MEET & GREET

Guests arrive tired, often from another city, frequently with elderly parents and small children. What happens in the first ten minutes shapes how they remember the entire wedding — and it is the part most often left to chance.

Entrances are designed as a sequence rather than a doorway: where the car stops, who meets it, where bags go, where the first drink is, and how someone who knows nobody finds their way into the room.

Welcome hampers, signage, transfers and a hospitality desk that is actually staffed do more for a guest's experience than anything on the stage.