Our team of certified wedding planners have planned numerous home weddings over the years,
from intimate affairs to soirees for 400+ on land where we built the
"venue" from scratch. We are excited to share some tips, tricks
and best practices when it comes to planning a home wedding. We've broken
this into a three-part series and this first installment gives you some of
the most crucial details to think about when considering a home wedding!
There
are a multitude of logistical considerations you'll want to spend time
pondering before you make the commitment to a home wedding. Below is a list of
several - but not all - of them:
Parking
Valet vs. self parking, potential need for permits, room enough for all the cars and neighborhood issues
Necessities
Power, restrooms, trash, security
Rentals
Consider all that you might need: tent, furniture, linens, glassware, flatware, plates, food service items
Catering/Staffing
Timing, refrigeration, heating, staging, set-up, serving, clean-up
Again, these are just a few of the
logistics to consider. To drill down on these issues a little, in the coming weeks, we will share our top five do's, followed by our top
five don'ts when it comes to home weddings and particularly,
receptions.
Space
For setup,
breakdown, storage, layout and flow of ceremony and reception and for the
wedding party to get ready and wait for ceremony to startValet vs. self parking, potential need for permits, room enough for all the cars and neighborhood issues
Necessities
Power, restrooms, trash, security
RentalsConsider all that you might need: tent, furniture, linens, glassware, flatware, plates, food service items
Catering/Staffing
Timing, refrigeration, heating, staging, set-up, serving, clean-up
And if the idea of weighing the pros and cons of a home wedding overwhelm you, make an appointment with our experienced wedding planners to learn how they can help walk you though the process - and you'll have fun along the way!
