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Wedding receptions are a time to celebrate, bring families together, eat, drink and have the memories for the rest of your life. There is no perfect outline to a wedding day, because this day if YOUR DAY!!! There are many traditional things that need to happen, like the “I do” part, but for the most part, you can make this day about you and your guests.

This blog will be about one part of the wedding reception that I am seeing more often, the late night second meal or snacks for guests. Though the guests probably enjoyed a sit down or buffet style meal during the reception, many times they are dancing and drinking late into the night. This makes some guests hungry. This is where the late night second meal or snacks comes in. These late night meals or snacks can have two purposes. The first is it feeds your guests and the second is that it keeps people there having fun longer. When people get hungry at a reception after a long day, the feel tired and then leave. This has a “follow the leader affect”. When people see others leave, they think they should leave or the reception is almost over. Do not let your guests leave early, let them have fun until your time is over at the venue.

Now what do you feed the guests? At some receptions, we have seen pizza delivered, subs, desserts, chicken fingers, hot dogs and we have even seen them bring out a small version of the earlier buffer dinner. Recently we spoke with Jayell Smoke House BBQ. They were invited to provide a late night treat to the guests of a wedding. Owner of Jayell Smoke House BBQ, David Leidlein provided the guests with pulled pork, pulled brisket sliders, smoked mac and cheese, along with his signature sauces of Bavarian Root Beer, Belle Isle Red, Exit 224b Ghost Pepper, “honest John” jalapeno, and Rogers City Porter. This sounds like an amazing late night snack for guests. It is full of flavor, not too heavy and will keep the party going.

Guests appreciate it when you feed them and think of them when they attend your wedding and reception. The guests take their time to come to your big day and spend money on a variety of things just to be there. By showing them that you thought of them makes them feel special too on the amazing day of your wedding.

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An event planner is more than someone who just puts on an event you want. An event planner is someone who takes your idea and budget, organizes it, puts all the moving pieces together, coordinates all vendors and services, keeps you within budget, and executes your event from day one until the event is done and all parts of the contract are satisfied. An event planner takes the stress (or at least most of the stress) away from you or your company and allows you to enjoy the event and not have to concentrate on all the details. Here are some other reasons it is good to work with an event planner:

1. Cost savings on vendors and services: An event planner works with many of the same vendors over and over and know the pricing of many of the staple services that go into event planning. Event planners work out deals with vendors to get repeat business and can often get it cheaper than what someone who just calls off a random internet search.

The savings you get from each vendor usually pays for the cost of using an event planner.

2. Time saving:

Events can consume a lot of time personally and/or professionally. When an event is to be planned it now is part of your daily life at home or at the office. If takes time to lay out all details from start to finish and then make the calls to all the vendors that you want to use. Once you have all the vendors in place it becomes like an orchestra as you are handling details with so many people. An event planner will do all this for you and ensure you have the best service providers for what you need done.

3. Best services from vendors:

There are many companies out there when you search the web that offer the same kind of service. Event planners know who to use and who not to use. Since event planner do use the same companies over and over, they are aware of who is a trusted vendor they can count on.

When you are planning an event, you want to make sure the vendors used show up and do what is required. Event planners will make sure and keep in touch with each vendor all the way up to arrival and set up. In case of a vendor not showing up, event planners should have a backup vendor they can count on.

4. Events are what event planners do:

Event planning is what they do. You are hiring someone who is an expert and knows how to handle all aspects and details of an event. Many people and even companies try to plan their own events and it cannot only be stressful, but details or important aspects can be missed. Event planners use checklists and questionnaires when they meet with clients to ensure all details and event needs are met.

There are many other reasons to use an event planner, but these are the main ones that can help you save time, money and stress. If you are looking for someone to plan your next event, please contact veteran owned Michigan Event Services. We serve our customer like we served our country.