What Do I Ask Before I Choose A Reception Site?

We have been asked many times from various Brides (and sometimes Grooms) if we had any suggestions as to what they should ask before they finalize their wedding reception site. We have put together this quick list of the things we feel that are most important to ask:

First and foremost - Ask about your date: Is it available?

Ask about the size of the facility: Can the facility comfortably accommodate the size wedding and number of guests you are planning?

Ask about the decor of the facility: If you haven’t seen it already, ask to see pictures of the facility as it would be set up for a wedding. Can you make any changes?

Ask about the number of hours: Most receptions last for four or five hours. Ask how many hours you will have for your reception.

Ask about money: How much is the total rental fee? And specifically, what does the price include? Ask about the deposit, how much and when is the balance due?

These are a few helpful hints to consider when talking to the people at the reception location....and always remember to stay within your budget.

Where Is All The Money Going To Come From For My Wedding

Where are we going to get all the money we need to pay for our wedding? That is the question I hear time and time again. Some people are lucky and will have the wedding paid for by a relative or someone else. If that is not you, the two of you will have to pony up the money and go in together. You have to remember that when all the spending is over, you still need money to live on and pay your daily bills, so stay on your budget.

Using credit cards is a good way to help you budget. Not only will you get a running total of what you have spent but you will protect yourselves from unhappy dealings with vendors. The key to remember with credit cards is that all that money has to be paid back with interest. Please keep in mind that no matter how much you spend, it's all for one day, one party. Yes, this is the biggest and most important party you'll ever host in your life, but when you wake up the next morning you'll wonder why you just spent your full year's salary on just one night.

A great way to save money is to set priorities. Ask yourselves what are some of the things you don't mind splurging on and what services you can do without. Do you want a beautiful venue, but don't care if you have a limo? Do you want a lovely wedding gown, but don't require a live band? Spend that little extra on what you want and if it is something you can do without, don't get it.

We can't stress enough how important it is to know your wedding budget before you start planning. The key is to stick to it.

Thank You Notes

Your thank you notes should be personally handwritten. Remember they are "notes", so don't feel like you have to write individual letters to everyone. Because each thank you note should be personalized there is no point in "telling you" what to write, instead, this post will give you a good idea of what you should include in your thank you notes...we like to think of this as more of a suggestion.

THANK YOU NOTES SHOULD CONTAIN:

The date that you are actually writing the note.
For an informal thank-you, use the name as it is written on the gift card given to you. Example, the individual's name is Michael, but on the gift's card he wrote "From Mike", then on your thank you it would be "Dear Mike..."
On a formal thank you, you would put "Dear Mr. & Mrs. Smith..."
Mention the gift in your thank you "Thank you very much for using my Reebles Registry ..."
Mention what you'll use the gift for "We'll have many romantic nights with the money we saved for our Honeymoon ..."
Whomever is writing thank you is the one to sign the card "Love Sara"
Include both of your names in the card "David and I will think of you every time we return to Key West ..."
Closing terms could be , "Sincerely Sara" or "Love Sara"

The Wedding Question - Who Pays For What?

Okay, we realize this may be "traditional" and we also realize it is over 50 years old...but here it goes -

Who Pays For What?

Bride's Family
All Reception Costs
Church Fees
Groom's Rings
Invitations
Flowers for Church, Bridesmaids and Reception
Music for Ceremony
Transportation for Bridal Party
Gifts for Bridal Party
Groom's Gift
Lodging for Bridesmaids, if necessary

Bridal Party
Your Attire
The Shower
If you're from out-of-town, Transportation to the Town the wedding is in
Gift for the Couple
The advice above is traditional. We realize that things have changed in the past 50 years.

Groom's Family
Bride's Ring
Clergy Fees
Bride's Bouquet, Corsages and Boutonnieres
Rehearsal Dinner
Transportation for Groomsmen
Gifts for Groomsmen
Bride's Gift
Lodging for Groomsmen, if necessary

Groomsmen
Your Attire
The Stag
If you're from out-of-town, Transportation to the Town the wedding is in
Gift for the Couple

Rocky Mountain Bridal Show

The Reebles Team wants to say “Thank-You” to all the Brides and Grooms who stopped by to see us at the Rocky Mountain Bridal Show. We had a great day with all of you and we really enjoyed meeting and talking with the users of the site. We received some great feedback on the site and we intend to listen to the users and implement their suggestions. The Reebles Team put together some great prizes for people as they signed up for the site.

Please check out some of our photos from the day. We hope you enjoyed the day as much as we did.

The Reebles Team looks forward to seeing you again at an upcoming Bridal Show!

Helpful Tips For Using Reebles.com

Here are some helpful hints for getting the most out of your Reebles registry:

1. Gather all of the e-mail addresses from whatever e-mail client you use (Yahoo!, Hotmail, Outlook, Gmail) and separate the e-mail addresses by either commas (,) or semicolons (;)
   



2. After registering with Reebles.com for an event, send out an e-mail to all of your friends and family letting them know that you have registered with Reebles.com and that you are trying to make their gift selection process a little bit easier by letting them know that you really want money. The easiest way to send out this e-mail is by pasting all of the e-mail addresses you gathered earlier into the online e-mail client that Reebles.com has provided (you can access this anytime by logging in to Reebles.com and going to "My Events"), which will send out an e-mail with a personal message and your unique identifier, allowing your friends and family to easily send money to your account.
   



3. We also suggest that you take advantage of the customized inserts that are available for you to use when you are mailing out invitations. You can access your customized inserts by going to "My Events" and clicking on the “Announcements” button. You can view your announcements as a .pdf file and print them for inserting into your invitations.

The team at Reebles.com wants to help make your special occasion one to remember. We are confident that these tips will help you get the most out of your Reebles registry.