- Choose a safe date. If you avoid hurricane and blizzard season, you might keep weather disturbances to a minimum. Maybe.
- Complement your surroundings, don’t compete with them. The natural beauty of your chosen setting shouldn’t need a lot of embellishment.
- Take a careful look at how your guests will reach your wedding site. Think about exits. Make sure that guests don’t stumble through darkness as they leave.
- Assure that your guests will have access to restrooms.
- Ask your floral designer, caterer and other vendors much time they’ll need to set up at your site.
- Factor electrical needs into your plans.
- Ensure your plans meet local ordinances – get appropriate permits and inspections.
- Use microphones so your guests don’t have to struggle to hear the ceremony.
- Protect the food. Ask your caterer to take special precautions to preserve the freshness of the food.
- Proper lighting is key. If nature can’t or won’t supply what’s necessary, call on an expert.
Have your wedding site sprayed for mosquitoes, fleas and gnats two days before the event. - During the event, use citronella candles. You might informally supply insect repellent if your site has unfriendly pests.
Following this outdoor wedding advice can help you avoid an outdoor wedding nightmare!
My personal advice is to think about the things that you do not like about the outdoors (at whatever time you are having your wedding) and ensure that you have resolved that concern so that the atmosphere has been properly prepared for your wedding.
Remember that Delaware has a number of state parks that are beautiful for outdoor weddings as well as the Courtyards of hotels and beaches.
Enjoy planning for your wedding and do not forget to have fun! Consider Wedding Arrangements, LLC to help make your dream wedding become a reality.
