How To Create The Perfect Wedding Reception According To The Experts

‘Trends only last so long, therefore we recommend applying your own personality to your wedding day. Don’t be scared to branch out and do things differently – whether it be using unconventional flowers that are your personal favourite, donning a crown instead of a veil, or ditching the dress for pants to perfect your first dance. If you love it your guests will too.’ – Encore St Kilda

The Perfect Place

‘When planning your wedding reception, one of the most important aspects is the venue. You need to make sure that your venue meets the aesthetic requirements of your wedding theme but also caters to the number of guests you intend on inviting. It is also important to consider if your venue provides catering as part of the cost or if you need to find your catering service that can be hired the same day as you’re renting your venue’. –The Playford Adelaide

Tick All The Boxes

‘When creating that perfect wedding reception ensure that you chose a venue that can fit your number of guests comfortably and with enough space for your dance floor. It is also important to try and chose a venue which not only provides you with an exceptional menu but a venue who is flexible and open to exploring new ideas. Our favourite wedding receptions are ones that do all they can to ensure our couples needs are always met and without compromise. Lighting is so important in creating a stunning atmosphere so chose a venue that has rigging. When you are investing in beautiful floral centrepieces it is so important to have these illuminated with warm or coloured lighting.’ – Noel Nassar Events

Keep it Close

‘Keeping your ceremony space close to or at your reception venue is the easiest way to cut costs (on venue rental, transportation, and even photography and videography). This will simplify your planning and cut down on logistics, like figuring out how your entire wedding party is going to get from the ceremony to the cocktail hour (not to mention all the guests). Book a ceremony venue that’s nearby or at the same place as your reception and you’ll have more time for things like photos and mingling with your guests at cocktail hour.’ – Lure at Abell Point Marina

Get a Second opinion

‘Planning a wedding requires sensitive but sensible people to help you pull together an event that makes you feel proud and happy. Your wedding planners will help you with the big decisions, like choosing a venue or colours and the tiny details, like making sure the music is timed perfectly to match the bride’s walk down the aisle.’ –Botanica Weddings

Get Inspired

‘Find inspiration and it will guide you towards your most loved style. This is a good time to create a Pinterest account if you haven’t already. You can use Pinterest to help find and save your dream pins so you get an understanding of what you like and don’t like. Beware: It can be addictive!’ – Splash Events

The Key Words

Bringing the outdoors inside with large hanging installations is key in any space. We always recommend to our clients that they pick two-three key words at the start of the planning journey and we use these words for throughout all of our selections to tie everything back in!’ – Pop Up With Style

Timeline

‘Write a detailed timeline for your event and include important information such a delivery times for all your items, contact details, exactly is what delivered and a summary of the order of events such as cake cutting, speeches etc. This is so helpful as you have a nice detailed summary of the whole event in one spot’ – Couture Wedding Planning

Get A Planner

‘Planning your own wedding used to mean endless hours of research, running around and becoming stressed. Now, with the growing popularity of wedding planners, it is possible to plan your dream wedding without all the negative implications. With the help of a wedding planner the wedding of your dreams can become a reality.’ – Kelly-Louise Weddings

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