Venues
The Venue Contract Clauses That Decide More Than the Price
The fee is the part everyone reads. The clauses about timings, suppliers, damage and cancellation are the ones that shape the day…
Vikrant Chauhan
Contributing writer, Get Myself Married
Vikrant writes about ceremonies and families combining two sets of expectations.
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10 articles
Venues
Blank Canvas or All-Inclusive: Two Very Different Amounts of Work
One venue hands you a finished day with limited choices. The other hands you a space and a very long list. Both are valid; they are…
Venues
Load-In, Setup and the Hours Before Any Guest Arrives
The morning of a wedding is a small construction project. It has a sequence, and getting the sequence wrong is why setups run late.
Ceremonies & Rituals
The Legal Marriage and the Ceremony Are Two Different Things
In some countries they happen at once. In many they do not, and assuming they do is one of the few wedding mistakes that cannot be…
Ceremonies & Rituals
Inside a Hindu Wedding: the Fire, the Steps and How Much Varies by Region
There is no single Hindu ceremony. There is a family of rites sharing certain elements, and the differences between communities are…
Ceremonies & Rituals
Under the Chuppah: The Shape of a Jewish Wedding Ceremony
The ceremony joins two originally separate rites, which is why it has the structure it does and why the glass is broken at the end.
Ceremonies & Rituals
What a Registrar or Civil Celebrant Actually Does
A civil ceremony is a complete marriage with a small fixed core and a surprising amount of room around it. Knowing which is which…
Ceremonies & Rituals
Combining Two Traditions Starts With Meaning, Not the Running Order
Most conflicts about a blended ceremony look like scheduling arguments. They are usually disagreements about what a rite means and…
Ceremonies & Rituals
Processions, Entrances and How a Couple Arrives
How the couple reaches the ceremony is not staging. In many traditions the arrival is itself a rite, with rules about who leads and…
Ceremonies & Rituals
Vows, Readings and Briefing Whoever Is Leading Your Ceremony
The words are the part guests remember. Most of the work is choosing what is fixed, what is chosen and who needs to know in advance.