Outdoor Wedding Tips

Having your reception and ceremony outdoors takes a certain amount of courage. After all, you are up against Mother Nature! The weather is the foremost deciding factor between having super successful outdoor wedding receptions and real disasters. Some of the following outdoor wedding tips below should help you avoid some major pitfalls:

1. Choose your location but always have a back-up plan. When it comes to outdoor wedding reception ideas, you could rent the use of your town’s botanical gardens or even a pavilion at the zoo. Consider a gazebo or pavilion in your local park. Or maybe a family friend has a large backyard with beautiful gardens and landscaping. See if that family member would consider you taking over the yard for a few days.

2. Think about the weather during the time you are planning your outdoor wedding. Among the outdoor wedding tips you should consider are providing ice cold water bottles to guests as they arrive if the day is particularly warm. Or, rent large outdoor fans. If the weather is cold, consider small portable heaters or even lap blankets.

3. One of the best outdoor tips you should try and follow is the rental of a wedding tent. This tent can help with minor inclement weather conditions like a sudden shower or windy day. These tents can be climate controlled up to a point.

4. If you plan to have your wedding without the use of a tent, just remember that less is more when it comes to outdoor wedding reception decorating. Make use of your surrounding. Gardens and beautiful landscaping may just need some discretely placed citronella candles or tiki torches for evening time. Garden outdoor wedding reception decorations are among the easiest to work with because the flowers and greenery growing are the decorations.

5. A vine covered trellis or archway arbor might be part of your outdoor wedding reception décor. Among the outdoor wedding tips you should consider also includes planning for insects like mosquitoes, ants and anything else that might detract from the experience.

6. Perhaps one of the most important outdoor wedding tips to look into are permits for events should you plan to use a public outdoor facility. You don’t want to inadvertently break any laws. That could definitely spoil the mood!

7. Time your wedding for sunset. Not only is this a beautiful backdrop but the descending sun is a lot easier on the eyes than is the noon sun.

Of course, the above seven tips are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to outdoor wedding tips. If you an afford it, consider hiring a wedding coordinator who can do all the worrying for you.