The one thing that you want to avoid on your wedding day is stress. You want everything to run as smoothly as possible and you don’t want to have to worry about a thing. In an ideal world, everyone would carry out their role perfectly and you wouldn’t have to even think about it.

But this isn’t always the case and some brides can end up feeling like they’re chasing people around on their wedding day, making sure that everything is organised and in the right place.

However, there is a way to reduce the chances of this happening to you and that is through a wedding order of service.

The idea of a wedding order of service is to outline the order of the main parts of the ceremony. The wedding order of service will normally be handed out as people enter the ceremony. They will be able to see what is expected to happen in the ceremony and they will also be able to see what they are expected to do after the ceremony. This is really helpful when it comes to ensuring that everyone is in the right place at the right time.

With a wedding order of service, you can relax and enjoy your day.

Everyone is nervous on the morning of their wedding day; it’s perfectly natural to feel a little jittery about making those all important promises as well as about the day itself.

You’re really hoping that it will run smoothly without any problems along the way and on the morning of your wedding, you will really appreciate if you have some sort of assurance that the day will go as planned.

You have your friends and family around you, helping to ensure that any problems are smoothed over but something else that can really help is the wedding order of service.

A wedding order of service is handed out to each guest as they enter the ceremony. This is designed to give them some sort of guidance as to how the day will run. Some couples choose to have every piece of information on the wedding order of service but others will simply include the main events of the ceremony.

Having a guide will help to ensure that all guests know exactly where they are meant to be and when and the wedding order of service will certainly help to put your mind at ease and get rid of those jitters.

With many more weddings now taking place at alternative venues, it’s worth having some pertinent questions to hand when you are on the look out for the perfect place to get married.

Here is a list of questions that you may want to ask when choosing your wedding venue:

• Is the date we want available?
• How many people do you cater for, both for the wedding breakfast and the evening reception?
• Will there be any other weddings on the same weekend?
• Have you ample car parking facilities?
• Can confetti be thrown inside and outside the venue?
• Do you allow lit candles?
• Is there the option of having a marquee or part of the wedding taking place outside?
• What time can we have access to the rooms/facilities for decoration purposes etc?
• Have you got samples of menus and wine lists including prices?
• Can we supply the wine?
• Have you got a cake stand?
• Do you have a master of ceremonies who will direct guests and organise the wedding order of service?
• Have you got a detailed price list?

Your venue choice is one of the most difficult decisions you will have to make, alongside who to invite and who to disappoint.