Part 2 - A Perfect to-do list for your Wedding

A Perfect to-do list for your Wedding

Weddings are one perfect time where people get out and get in touch with their relatives and friends. It turns out to be a 'Big day' not only for the to-be weds but also the people around them who are closely involved in the arrangements. After our previous blog Part 1 - A Perfect to-do list for your Wedding, where we discussed quick tips on 'Preparing Wedding Guests Lists', 'Determining Wedding Budget', 'Fix the Wedding Date', 'Booking a Venue' and 'Selecting Invitations', we are here to discuss some more quick tips of the to-do-list.

1. Inviting Guests

Inviting guests is one event that has to be planned few months before the wedding.

Quick Tips on Inviting Guests:

•  Outstation guests:
• Call the outstation guests and inform them of the wedding date, invite them and plan their travel.
• Collect the addresses and post the wedding invitation cards.
• Guests in the city outskirts:
• Book a vehicle and plan the outskirts wedding cards distribution.
• Inform them that you would be coming to avoid door-lock situations.
• Guests in the city:
• A month before should be enough for guests within the city.
• Plan each area wisely. Make area wise guest lists.

2. Live Webcasting your Wedding

Now that you will finish inviting your guests, you will get a fair idea who are the important guests who will be missing the wedding. Catching the trend now is the new add on wedding service, Live Marriage Streaming. Stream your wedding live on internet to anywhere in the world.

Quick Tips on Live Webcasting your wedding:

• Search for 'Live Marriage Streaming' on google.
• Select a vendor and check in service areas if they had executed broadcast from the kalyanamandapam of your interest.
• Select Live Webcasting packages that include Wedding Invitation Videos, Wedding Website, Wedding Highlight videos and many more features along with live streaming.

3. Wedding Decoration

Indian Wedding Decorations are known for the colorful decor and grandeur. Trending now is to select a wedding theme/color. Browsing for decorators within your city limits is the best thing to do as there might be last minute additions. Some of the major items on your list for decorations:

Quick Tips on Wedding Decoration:

• Decorating the home from starting day of wedding events.
• Having the home building decorated with LED lights.
• Wedding Venue decoration. You may browse for various designs and show the decorator your choice of decoration.
• Wedding Car decoration.
• Hotel Room Decoration.

4. Catering

The more delicious your wedding dinner, the more your wedding will be remembered. If your wedding dinner is not interesting, you will be remembered for the wrong reasons. So Catering is a very important aspect of the wedding arrangements on your list.

Quick Tips on Wedding Dinner Catering:

• Select a caterer only when you have good feedback from someone you trust.
• Plan for some additional stalls for snacks and sweets.
• Make sure they decorate the dinner area elegantly.
• Arrange for seating arrangement if its feasible in the budget.
• Plan for ample counters to serve dinner to avoid confusion,
• Plan for ample lighting at the dinner area.
• Make sure your videographer covers the dinner activities.

5. Wedding Videography and Photography

Videography and Photography are very significant aspects as they keep your wedding moments

afresh and alive.

Quick Tips to chose your Wedding Photographer and Videographer:

• Select the style of wedding photography you would like to go with. Here are few for your reference.
  •  AvantGarda.com,
• Make appointments with few photographers/videographers.
• Check out a complete album made by them and not selected photographs on their website.
• Compare the packages quoted by different agencies.
• Have a nice rapport with the photographer/videographer.
• Check Post Production details such as if you can sit and finalize on the album designing.
• Confirm on the number of photographs and the video feed duration depending on the budget.
• Confirm on which person will be your wedding photographer/videographer from the videography agency.

Related Posts:

Part 1 - A Perfect to-do list for your Wedding
Trend of Webcasting & Broadcasting Marriage / Wedding Live in India
Physical Wedding Cards Vs Online E Wedding Invitations
8 Points : Choose the Right Live Marriage Webcasting or Streaming Vendor for your Wedding

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How different is a Love Marriage from an Arranged One

Love Vs Arranged Marriages - Difference in behavioral Patterns

Love Marriage or an Arranged one? Many ask this question either to the one's who are planning to get married or it can be a self query. In India, nearly 92% of the population go with Arranged Marriages or Love cum Arranged marriages. On the other hand only 8% go for Love marriages.

Whether its a love or an arranged marriage, one should believe that "Marriages are made in Heaven". The key words for any happy marital life are Love, Respect, Understanding, Trust, Acquaintance etc. The divorce rate got declined to 1.1% in India. This is all because of the average Indian's mental strength to accept what comes in their way with a complete positive attitude. So one must come out of the stereotype feeling that arranged marriages live long and love marriages breakup early. It all depends on the couple's perceptions, thinking ability and understanding between the families  for a long lasting marital life.

When you enter a wedding venue, you can sometimes make out whether the wedding is an arranged one or a love marriage. Lets get into some fun aspects of the same.

Arranged Marriage	Love Marriage
Couple's Intimacy
In Arranged marriages, families get more closer than the mates. From the shy feelings and restricted movements of the bride and groom, one can make out a to be an arranged marriage.	Here in Love marriages, the couples feel free to communicate with each other. Smiles flying all the time, perfect chemistry is carried on, all along the wedding.
Families Rapport
As the wedding is fixed by the family members of the bride and the groom, they get more acquainted with each other. There will be a number of situations for the families to come together before the wedding like Haldi Rasam, Mehndi, Sangeet etc. These get together s result in more closeness for the families on the day of wedding.	The families of the bride and the groom show some reservedness if they completely don't approve of the wedding. So not much rapport is displayed between them on the dais of the wedding. The entire event is mostly handled by the couple themselves.
Guests Count
The venues generally get packed up with guests if it's an arranged marriage. The ratio of families dominate the ratio of friends and colleagues.	In love marriages we find the number of friends or colleagues are high compared to the numbers of families attended or they may be equal in ratio. Orthodox families will most probably miss out these marriages. What so ever the reason, the guest count is generally low at love marriages.
Receiving Guests
The guests are received with utmost care, especially the ones from groom's side. The Groom's family also receive the Bride's guests warmly.	The Bride's family do not feel much obligation to receive guests from the groom side due to the slight resistance. Guests are mostly friends and colleagues who are not received heartily by the families. On the other hand, the couple try their best to win the hearts of the guests by wishing them warmly.
Social Status
In arranged marriages almost typically an equal financial status match is fixed to prevent further hitches. A rich family opts for either same status or above. There will be a similar trend with the middle class families.	In love marriages both the families may or may not be of same financial status. If there is a difference, then the guests can easily make out on the day of the wedding looking at the Costumes, Jewellery and very rarely, dignity.
Friends of the Couple
Friends of the Bride and Groom, are not usually acquainted with each other. It takes time for them to start interacting with each other during the wedding rituals.	Friends of the Bride and Groom show intimacy and move close together.
Confusion Vs Confidence
The couple when observed on the wedding Dias, a state of confusion reflects on their faces.	These love birds look very confident on their Big Day. Love is in the air and all over the place
Pride Vs Embarrassment
The families of either the bride or the groom when noticed, have a proud feeling on their faces and behavior. They are gratified about their children for accepting the proposal settled by the elders. Its a Big day for the parents as well.	The close family members of the couple have an embarrassment filled all along their behavior if the marriage is not completely approved by both the families. On the other hand there are parents these days who are approve whole heartedly.
Communication of Arrangements
The arrangements in an arranged marriage are usually not that transparent and organized. There will be multiple videographers, photographers etc. causing more expenditure both sides.	With the continuous communication between the couple, things will be more organized and communicated much before hand. There will be more transparency for both sides on the arrangements that are being made.
Live Marriage Streaming
Live Marriage Streaming is a trend these days with Couples whose marriage has been arranged in their home country in their absence.	Live Marriage Streaming is definitely organized since the couples most definitely have common friends in the home country or abroad.

All the above mentioned points may not always be true and these have been drawn through some public opinions and observations. In this modern culture and society, people are trying to accept love marriages in the same way as arranged ones. Hope you enjoyed the differences and probably had these thoughts crossed your mind sometime or the other when you were on a wedding dais.

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