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WR: Schedule

amelishaamelisha member
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edited March 2015 in Chit Chat
I'll preface this although most of you probably know: we're having a very small (20 guests) very informal Vegas wedding for which I did not and will not be sending formal invites or save-the-dates. We spoke to our six family members and 14 friends in person and I wrote them each a nice note with the date and our desire to have them there if a trip like that was possible for them this year. All are coming but they have each booked different flights, hotels, and travel dates.

However, I do want to make sure that everyone has the info about what's actually happening written down somewhere. I did make a website, but I know people rarely check those. So I bought some printable single-page "invite" cards and I thought I'd do a one-page schedule with the important stuff so everyone has it and I don't have to resort to like, emailing it out.

I've attached a photo of what I've got so far. Would anyone mind having a look and letting me know if that seems like the right information/not enough/too much? When I print it, it will be centred properly on nice cotton paper with a scroll-y black border. I don't need it to be formal or anything, but I want to make sure that our guests will have all the info they need.

I've tailored each of them a bit as well - this example one has something about reserved pool loungers, which is something I bought for my group of 7 best friends who are all staying at the same hotel. FMIL and FSIL's have something in that place about joining my mother and I for high tea at the Mandarin Oriental, etc., etc., as we've booked a little something like that for all our guests but they're all different depending on interests. 

TL;DR: I've drafted this informal schedule of what's happening for our wedding to print on nice paper and give to our guests before we leave. Does it have all the information they need on it to be able to touch down in Vegas, enjoy their vacation, find us if they want to hang out, but make it to our wedding without any further instruction from us?

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  • I think it's good. As a guest, it looks like everything I would need to know is there. But I think there might be a typo. It's kind of hard to read on my screen so I could be wrong but it looks like the bus tour says 25 hours? Or does it actually say 2.5 hours? 
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  • It says 2.5, it's just a crappy pdf to jpg conversion on my work computer :)

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  • As far as Vegas weddings go, I think you've done a great job of hosting your guests without making it too much. Definitely good plans.

    The only thing I might adjust is the 2.5 hours you've allotted for the bus tour. I think it may be overly ambitious to fit in the sign, strip in general, and Fremont. Guests could easily spend an hour or more wandering Fremont and seeing all that's down there. That's the only thing I could see that might be a potential issue.
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  • I think it's good. As a guest, it looks like everything I would need to know is there. But I think there might be a typo. It's kind of hard to read on my screen so I could be wrong but it looks like the bus tour says 25 hours? Or does it actually say 2.5 hours? 

    Ummm I would NOT be going on a 25 hour bus tour! :P

    OP, it looks good to me, awesome job hosting your guests!
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  • RebeccaFlowerRebeccaFlower member
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    edited March 2015
    I would change the pool lounge line to something like "for your use, if you so choose."

    Other than that, looks great

    Edit: I read again. The "for you" sounds sharp to me, but I don't know what to do to make it smoother :)
  • Lovely!  Sounds like it's going to be a blast
  • tcnoble said:

    As far as Vegas weddings go, I think you've done a great job of hosting your guests without making it too much. Definitely good plans.


    The only thing I might adjust is the 2.5 hours you've allotted for the bus tour. I think it may be overly ambitious to fit in the sign, strip in general, and Fremont. Guests could easily spend an hour or more wandering Fremont and seeing all that's down there. That's the only thing I could see that might be a potential issue.
    It's a pre-arranged thing - they pretty much just take you to the sign, the fountains, the volcano, and Fremont and the 2.5 hrs is what the company estimates for it. That one's not my call, it's just the way the tour package thing is. But Fremont will be the last stop so if anyone decides they want to stay they can (like my parents, who looooove Fremont.) We might too actually, because I want to ride the stupid zipline in my dress.

    Thanks everyone! I appreciate the extra sets of eyes!

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  • What a great and thoughtful idea! I love this. As someone who is a major planner, I would really appreciate all the details upfront. 
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  • amelisha said:

    tcnoble said:

    As far as Vegas weddings go, I think you've done a great job of hosting your guests without making it too much. Definitely good plans.


    The only thing I might adjust is the 2.5 hours you've allotted for the bus tour. I think it may be overly ambitious to fit in the sign, strip in general, and Fremont. Guests could easily spend an hour or more wandering Fremont and seeing all that's down there. That's the only thing I could see that might be a potential issue.
    It's a pre-arranged thing - they pretty much just take you to the sign, the fountains, the volcano, and Fremont and the 2.5 hrs is what the company estimates for it. That one's not my call, it's just the way the tour package thing is. But Fremont will be the last stop so if anyone decides they want to stay they can (like my parents, who looooove Fremont.) We might too actually, because I want to ride the stupid zipline in my dress.

    Thanks everyone! I appreciate the extra sets of eyes!
    I think the amount of time is good. It takes like 30 seconds to look at the sign. Cool, a sign. Doesn't take long to drive through the strip either, and it's not like people can't go back to the strip to see more stuff later or whatever. Since it ends at Freemont Street and people can stay if they choose, I think it's perfect. More than 2.5 hours on a bus tour could get to be toooooo long, I think. And if I remember correctly, none of this stuff is spaced very far away so it's not like driving time takes forever.
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  • I want to zipline in my dress now.  Gotta dig it out of the closet and find a zipline.  ;)  Have fun!!

  • amelishaamelisha member
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    amelisha said:

    tcnoble said:

    As far as Vegas weddings go, I think you've done a great job of hosting your guests without making it too much. Definitely good plans.


    The only thing I might adjust is the 2.5 hours you've allotted for the bus tour. I think it may be overly ambitious to fit in the sign, strip in general, and Fremont. Guests could easily spend an hour or more wandering Fremont and seeing all that's down there. That's the only thing I could see that might be a potential issue.
    It's a pre-arranged thing - they pretty much just take you to the sign, the fountains, the volcano, and Fremont and the 2.5 hrs is what the company estimates for it. That one's not my call, it's just the way the tour package thing is. But Fremont will be the last stop so if anyone decides they want to stay they can (like my parents, who looooove Fremont.) We might too actually, because I want to ride the stupid zipline in my dress.

    Thanks everyone! I appreciate the extra sets of eyes!
    I think the amount of time is good. It takes like 30 seconds to look at the sign. Cool, a sign. Doesn't take long to drive through the strip either, and it's not like people can't go back to the strip to see more stuff later or whatever. Since it ends at Freemont Street and people can stay if they choose, I think it's perfect. More than 2.5 hours on a bus tour could get to be toooooo long, I think. And if I remember correctly, none of this stuff is spaced very far away so it's not like driving time takes forever.
    I've actually even done the same tour twice before (once with my parents and once with FI) too and both times it went according to plan so I feel pretty confident about it (although I admit I've never done it on a long weekend Saturday so I might be eating my words!) But in any event the time is pretty much set as it was a flat-rate thing, not hourly, and if it's too traffic jammed or whatever we'll just have to cut out a stop. We're not having photography or anything either so I'm hoping it won't take too long if there's just snapshots being taken. It's not a real "photo tour" like lots of vegas brides do or anything, just an easy way to get everyone in front of the stuff they'd want to take pictures of while they're dressed up :) and an excuse to get drunk in a moving vehicle before they really start the party (at least in the case of my lovely but wild friends.)

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