What Your Wedding Party Needs to Know
When you’re planning a wedding, there’s so much to do. And, with all that planning and rushing around, it’s easy for the members of your wedding party to feel a bit “out of the loop.” This can lead to confusion, disappointments, and other problems you don’t want on your big day. Thus, it’s important to take steps to ensure everyone knows all the most important details of your wedding.
Provide a Detailed Timeline
First things first, when it comes to the actual wedding day, provide a detailed timeline or schedule to each and every member of your wedding party. Everyone should know where they should be and when. Think about things like when dressing and getting ready will occur, when everyone needs to take their places, and what time the reception will start and end. The more in-the-know everyone is, the more smoothly and easily things will go.
Tell Them What to Bring (and Buy)
Members of the wedding party are sometimes confused about what’s their responsibility and what’s provided for them. As such, don’t be shy about making these distinctions. Ensure everyone knows what they need to bring with them or take care of on their own and what you’ll be providing. This can differ from one wedding to the next, but as long as everyone knows ahead of time what their responsibilities are, no one should feel offended or put out.
Provide a Phone List
Finally, provide a phone or general contact list to everyone in your wedding party well ahead of the wedding day. This should include phone numbers and emails for the most important contact people in the wedding. That way, if there’s a problem or a question that the bride or groom can’t get to, no one will be left floundering. There will always be someone to reach out to in order to keep communication flowing.
Managing a wedding party means managing a whole host of people, which can prove difficult. However, if you carefully follow these tips, you should find it a whole lot easier, which means you can just relax and enjoy your special day.
