When you’ve finally decided on a facility for your wedding day, make sure that the facility’s coordinator is working on the same agenda that you are. Some facility coordinators are the directors for the facility’s operations and not necessarily a wedding coordinator. We photographed a wedding at a very nice event facility. They had been in business for years. However, the coordinator apparently did not live up to the bride’s expectations. She was under the assumption that the coordinator was going to help run the day’s events including gathering and dispensing the boutonnieres, setting out the programs and generally keeping everyone on track.
Within 10 minutes before the wedding started someone noticed that the programs were not out for the guests. The bride thought the coordinator was going to do it. When asked to do so, the coordinator did so without hesitation but by then it was really too late. She placed them in a basket set on a chair in the middle of the aisle but failed to move them in time before the wedding party began their march down the aisle. They had to walk around the chair. Unless you have all the details listed, these kinds of things will happen. Ask your coordinator what they do and do not do. That way you’ll know what to expect and what’s needed on your wedding day so that mishaps like this won’t happen.
Before the ceremony begins your wedding party may get hungry. Have some food and drinks available. (Wedding day tips)
The meal doesn’t have to be big, just some snacks, soft drinks and water. Decide who is responsible for having the food placed in both the groom and bridal suites. If not the coordinator, then assign someone. The same applies for the boutonnieres. Who will bring them to the facility and once there who will distribute them. There are specific flowers for each of the wedding party and immediate family so keep that in mind.
Who has the programs and the sign-in book? Who will place them out for the guests? Determine when and where will they be placed? These are questions among many that need to be discussed with your event coordinator.
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