily injury or property damage.

One example is when we do large set ups, bringing in lots of rentals, hanging things from ceilings, installing dance floors, etc we make sure that the client purchases insurance and adds us to the policy.  This way say we forget to hide a DJ wire and someone trips and falls and breaks their glasses.  If they sue the bride and groom (or most likely us) the insurance pays the fees and everyone is happy.

What if you don't have a planner and the dance floor isn't installed correctly and a young lady in those beautiful stilletto heels breaks her shoe, twists her ankle, falls down and hits her head?  Who do you think she is going to sue - I'll tell you - the bride and groom, the venue, the person who installed the dance floor.  So keep yourself out of her reach and opt for event insurance.  A great company is www.totaleventinsurance.com - HCC Specialty.  Call or go online for your quote!

You have a beautiful wedding cake.........now what?

One of the most looked at pieces of decor at your wedding will be your wedding cake.  So why not do it right?  I've seen such beautiful expensive wedding cakes sit on wood square pieces and those oh so popular silver cake stands.  Everyone does that...so step a little bit out of the box and get you a great stand to put that expensive piece of food on.  I guarantee your guests will see it!

One of the websites that I love to go to is Raise The Cake.  Not only do they do great work, but it truly matches your theme, makes your cake look fantastic and adds that little -- "Did you see that cake stand at (INSERT YOUR NAME HERE's) wedding!?" to your guests' lips!  Check out some of my favorite photos.

What woman doesn't love the bling?  You can get this one in a cake stand - or a cupcake stand and truly bling out your reception!

For those floral inthusiasts, this is fantastic!  You can't even tell where the cake ends and the stand starts.

Gotta love the classics - they are classic for a reason!

Be sure to visit their website Raise the Cake for some great gallery photos and to order your cake stand today!

Planning Programs - Last but not least

Ok, now you've seen all of our planning programs.  What we mean by planning program is that there is a process that you must follow to ensure a near flawless event (no event is flawless).  Below are some services that we offer if you want to do it all yourself (but might need a little hand)

Professional Recommendation Service

For the bride that doesn’t know where to begin planning, but knows that she wants to do it herself.  You get the benefit of having a professional planner at an affordable price.  This service is mainly for vendor recommendations:

• List of suggested questions you should ask when interviewing wedding professionals
• List of 4 wedding professionals in eight different categories (your choice) -  the list includes all contact information and any details that you may need to know.
• Tips on how to conduct your rehearsal
• List of items to keep handy on wedding day in case of emergency
• Contract Reviews and recommendations – once you decide on hiring a professional we’ll go through the contract to make sure it includes all of the details that you’ll need.

Virtual Consultant

If you are tech savvy and just want help planning you can secure a professional, knowledgeable wedding coordinator to be on hand to answer an unlimited number of questions via e-mail throughout your planning process.   It includes, but is not limited to:

• Budget Advice – we’ll help you keep your budget in line.
• Décor Advice
• Etiquette
• Timeline Creation Assistance

*We do not provide vendor referrals or attend wedding day with this package.  All emails will be answered within 24 – 48 hours.  If a question requires more time to research we will let you know.

Thought I would add in an upcoming program butterfly:

 

Isn't she beautiful?!  This program will be released sometime in February.

Planning Program - Ulysses Planning Program

Ulysses Planning Program this was the Day of Planning Package.  Since you’ve taken care of all the planning details by yourself let us help you enjoy your labor of love! We begin working with you the day you hire us to make sure that we are well informed of all the details.   This planning program includes but is not limited to:
 

• Customized Wedding Website & Planner Tools – these are all online so you can see what we’ve booked so far and at what pricing.  You can also use this for the remainder of your planning process and to keep track of your budget.
• Final, on site, consultation one month to 6 weeks before the wedding – we’ll meet and walk through the entire event one last time to make sure that we have everything and to find any holes in planning
• Oversee all vendor commitments to make sure they are fulfilled to contractual agreements
• Coordinate rehearsal and make sure all parties are aware of their positions, roles and responsibilities, and where to be when and do what
• Confirm set up is done according to your specifications – we do not do set up with this package, it is purely coordination.  If you want help with set up please inquire as the cost depends on how elaborate the set up is, how much time is given for set up and/or how much time we’ll need to get the set up done correctly.