Self-guided learning path

Connect a multi-day wedding

Give each event its own roster, local time and transport decision.

1. Lesson 1

   Keep a destination wedding in the venue's time zone

   A wedding has a local clock even when the people planning it live in several countries.

2. Lesson 2

   Give each wedding event its own guest list and owner

   A welcome event, wedding ceremony and farewell meal can share a couple without sharing every guest, vendor or budget.

3. Lesson 3

   Plan arrivals around the consequences of a delay

   A guest arrival plan should show what happens if a journey slips.

4. Lesson 4

   Use a site visit to answer the questions a photograph cannot

   Venue photographs describe appearance. A site visit should establish how people, equipment and decisions move through the place. Record operational facts that will still be useful when the planner is back at a desk.

5. Lesson 5

   Build a ceremony schedule from the people and rituals involved

   A generic ceremony duration is a placeholder.

6. Lesson 6

   Make access needs part of the operational plan

   Access planning works best when it is a normal part of asking what people need to participate.