Wedding champagne toast is it really needed ?

When wedding expense seems to be spiraling out of control, it’s natural for engaged couples and their families to start looking for ways to reign in the spending. You may start thinking of some things you can do yourself, or look at choosing less expensive flowers or menu options.

So what about the champagne toast? This staple of many weddings can add a pretty penny to your wedding budget. Even moderately priced bottles of champagne can add a few hundred dollars to your budget, and in many cases, it’s not necessarily money well spent. To begin with, if you are not using a caterer that provides you with serving dishes and stemware, you’ll have to rent champagne glasses for everyone. Usually, the wait staff will pour the champagne in the back, and bring the filled glasses to each of your guests. In some cases, they will deliver the empty glasses to the tables, and then fill them individually. This takes the staff away from doing things like setting up your buffet or getting plates ready for your sit down dinner.

How much of the champagne is actually going to be consumed? Not everyone likes champagne, so while they might take a sip to be polite, you’ve probably noticed at weddings you have attended that quite a few guests leave nearly full glasses of champagne behind. Some people don’t like the taste, and there are others that don’t drink alcohol at all. For those people, you could offer a sparkling cider, but it may not even be necessary.



Just before your toasting begins, have your master of ceremonies invite your guests to the bar to choose a drink of their choice in order to toast the happy couple. This ensures that everyone gets what they want, and nothing is going to be wasted. If you want a special bottle of wine or champagne for the head table or the parents’ tables, splurge on something nice, but most people are going to be fine toasting you with a house white wine or a diet soda.Champagne is a really nice thought, and it does add an elegant feel to your wedding. It’s a terrible shame, though, to see money wasted on something your guests are not going to appreciate. Spend the money on an extra appetizer or another dessert option, and let the guests toast you with their choice of beverage or cocktail.

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A little advise on a destination wedding in Hawaii, Jamaica or Florida

Another alternative would be a shuttle service. Many bus companies and even limousine services have large passenger vehicles that you can rent for the course of your event. They can be asked to go to one central pick up spot, if all of your guests are booked at the same hotel, or you can ask them to make multiple stops.

Some of these companies will only do one trip to your event, then one trip out, even if they do multiple stops. This will require you to advise your guests they need to be ready to board the shuttle at specific times. It does save your family and friends from having to worry about coordinating carpools.

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Creative event videos and online sharing

Creative event videos online and Sharing services are so important

It is no surprise that videos online have made a difference in each and every one of our lives. Articles and photographs are excellent to read and look at but many of us want a personal message. If you are going to buy a certain product, just reading a description and looking at a photo may not do ti for you. However, by watching a video you may discover that this is something that you must have. Actually, videos are excellent for marketing purposes, but that is not all that they are good for.

Such sites as You Tube and other affiliated websites capture all of the must see snip bits of life . Whether it is an American beauty pageant contestant face planting it during the competition or a weightlifter breaking his arm, these video sharing services have it all. You will never miss one of these exciting events as long as you can share videos online. They are also excellent learning devices. Depending on where you live, or if you forget something, you can simply look up a video where someone explains a movement or a dance for example to you as if it were a one on one tutor. You will be able to see this dance from all angles and receive friendly advice from the person staring in this online video.

Example is a creative wedding video in Hawaii

Even education can be furthered by short 10 minute tutorials a day. You can learn a foreign language (or at least the basics) by logging on and searching for it. You will have the pronunciation and a verbal explanation of grammatical rules. This is much more beneficial than reading and hearing a small sound bite of particular words.

the benefits to sharing video services and these videos go way beyond the use of words and straight into the visual impact of story telling.Therefore, anything you want to see or learn to do is readily available to watch on video. Knowledge is power and you can share your own personal thoughts using online videos as a personal way to express yourself. You can teach others about your culture and help others understand what is going on in the other half of the world, without being tainted by the media, censorship or politics. You can hear real people voice their opinions all for free.

You will also be able to use these videos as a marketing tool which is not advertised on local TV but to the world. As hard as it is to forget, there are very few limitations to the internet making it accessible around the world. If you have a popular ad, you are not going to just have national clients but you are going to have people writing to you and calling you from all over the world.

Nevertheless there are a few drawbacks. One of which is that the information you are receiving may not necessarily be true. Therefore, you must take this information openly. With a little additional research you will be able to tell if it is true and a reliable source. Otherwise, the benefits of online videos and the free access to them made possible by video sharing services is unsurpassable.

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