Planning an outdoor wedding? A-list event planner Kimball Stroud says no one should ever plan a large outdoor event without one. (Courtesy Avril Wood)
"Are you sure you like all these people at home?" I asked the boy's mother when she offered to organize the wedding at home of Jackson Hole, Wyo. My daughter and her son were hired. Each place of marriage we look at was reserved.
"Oh, they will not be at home," he said. "We will keep the wedding outside."
I just met this woman about the zoom, but I already liked their common sense and their practical limits.
"And the bathrooms?" Asked.
"Oh, we will rent one of these elegant trailers with toilets and sinks," he said.
This conversation occurred six months ago. Since then, life has been a vagueness of florists and photographers, bakers and groups, and many writing checks to pay everything. According to the event planners, we were not alone.
"I noticed a great increase in marriages at Cavid's house, because wedding places are very difficult to find," said Kimball Stoud, event planner A to Washington DC, whose customers have included Elon Musk and Hillary Clinton. "And this is a good thing."
A great advantage of having a wedding at home is that you can choose your appointment, he said. "You are not at the mercy of the calendar of a place, which is often filled a year in advance."
"A house is by far the first option," said Stud. "I say to any couple who get married to ask a parent or a friend who has a pleasant house. If you have space and earth, why not? "
Here is why not: although the most personal weddings, home weddings are not necessarily easier or less expensive. Traditional places such as hotels, churches or banquets have tables, chairs, bedding, dishes, parking, bathrooms and personal. When he organizes a wedding at home, everything is in you.
Although the rain at Jackson Hole in August is rare, the wedding weekend, all the annual precipitation of the city conspired to fall immediately. (Insert heavy sobs). Let our dreams go for an outdoor wedding under a summer blue sky and a flower rod, and give us the chairs in the dance tent. Thirty minutes before the ceremony, however, the sky was cleared and the sun smiles on the muddy grass, the procession, the votes and the time of the cocktail on the front grass.
At dinner time, the guests emigrated to the rear store and a few moments later, the sky pleased. Baths. And there, we were, old friends and new acquaintances, all dresses, magically surrounded by candles, flowers, good food and great feelings. Yes, the shoes were ruined. Long dresses were confused. But I wouldn't have changed details.
If you plan a special event at home, this is what you should consider:
hire an event planner. A good marriage planner provides not only problems, but also plans for them. They allow you to focus on driving the day, while taking care of the supplier's flow and headache. And if you plan a marriage from a distance, a local planner will be a lever effect with suppliers who do not.
has a rain plan. "You just have to have the store and prepare for the rain, or you cannot have the event," said Stud. "The rain could destroy the whole case."
think of parking. few residences can accommodate 50 parked cars. Take arrangements for golf golf or carts to transport customers between the residence and a common parking or primary hotels nearby. The supply of transport relieves the parking problem, prevents customers who have drank and allow hosts to ensure that everyone is outside the installation of one hour established.
give an opinion to the neighbors. The parents of the boyfriend said to their neighbors with months in advance that they would organize a marriage and ask for their understanding and consideration. They were all friendly. In return, the hosts promised that the group would stop playing at 10 p.m.
rent a loo. "You may be able to organize a dinner for 20 or even 50 in a private house and use the houses of the house," said Stud, "but plumbing in most houses, I do not Can't manage more than that ". Fortunately, very good trailers are available. related items
dedicate space at the Nuptial Festival. The parents of the boyfriend put their guest house available to the bride and the participants, while the boys used the pool house. If you do not have separate spaces, consider using a nearby hotel room.
pest control. Make your ruby garden for mosquitoes and place the insect spray.
Marni Jameson is the author of Six Home and Lifestyle Books, who includes "reduce the family home: what to save, what to let go". Contact her in */