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Your guests’ wedding day first impressions will be critical in how they begin their experience at your backyard celebration.
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Wedding Day First Impressions: Transportation Ideas
One of the first wedding day steps for your guests will be to interact with your transportation plan. They mayr take your shuttle bus, arrive at your valet station, or self-park their car in the designated area. You can easily spend a little extra effort to make these experiences pleasant for your guests.
If your guests will be taking shuttle buses, please ask your transportation company to mark all buses clearly with a simple sign. If the ride is particularly long, you might consider playing a video, providing a customized trivia game to occupy the guests. A small bottle of water and a thoughtful small snack like a locally made trail mix will be appreciated. If you can, personalize the water bottle label and the snack bag.
A reputable valet company will have its staffers wear a uniform and provide professional, clear signage to give directions to the valet station. You can spruce up their signs with balloons, flags or streamers.
If you are going with a self-park option, make sure that the path between the parking and the residence is clearly marked with festive signs that will hold up in wind or rain. Also remember to assign someone to take these signs down the next day if they are not on your property.
Wedding Day First Impressions: Greeting Guests
Once guests get out of their cars or off the bus, you will want to make sure they are properly welcomed. If the weather is poor, you might consider professional greeters or doormen with umbrellas. Regardless of the weather, immediately upon arrival there should be a spot to drop off gifts, and possibly, check coats. If you are having a simple, traditional guestbook, this can be set up at the arrival point. If you are having a more specialized guest book, reserve access to it until later in order to avoid a bottleneck at the entrance.
After you’ve taken gifts and coats out of your guests’ hands, you can give them things. If it is sunny, a parasol. If it is warm, a hand fan. A welcome drink is basically standard now. If it is cool out, a pashmina or blanket.
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