Guests and Gifts

Plan guest management effectively, from creating invitation lists and seating arrangements to gift registries, thank-you etiquette, and welcoming logistics.

Alternatives to Wedding Gift Lists
If you’ve been living with your partner for a long time, chances are that a traditional gift list comprising of pots, pans, and plates isn’t going to wor...
Entertaining Kids at Weddings
It's fair to say that the tedium of sitting still for long periods keeping quiet during speeches, posing for endless photographs and watching the adults enjo...
Favours For Guests
Wedding favours are a gift traditionally given from a bride as a thank-you gift to those invited to attend her wedding day, and which the guests then take ho...
Gifts off the Bride/Groom
When a couple get married it is customary for them to give thank you gifts to a number of people who have helped them on their journey to become husband and...
Guest Lists
Putting together your invitation list's one of the trickiest parts of planning the wedding. On the one hand you can't book suppliers, organise supplies or se...
How to Involve Guests Who Couldn't Make It
Your wedding day is the one day when you want to be surrounded by the people you love and care for the most as you and your partner declare your love for eac...
Invite Children or Not?
Whether or not you invite children to your wedding is a big decision that requires a lot of thought. Whichever decision you make, there is bound to be one or...
Organising Your Wedding Gift List
Can't face the thought of unwrapping fifty toasters and twenty sets of wine glasses? Would you like a few luxuries to begin married life? Unsure what to tell...
Seating Plans
Quadratic equations? The theory of relativity? Creating a perfect soufflé? None of these things are half as complicated as putting together a seating plan w...
Thank You Notes
When you receive a present it’s only polite to write the giver a thank-you letter afterwards – and weddings are no exception. Guests don’t expect to be...
The Best Wedding Gift?
Style and taste are subjective: one bride’s amazing gift is another’s charity shop donation. It’s hard to say what the best wedding gift to receive is....
Wedding Guestbook
Ever looked at photographs of your parents' or grandparents' wedding only to find they can't even remember the names of some of those present in the pictures...