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Why Save the Dates are Important

Why Save the Dates Are Essential for Your Wedding Planning a wedding can be a whirlwind of decisions and details, but there’s one thing you shouldn’t overlook: sending out Save the Dates.  These pre-invitation notices might seem like a small step, but they are critical in ensuring your big day goes off without a hitch. Whether…

Soirée’s Guide to: Should We Invite Kids or Specify No Children?

Kids or No Kids? Planning a wedding involves making many decisions, big and small. One question that often arises is whether to invite children to the celebration. While there are valid arguments on both sides, the decision should ultimately reflect your values, priorities, and the overall atmosphere you envision for your special day. Remember, there’s…

Soirée’s Guide to Toasts and Speeches

Tips On How To Plan Your Wedding Reception’s Toasts & Speeches – A Guide For Couples   The Good and the Bad Toasts We’ve been in the wedding planning industry for a decade and a half, so we’ve witnessed some beautiful tributes to the couple during the toasts & speeches. They are always a highlight…

Soiree’s Guide To: Choosing Your Hair & Makeup Team

A topic that we frequently help with is picking your wedding hair and makeup team. Most brides have little idea where to start and have many questions. Don’t fret… we’re here to give you some guidance and best advice using our experience working with some great hair and makeup teams! Here are the questions or…

Soirée’s Guide To: Creating Your Guest List & Seating Chart

Putting together a guest list can seem like such a daunting task, and even more, figuring out a seating chart may be overwhelming. But we’re here to remind you that it’s important to take the whole process step-by-step and we’ll break it all down for you! *** 1. Create an initial guest list The first…

Soirée’s Guide to: Micro & Intimate Weddings

Move over classic, large weddings – micro weddings are IN! In response to COVID-19, we’re seeing more and more couples plan smaller, intimate weddings. It’s truly heart-warming to see couples overcome a crisis such as this pandemic. BUT, don’t let the idea of a micro wedding fool you into thinking it’s a piece of (wedding)…

Soirée’s Guide to: What We Cannot Do For You!

We (kindly and lovingly 🖤 ) cannot… We are always so excited to tell you all the things we absolutely will do for you, but we want to make sure your expectations are clear for what we won’t do too. It isn’t that we don’t want to though! It is just that there are real…

Soirée’s Guide to: Hotel Shuttles vs. Hired Transportation

How do we get here and there? A big question that pops up often for our planning couples is all about transportation! Should you book transportation for your wedding party, family, and guests attending the wedding? Or, does it make more sense to use the (many times, free) shuttle provided by your hotel? It can…

Soirée’s Guide to: Hotel Room Blocks

One of the most common topics we discuss at length with our couples is accommodations for their wedding guests. To make this discussion a little easier, we wanted to put together a guide that helps you decide on how many rooms, where to reserve, and what you should know before signing that contract. What is…

Soirée’s Guide to: Why a Great DJ is Important

Wedding DJs do so much more than just spin the tunes. Have you ever been to a wedding where the DJ is just awful? They are microphone hogs, play too loudly, play the wrong music, or worse, don’t say much of anything at all leaving awkward silences! Some DJs will even affect the mood in…