Brides and grooms are often faced with a big challenge right at the beginning of the wedding planning with the question “who should we invite to our wedding?”. How do we manage to meet the different demands of the various guest groups and create our personal wedding guest list? Do we really want to have all our work colleagues at the aperitif? Do we also have to invite aunt Emma because the family expects it? We have some good ideas for you!
One tip is to draw up the guest list as early as possible in the wedding planning process, which makes sense for various reasons: for example, the choice of location, above all, depends on the number of guests. Of course, the number of people also has an impact on the budget. But also the entire social program depends on the quantity, the concept and above all also on the selection of the guests.
Grandma Hildegard should feel as comfortable and picked up at the wedding as the colleagues from the student’s association. So the wedding needs to have a solemn setting, but should also offer the opportunity to party extensively. This balancing act is not so easy to achieve. However, there is a good solution – make two out of one!
Often bridal couples celebrate two weddings anyway – a civil ceremony and a church or free ceremony. This offers the perfect opportunity to split the guest groups as well. For example, work colleagues can be invited to the civil wedding or the subsequent aperitif. Usually, this wedding is kept a little smaller anyway. Nobody feels “neglected” if they have to leave after the aperitif.
Another possibility is to invite the family to the civil wedding and make this celebration a little quieter. Then, at the free or church wedding ceremony, mainly the friends are invited, who will certainly rock the dance floor with you.
Especially in recent months, bridal couples often saw only one radical option due to the Corona situation: the number of guests must be reduced and thus do without one or the other guest. Here Katrin and Fabian have shown how this situation can be solved perfectly. The civil wedding was held in the family circle. All guests enjoyed their “Tropical Wedding” and were able to express and celebrate their love with the bride and groom. A year later Katrin and Fabian invited to the celebration for their friends. Here, a program for the younger generation was offered with a guided tour of the new Lewa Savannah at Zurich Zoo and an extensive celebration with DJ.
A special group of guests and also a question that always comes up are the children. Should they be invited to the wedding or not? Basically, this decision is of course up to each bride and groom. But we give you a tip if you have children at your wedding: offer them something to do. Be it with a cuddly play corner, where the children can occupy themselves. Or professional child care, which offer the small guests an organized program. The parents will thank you, the children anyway and also you can enjoy the day so certainly more relaxed…
You are also faced with the question of which guests to invite to your wedding or how to adapt the party to the guest list? We will be happy to help you with this question and discuss various options with you. Please contact us for a free initial consultation, we are looking forward to it!
