An Affair to Remember Wedding Planning College Station TX

"Let someone else worry about the details,

you just concentrate on being in love."

Which Bride Are You?

Everyone that dreams of their wedding has one thing in common. It will stand out among those in the past, present and future. Unique beauty is what everyone strives for, whether it is classic, traditional, contemporary, themed or natural. Your wedding must fit your personality. Since every person is different, every wedding is different, and therefore wedding packages can be different. Bringing out your personality in your wedding begins with the planning process. At An Affair to Remember we focus on customizing packages that fit each individual couple and let their personal touch be a part from the beginning.

Each customized package ranges in price, depending on the options chosen. The Ultimate Bridal Package is for the bride who has a lot going on in her life. You may be working, going to school, planning from afar, planning without your family because of location, or really just not know where to start with the wedding process. The Bridal Relaxation is our “day of” package that fits the bride who has made the hard decisions and taken care of the initial bookings but needs help tying the details together, or wants pure relaxation on her wedding day without having to answer questions and worry about the final details.

Which bride are you?

Ultimate Bridal Package

• Initial bridal consultation

• Budget evaluation and composition

• Upkeep and updates on wedding tracking book

• Review of etiquette for all occasions

• Timeline construction and evaluation for planning and day-of

• Price, capacity and availability evaluation of all wedding ceremony and reception sites

• Price, service and availability evaluations of all vendors, to include but not limited to

o Save the Dates

o Invitations

o Make Up Artist

o Hair Stylist

o Caterer

o Florist

o Photographer

o Videographer

o Bride and Groom Cakes

o Officiate

o Ceremony Music

o Reception Entertainment

o Bride and Groom’s Transportation

• Price, capacity and availability of rehearsal dinner accommodations

• Evaluation, construction and break down of all sites*

• Menu evaluations and consultations for rehearsal dinner and wedding reception

• Scheduling and attending all vendor and site appointments and tracking progress after each

• Hotel accommodations under group code or group travel arrangements

• Delivery and/or confirmation of all vendor payments, initial deposits and final payments

• Full coordination of ceremony rehearsal, wedding ceremony and reception

Rehearsal Day -

o Ceremony Outline

o Overview of Guest Seating and Usher Instructions

o Processional Instructions (etiquette advice on seating of grandparents, parents and other family members)

o Coordination of Wedding Party (processional, recessional, wedding party location at ceremony)

o Timing and Cues with Officiate and Music Provider

o Meeting Locations and Times for all Wedding Party

o Time Lines for all Involved for Wedding Day

o Checking on Rehearsal Dinner Site (deliver gifts, place cards, etc)

Wedding Day -

o Acceptance of all Vendors

o Picking up Additional/Last Minute Items (rented equipment, additional alcohol, lunch for wedding party, etc)

o Coordination of all Flowers with Corresponding Attendant and Family Member

o Assuring the Reception Location is set 100% no less than 30 minutes Prior to Ceremony

o Coordination of Bridal Party

o Coordination with Reception Site Manager (food services, cake cutting, first dance, exit, etc)

• Gather and pack personal items at end of the reception to be loaded in suggested vehicle

• Return of local items after wedding

Bridal Relaxation, Day of Coordination Package

For the Rehearsal Day –

• Decoration at Reception Site (if allowed)

• Ceremony Outline

• Overview of Guest Seating and Usher Instructions

• Processional Instructions (etiquette advice on seating of grandparents, parents and other family members)

• Coordination of Wedding Party (processional, recessional, wedding party location at ceremony)

• Timing and Cues with Officiate and Music Provider

• Meeting Locations and Times for all Wedding Party

• Time Lines for all Involved for Wedding Day

• Checking on Rehearsal Dinner Site (deliver gifts, place cards, etc)

Wedding Day –

• Acceptance of all Vendors (coordination and confirmation 2 weeks prior)

• Picking up Additional/Last Minute Items (rented equipment, additional alcohol, lunch for wedding party, etc)

• Coordination of all Flowers with Corresponding Attendant and Family Member (pinning all and making sure all is set no less than 30 minutes prior to ceremony)

• Assuring the Reception Location is set 100% no less than 30 minutes Prior to Ceremony

• Coordination of Bridal Party

• Coordination with Reception Site Manager (food services, cake cutting, first dance, exit, etc)

• Gathering of all Items to be Returned the Following Week

• Placement of Gifts in Appropriate Car

• Final Clean Up of Reception Facility After Guests Depart*

Communication and Additions –

• Initial consultation is complimentary.

• All packages for An Affair to Remember include unlimited email and phone access with the coordinator. All calls and emails will be responded to and returned within 24 hours.

• During the planning process, the Bridal Relaxation Package includes unlimited meetings with the client to discuss details. The initial consultation/meeting is complimentary. Information discussed at these meetings include, but are not limited to, detailed time lines, floor diagrams, final head counts for vendor confirmation, menu consultations, etc.

• With the Bridal Relaxation Package the coordinator will share with the client all additional vendor information needed for outstanding bookings – Our resources are yours!