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Is there a marriage in your house, everything is sorted out but just the thing left is to hire a wedding DJ. But you don’t know how to hire a wedding DJ, because you have never done it before. If this is your current condition, then I can help you by letting you know how to hire a wedding DJ.

How to Hire a wedding DJ?

  There are various factors and things on which you should have a look during the process of hiring a wedding DJ-

Search a DJ- The first step in How to hire a wedding DJ is to find a wedding DJ service provider. You can reach up to nearby DJ service providers, or if you know about any better DJ service provider, then you can go to them also. If you don’t have any DJ service provider nearby you then you can find them from various places such as-

Search Online- The most convenient way to find a DJ to hire as a wedding DJ is to search for a wedding DJ online directly. In this way, you would be able to have several options available for you, from which you can choose the best one.

From a reference- The following way with the help of which you can easily find a wedding DJ is by getting any recommendation from your friends or family.

After the search is complete- When you will find a Wedding DJ with any of the above listed or non-listed way, then the next step would be letting him know about the timings and various functions where he would be needed, as an Indian wedding takes place for at least 3-4 day and comprises of multiple functions.

Provide them a proper list- In today’s weddings you will notice that everything works with planning, so the same thing also takes place when you hire a wedding DJ. In the case of a wedding DJ, you should provide them a list of songs that you want them to play. You should also tell them about any type of special performances that the family members must be performing according to which he will add songs to be played during the performances.

DJ for a wedding in India, there will be a lot of DJs, but it is difficult to find someone who may have qualities of the best artist and entertainer. There are some hidden characteristics of an excellent performer. Her I give some of these certain qualities.

A DJ should be social

A DJ should be friendly

An Excellent event planner

A festive occasion like a wedding or birthday deserves a huge celebration with family and friends. But before you send out those invites, it is important that you choose the right venue for the occasion.

Here are some common mistakes that you must avoid while booking a banquet hall. 

Booking a Venue Before Creating a Guest List

Make the guest list before booking the venue, not the other way around. It is important that you know how many guests are coming so that you book a banquet hall that can accommodate the guests.

If you invite 300 guests, there is no need to book a hall with a capacity for 500. Similarly, if you book a hall with capacity for 100, there is no way you can fit in 300 guests. Once you have an approximate number, you can go ahead with booking a venue with the right capacity.

No Discussion About Food

Check what food would be served in the banquet hall. Discuss with them what type of food you want them to serve and if there are any limitations on what they can serve.

Do a taste test and make sure it fulfils the quality levels. Ensure that the quantity of food you ordered is sufficient for the invited guests. Too much food will result in wastage, too little and you would be sending your guests home hungry.

Not Checking About Decoration Restrictions

Some venues have strict rules about decoration. Some properties do not permit any kind of decoration while others are more flexible. It would be a good idea to ask the banquet hall about their decoration rules.

When you clarify what’s allowed and what’s restricted, you won’t have any surprises on the main day.

Choosing an Inconvenient Location

No matter how much you loved a banquet hall, it would not be a good idea to book it if it is located really far. You don’t want the guests to have a tough time, or worse get lost, finding their way to the hall.

One of the most important tips to choose a perfect banquet hall is to look for a place that is accessible and conveniently located. If it is far or located in a bad neighbourhood, the guests might even skip the event altogether. It would be great if the venue can be located via GPS as it will help the guests immensely.

Ignoring the Parking Issue

Before you book the banquet hall, check if it has a parking lot or valet parking. If there is no parking lot, look into alternatives that you can consider. For instance, you can reserve nearby parking lots where the guests could park their vehicles. You can also provide a way for the guests to share cabs till the venue or you can arrange cabs to pick up the guests.

Not Checking Amenities and Service

Every banquet hall provides some basic amenities. Check what they are offering and whether they fulfil your requirements or not.

For instance, check if the restrooms are clean, if the venue is handicap accessible, whether there is on-site catering. If you need additional amenities like audio/visual equipment, free Wi-Fi or charging stations, check for the same.

You must also focus on the quality of the staff and services provided. Are they highly trained? Can they cater professionally to the needs of the guests? Are they well spoken?

Before you agree to book the banquet hall, take the time to visit it and make sure everything is in order. Just by taking small but important steps, you can book the perfect banquet hall and make sure your guests have a memorable and fun time.

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The very moment you start to plan your wedding, you should be thinking about how you can makeyour guests feel included in your ceremony.They have given you their time to celebrate you and your partner, and so the least you can do is make them part of your event.

Have a look at the simple but impactful ways in which you can personalize your wedding for your guests. 

Decorate the wall with fun photos of your guests

One of the best ways of making all your guests feel included in your wedding is to decorate your event with photos of them.

To do this, set aside a given wall and put up a collage of professionally printed photos of you and your friends. When they come over to the wedding, they can have a chance to reminisce over happy times together and rejoice in how much they mean to each other.

Best of all is that you can get a large number of these photos from social media platforms without having to let your friends know that you are looking for them. This allows you to surprise your guests with a wonderful collection of memories. 

Have pebbles engraved with your guests’ names to mark the table arrangement

Engraved pebbles are a way of showing your guests that you care and value their presence at your wedding. You can use pebbles to signify the seating arrangement at your reception. Just place each of them on the part of the table where you have arranged for each guest to sit.

These pebbles also make a lovely memento for your guests to remember your big day by.

For bigger weddings having the pebbles engraved could become quite expensive. If so, you can opt to use long-lasting paints on the pebbles. The hand-written element could make give it an even more personal touch.

Have your guests create the playlist for your wedding

Choosing a playlist for your wedding reception and after-party is just one more task to add to the huge amount of work that goes into organizing a wedding.

One way of reducing this workload and making your wedding more personal to your guests is by having them choose the playlist for you.

This is easily done using Facebook or WhatsApp. Simply have your guests message your any song recommendations. Do this in private so other guests are surprised when the specially chosen songs come on.

This is a sure fire way to get the dance floor rocking.

Personalized bottles and glasses for the table

You would feel nice attending a friend’s wedding where you are served using glasses or bottles with your name. Your wedding gives you a chance to do this for your friends and relatives.

Decorate each table at your wedding with champagne bottles with personalized labels that contain the names of the people sitting around that table. Personalizing each glass with a guest’s name can give them another cool souvenir to take home once the wedding is over.

You can also include some jokes, appreciation quotes or nicknames for your close friends on the bottles and glasses. For example, apart from putting your father’s name ion the bottle, you can go ahead to write something like, ‘Best father, I know’. This will make your loved ones to know that as you planned your wedding, they were in your thoughts.

Prepare and read poems featuring your guests

For a less expensive way of including your guests in your wedding,you and your partner can spend some time before the wedding and come up with a poem that references the guests. This can be read during the wedding event or at the reception.

When reading this poem, you will be sure that the guest will be moved by the kind of love that you have for them. Mention fun memories or moments where your guests have been there for you in a difficult time. Done right and this could be quite a moving experience for you and your guests.

Adding personal details to your wedding for your guests is one of the best ways of making them feel valued. The ceremony is of course a celebration of your love, but your relationship is ultimately supported by those close to you, so be sure to make them feel appreciated on your big day.

Author bio: Didier Penine is the owner of Say It With Champers where he creates personal champagne gifts for all kinds of parties and celebrations.

Although Greece is a country where the sun shines most of the year, it can also boast some very good skiing resorts with ultra-modern facilities that can satisfy even the most demanding skiers, offering an unforgettable experience down spectacular ski runs where the beauty of the alpine landscape is guaranteed to take your breath away.

Parnassos  Kalavrita ski resorts are the ones closed by to Athens – you can even go for a day ! Of course if you prefer visiting Northern Greece , then   is a must ! Do not forget to combine it with a visit to the hot springs of Pozar! Situated just 13 km far from Loutraki and 25 km from Edessa, it’s a natural spring of hot water among huge trees with a stream that descends into the gorge creating a hard sound of water and steam in the air.

I never expected to experience utmost seclusion at a white strip of the bustling Panglao Island. Normally, a popular island beachfront comes with a profusion of loud music, conglomeration of business establishments, and herd of tourists in a rather chaotic mix. Momo Beach, though located in Panglao, is a contrary to all that. It offers a tranquil escape tucked away in a remote edge of the island.

feels at Momo Beach House

Reaching Momo Beach may be a bit of a frowner to some. It seats at one end of an unpaved dirt alley that cut through a highly vegetated locality. Real travelers will not find it a downside though. It is like traversing a jungle just to see the hidden beach next to it. The promised isolation and privacy is truly waiting at the end of that journey.

Momo Beach House poolside

Painted in white and roofed with native materials, the two main accommodation buildings face the azure swimming pool that plonks in between them, which means all rooms have stunning pool view. One of them houses the 10 standard rooms, while the other is a host to four deluxe and two family rooms.

The deluxe room

The 16-sqm standard room can accommodate up to two guests. Alternatively, larger rooms like the 35-sqm deluxe room can be a home for up to three individuals, but the third person is subject to an extra person charge. The family room, on the other hand, can hold up to six guests. Children up to 11 years of age can stay free of charge, but no extra bed will be provided.

The standard room

Each room category comes with standard amenities, such as LCD TV with international channels, in-house toilet and bath with hot and cold shower, daily turndown service, comfortable beds, and complimentary drinking water.

The family room of Momo Beach House

Al-fresco dining at the Beach Tree Cafe

The resort serves comfort food at Beach Tree Café. Complimentary quenchers are available for free anytime between 3PM to 6PM.

Fresh healthy quenchers

However, if you want your al-fresco dining experience a lot more noteworthy, book a boodle fight by the beach, and then enjoy the sumptuous local cooking and delicacies with your friends or family. Make sure that your group reaches a minimum of 15 to avail the boodle fight offer.

Boodle fight, my favorite part

You can also buy fresh catch from the local fisher folks and have it cooked at the resort’s kitchen.

Try Kayaking, this is free.

However, there are other things you can do to temporarily forget the world that you usually revolved to. There is an open water fronting the resort where you can go kayaking, paddle boarding, or fishing. You can also try the SeaChi Yoga Beach retreat, so you can return home fully rejuvenated. This is feels, as they say.

The swimming pool, azure and clean

Address: Momo Beach, Barangay Bil-isan, Panglao Island, Bohol

Email: [email protected]

Website: momobeachhouse.com

Agoda: www.agoda.com/momo-beach-house/hotel

Contact numbers: M +63 915 988 9932 | M +63 949 897 2903

FB page: www.facebook.com/MomoBeachHouse

IG: @momobeachhousebohol

You may also visit or call their Manila office:

Address: Unit 701 The Infinity, 26th Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig 1634, Philippines

Contact numbers: L +63 2 553 9549 | M +63 917 861 9441

The grueling weekday routine could be stressful. Moving back and forth from the office to home is even worse. You may bump some random sulky strangers, exchange some heated useless arguments, or got stuck in an unending gridlock. These stuff make me rather impulsive to look for quick weekend getaway, a location distant enough from the toxic metro.

Before the most desired toodle-oo on the week’s terminal hours, I scanned around the internet to look for suggestions. I planned for a desolate trip again, masturdating, as they say, hence a staycation would be the top option. Then I found The Plaza Hotel Balaga in Agoda.

The Plaza Hotel, stunning at night

The Plaza Hotel facade

With the concept pinned from the past, the hotel is designed with Spanish Colonial architecture. The interiors, however, are inked on contemporary style and composition. The sleek, simple, and modern interiors perfectly create a stunning contrast with the spic, concrete-clad facade.

The Reception

Showing you the chandelier

Reception displays

The entertainment inside the suite

Showing you my comfy bed

The complimentary

pretty obvious, no caption needed

Shower area..

I got a chance to visit the roof top bar of the hotel. Aside from the interesting cocktails, which I did not try, is the awesome panoramic view of the city. From there you can see the fountain and light show, and other brilliant structures within Plaza Mayor de Ciudad de Balanga, including St. Joseph Cathedral.

The Saint Joseph Cathedral as viewed from the roof top bar of the Plaza Hotel

Cafe Kyoto

Cafe Kyoto dining

I was the first customer then, so I was a bit overwhelmed when I was served with three gorgeous ladies at the same time. One took my order and served my water, the other served me coffee, and the other served my meal.

My Filipino breakfast,

Galeria Victoria , the closest building to The Plaza Hotel, which is a host to a grocery store, dining, and shopping options.

I went to explore Mount Samat after my breakfast. When I returned, I still had time to freshen up and rest a bit before heading to my next stop, the Las Casa Filipinas de Acuzar. Verdict? I really enjoyed the stay, yeah, seriously!

Agoda.com/ThePlazaHotelBalanga Phone: +63 47 237 1037 | +63 917 310 5083 | +63 998 541 1741 Email: [email protected]

Settled at 1000 meters above sea level, and is sandwiched between Roxas-Matulas and Daguma Mountain Ranges, the municipality of Lake Sebu is unsurprisingly temperate and abundantly vegetated. Springs and rivers from these rolling hills provide continuous water supply to the three important watersheds of the town, namely; Lake Sebu, Lake Lahit, and Lake Seloton.

The home of the indigenous T’Boli, Ubo, Tiruray, and Manobo tribes is also known for its majestic water cascades, mighty rivers, and a mega-diverse ecosystem, prompting the government to develop and promote the town as an eco-tourism and cultural destination.

The lotuses (or loti) are in full bloom in the unsurprisingly calm Lake Sebu

The most sought-after adventure in town is trekking to the seven falls, or taking a zipline ride that hovers over the most breathtaking countryside scenery at a height that is incomprehensible to acrophobes.

The seven falls zipline, if not the on top of the list, is one of Asia’s highest.

In the backdrop is Lake Sebu’s Hikong Alo a.k.a. Falls no. 1

You can complete your adventure in Lake Sebu for a day if you leave early from GenSan, however, if you want to stay a night or two, here a list of mountain resorts and hotels you can choose from:

Punta Isla Lake Resort Booking: www.Agoda.com/PuntaIsla Address: Sitio Toku-fol, Brgy. Poblacion, Lake Sebu 9512, South Cotabato, Philippines

El Galong Waterpark Resort Booking: www.Agoda.com/ElGalong Address: Brgy. Poblacion, Lake Sebu 9512, South Cotabato, Philippines

Dolores Lake Resort Booking: www.Agoda.com/DoloresLakeResort Address: Brgy. Poblacion, Lake Sebu 9512, South Cotabato, Philippines

Sunrise Garden Lake Resort Booking: www.Agoda.com/SunriseGarden Address: Brgy Lake Seloton, Lake Sebu 9512, South Cotabato, Philippines

A traditional musical instrument inside T’boli Museum

Punta Isla Lake Resort – Witness and taste how Punta Isla Lake Resort creatively and masterfully created the recipe.