Details: Please confirm with suppliers the exact date, time and place of the events of the day. Despite the fact that it is written on your contract, sometimes things can change. Also make sure your salespeople have your cell phone numbers or those who will answer. The balance should also be paid ahead of time, since we do not recommend you wait until that day to pay the balance. Things are crazy, as you know, on this day, and that just adds to the stress of the day, to wait until then. Also, do not forget to provide all the necessary permits and license fees associated with marriage at the beach, especially if you are using one of the state or national parks. Many times, your salespeople, such as your photographers, will need to have liability insurance and separate special shooting permits to perform their services on the beach. We strongly recommend hiring a certified wedding planner to familiarize yourself with the local area, as he or she will know the rules and features of various beach locations, as well as local vendors and reception centers. This will make it easier for you to make several trips to the site earlier, to meet with suppliers, coordinate details and cope with stress, to make sure everything is in place for the wedding day. In the end, this should be a wonderful and exciting time in your life, and you don’t need to worry about the details. This is the work of the wedding coordinator.
Time frames and places: we always ask questions: “Well, what if we get married to a church, but we want beach forms, or that if we gather in one place, we get married on the beach and get our welcome at another a place? Keep in mind that this takes time, so plan accordingly with both the venue for the ceremony / reception and the portrait you selected. Because, although you might think that everything will go according to plan and everything will be on schedule, it rarely happens. During the busy summer months, problems arise in beach traffic and parking. Slowly, traffic jams usually occur, and in some places parking stands at a height (think of boardwalks and the promenade) For example, if your ceremony is on a beach somewhere in a lively place on a beach in the center of the city, and your reception is on the outskirts of the city , then you need to allow travel time, although this is technically only a few miles away. in minutes d that photographers need time to make all these “obligatory” before and after pictures you want to remember on your special day. If you choose ready-made pictures, then PLEASE be ready to shoot when the photographers arrive. It happens so often that brides and girlfriends are not ready until the last minute, or the groom, and his grooms take pictures on the balcony in their underwear, and then photographers have to fight to get all these important preliminary formal ceremonies. This leads everyone to become agitated, and perhaps forget what they were supposed to bring or wear or do. It usually takes about an hour or so, which means that your hair and makeup should be done, and your dress should be ready to be delivered at this time, because you will be in every shot. After the ceremony, you will need to provide time for the departure ceremony formats. This is so cruel for all weddings, as these are the images that will end up on your album. Remember that if you plan your reception to start half an hour after the ceremony, then all we will have is that you get time to leave, get the line for half an hour, etc. I always tell the bride to allow at least 45 minutes for formalities, especially if the wedding party and / or families are large. Some family shots can be made at the front desk when there is more time and when they are more relaxed, but most of the formats are done directly after the ceremony. It takes time to form groups of people, and if there are children involved, it takes a little more time to get them to pay attention. This is when we welcome brides who have included an hour of cocktails for their guests so that we have time to put together a form while guests enjoy the start of the reception. Although we understand that this is your wedding day and that you should have the right to be late for your own reception, if you like, it causes problems with other suppliers. If you and the wedding party are late for the reception, then the chef or pharmacist, DJ, servers and banquet manager are understandably dissatisfied because the food will be cold and they will be at the right time to try to return on a schedule. The meeting place is important here. It is much more convenient and saves time if you can choose a place where there is a beach area for the ceremony, a block of rooms that can be reserved for guests from the city, sufficient parking for these guests, and a reception desk large enough to accommodate these guests. .
Special tips for beach weddings: beach weddings are great, but be sure to plan windy hair, narrowed eyes and harsh shadows if the wedding is too early, possible rain and uninvited beaches in the background if it is not on a private beach. Often brides spend many hours in the lounge making their hair, only to be disappointed when the windy conditions on the beach destroy all the time and money they have just sent to their hair. We recommend increasing the amount and amount of hairspray. In addition, long curtains are good, but keep in mind that they need to be tied so that they do not fall down the beach if a gust of wind lends them air. Weather is always a factor when considering a beach wedding. You always have backup plans in case of a possible rainstorm or one of those famous coastal storms (we call them Norers here in Maryland). You don't want to look like a raw mess on the most important day of your life. Also keep in mind that you will most likely have elderly guests at your wedding, so they will need to be accommodated with wheelchairs on the beach, special chairs and a ramp to access the handicap if necessary. The last thing you need is to force your grandmother to dump the dunes and break her thigh on the way to the beach.
Uncle Tom or Aunt Mary with a camera or video camera: Although we are very happy to give family members and friends the opportunity to take their own photos at the wedding, some photographers try to dissuade it. Videographers love to stand behind an officer during the ceremony, and this makes a very distracting person. in all your shots. If this is a professional videographer, they usually know better than this, but this does not make you video recording. He does not understand that he is destroying your wedding images on the way. This is typical for beach weddings, because church weddings do not provide an opportunity for this. Try not to forget that you are paying for professional images of your special day. You would not want to have a bunch of images of the two of you, looking at Aunt Mary instead of the photographer or Uncle Tom in the background during the ceremony in your wedding album!
Final thoughts: always remember that this is your special day, so whatever happens, just enjoy the day and try not to worry about every little thing. If you hire vendors who are used to doing weddings on the beach, you will be sure that they will ensure that everything goes smoothly. This is especially true if you are not hiring a wedding planner, because then you are at the mercy of your salespeople to make sure everything goes according to plan. As I always tell my brides, choose your suppliers wisely!
