Planning a Successful Event
- VISUALIZE IT! *Tip: The more senses you engage, the more memorable the experience will be.
- SEE: Decorations, colors, venue, lights, and signage.
- HEAR: Music, sounds, laughter, and conversations.
- TOUCH: Gifts, venue, and decorations.
- SMELL: Food, candles, flowers, and the venue.
- TASTE: Food and drinks.
- THEME: A theme will help generate specifics: decorations, invitations, games, venue, and colors!
- VENUE: Matching the theme with the venue will contribute to the experience. Unique venue ideas: Museums, Resorts, Lodge, Dude Ranch, Parks, and Local Attractions.
- PLAN: Date: *Tip: most vendors/venues have discounted rates for off-peak days/dates (weekdays, non-holiday, and Sunday). Budget: *Tip: Food & beverages are usually the most expensive followed by venue, and all other expenses.
- TIMELINE: Creating a timeline will help you keep track of the days events. Also create monthly timeline to keep track of priorities.
THEME IDEAS:
- Vegas
- Mardi Gras
- Cruise
- Era (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)
- Hollywood
- Luau/Beach
When it come to budgeting your event, “do it your self” will save you money on decorations, food, and beverage service. *Tip: Entertainment, photography, and videography should be done by professionals, if you need to cut back on expenses choose other items in your budget.
Thank you from Pete & Jovi, and good luck with your event planning!
We have specific online planners custom-made for our clients: Anniversaries – Birthday Parties – Corporate Parties – Reunions – Proms – Weddings – Quinceanera’s – Holiday Parties.
If you would like a general planner, with a budget calculator included, please contact us via email or phone.
*Update – I will have the planner/budget calculator link available soon here for download!
Thank you ~ Pete
http://www.fivestar-productions.com/
I thought it would be interesting to actually “tweet” the events at Wedding as they are happening! It was a typical Wedding with all the formalities, and unusually long toast, and music was a fun mix of:
Dinner: Lounge Set: Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Tony Bennet, Buble, Louis Armstrong, Neil Diamond, Nat King Cole.
Dance Music: Tejano, Old Skool, 80′s, 90′s, Line Dancing, and plenty of cumbias, with a dash of Country and Reggae (Jamaican Honeymoon)
Anyway, I think I am the first to “tweet” Wedding events live! ever! (read from bottom to top, just like in twitter)
- <<<<——-another successful event – Last Dance – Donna Summer. Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Mendevil!!!!about 12 hours ago from web
- <<<<<——– slowing it down,,, Mi Tesero – David Lee Garza.about 12 hours ago from web
- <<<<< –stil in the mix, must be getting late, got some Volver Volver! playing.about 12 hours ago from web
- <——- In the mix! Return of the Mack,,,, Old Skool Jam!about 13 hours ago from web
- Ram – Mi Cumbia, Mi Salsa, at the Hilton, in the mix.about 13 hours ago from web
- Es Puro Amor – Gary Hobbs, in the miiiiixxxxxxxxxxxxx!about 14 hours ago from web
- Javier Molina – Cowboy Cumbia! en la mescla! Puro Tejano!about 14 hours ago from web
- still at the Hilton, mixing it up, and twittering! multitasking
about 14 hours ago from web
- MJ – in the mix! Don’t stop till you get enough!about 14 hours ago from web
- This is how we do it! – Montel in the mix!about 15 hours ago from web
- Playing some EWF!about 15 hours ago from web
- Michael Salgado gets them on the dance floor! gonna do a little bit of 80′s set next.about 15 hours ago from web
- funky town, in the mix, gonna try some Selena!about 15 hours ago from web
- finally. time to party!about 16 hours ago from web
- over 20 minutes! still toasting at the wedding! my mic battery is going, hope it lastsabout 16 hours ago from web
- still going, toasting!about 16 hours ago from web
- OMG, still toasting, new record!about 16 hours ago from web
- still toasting, toooooo long.about 16 hours ago from web
- Time for the toast!about 16 hours ago from web
- Bennet, Sinatra, Martin, Davis Jr., Buble, King Cole, in the dinner mix.about 16 hours ago from web
- perfection! time for the dinner musicabout 16 hours ago from web
- M/G dance under way!about 16 hours ago from web
- F/D dance under way!about 16 hours ago from web
- first dance, on the way!about 17 hours ago from web
- ok, almost showtime! Bride & Groom arrived, guests are starting to show up.about 17 hours ago from web
- kickn’ back at the hilton, 30 min till showtime. I love weddings at nice resorts!about 17 hours ago from web
- small place, have to reduce my lighting to a couple less unitsabout 18 hours ago from web
- mic check good!about 18 hours ago from web
- sound check good!about 18 hours ago from web
- just arrived at the Hilton, finishing the last set-up, need to put up the lights!about 18 hours ago from web
