At Maine Seasons Events, we consider many details when choosing elements that will enhance our wedding guests' experience. Creating many outdoor weddings and being in Maine, the weather changes often and sometimes dramatically-having rain ponchos and umbrellas stashed nearby, even on the sunniest of summer days has proven to be a smart idea.
While guests arrive and mingle prior to the wedding ceremony, beverage stations help quench their thirst on warm summer afternoons. Bamboo fans attached to each wedding program and handed out at the entrance to the ceremony, allow guests to create their own cooling breeze, if Mother Nature isn't providing one. And though it is not a new idea, flip flops in baskets by the dance floor have saved many a box of Band Aids from being deployed!
Containers of insect repellent, in multiple forms, DEET and DEET free, are usually found almost empty at the end of a summer wedding on the Maine coast. Custom embroidered hats for a sunny dock side rehearsal luncheon are a fun way to provide guests relief from the sun's glare on the ocean. Heaters in tents for cool autumn weddings, fun kid activities and foods for guests with little ones, and a quiet, comfortable and clean place for new mommies to nurse, feed and change their infants have been important guest specialties at our weddings. After dinner snacks for dancers and late night party goers, photo booths and memory tables, featuring photos of the couple as children, their parents and grandparents on their wedding days and even slide shows of the couple growing up, provide guests with sustenance and entertainment.
When thinking of your guests' experience, consider the season, the weather, the temperature, the hour of the conclusion of the wedding and any special logistic or environmental factors that provide an opportunity to do a little something special. In many cases guests have gone to great lengths, travel and expense to be with a couple on their wedding day, and it is a kind gesture and good hosting to consider their overall experience.