A step by step guide to better comprehend how a wedding celebration is structured

Does a wedding ceremony follow a general order? What should not be missing? How can you make each moment unique?
‍Read this step-by-step guide to better comprehend how a wedding celebration is structured.

Be aware that nothing is mandatory, and as Vanessa—our CEO and Founder— says, it all depends on what you want and what you choose for your wedding. To help you start or continue to think about this, we have proposed some general steps that you and your wedding planner can add on to, improve or remove.

For example, if you have seen films about weddings like My Big Fat Greek Wedding or The Wedding Plan, you might know that depending on your culture or religion different dances or traditions will take place at the wedding. You can even create your own!

What events are organized within a wedding?

What is the wedding reception?

The reception, as its name suggests, is the space and time where guests are received at the venue. There may be a table to leave gifts, special finger food, or a memory book for guests to sign, for example.

👀 If you are going to celebrate a wedding in this epidemiological scenario, remember to add an area before entering the main space for guests to take their temperature, grab a mask or put on some hand sanitizer.

If you want to know how to plan a pandemic wedding, we have a special post just for you!

For the wedding reception take into account details such as background music to entertain your guests, or maybe you can prepare a round of cocktails.

💡 Tip: Choose a wall and set up a floral installation so that your guests can take photos that they can hashtag on social media!

The bride arrived!

You must take into account the following order of events, although you can always mix it up:

• - The ring bearer
• The bridesmaids
• The entrance of the bride
• The wedding celebration (civil or religious)

What happens after the ceremony?

When the ceremony is over you can arrange some events such as the following:

Cocktail and Catering Hour:

An ideal moment for the groomsmen to tell funny stories or anecdotes, for example.

The bride and grooms first dinner:

The first official dinner as husband and wife.

The first dance:

The bride and groom dance, a long-awaited moment within the ceremony.

Traditions and rituals:

Are you going to replicate a family tradition or do you want to create your own ritual?

Photos, photos, and more photos:

Remember your wedding forever by choosing the best team of photographers and videographers.

Cutting the cake

Who doesn't enjoy a piece of cake?

Departure of the bride and groom to the honeymoon

Wedding flower bouquet shoot

It is time to find out who will be the next bride within your circle of family and friends, the best way to find out is by throwing the bouquet!

💡 Tip: Here we show you how to choose the best bouquet for your wedding.

Farewell: off to the honeymoon

You can throw rice at the bride and groom as a sign of fertility, abundance and prosperity, or maybe you prefer that the guests throw rose petals, for example.

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