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AFTER I do:
POST-WEDDING DAY TASKS TO TACKLE
Couples who plan their own weddings might enjoy a Vendor reviews: Many vendors now rely on Internet
satisfactory exhale once the knot has been tied and
the last rug has been cut. Once guests head home and couples reviews from past customers to help grow their businesses, and
depart for their honeymoons, much of the work is done. But it’s a nice gesture for couples to offer their reviews once they
there are some lingering tasks for couples once they return from have returned from their honeymoons. Chances are you relied on
such reviews when choosing vendors for your wedding, so return
Thank-you notes:their first trip together as husband and wife. the favor by writing reviews and helping future couples find
Thank-you notes are perhaps a couple’s
biggest task upon returning from their honeymoons. Such notes Dress:reliable vendors who can help make their weddings special.
should be sent to all guests who attended your wedding as well New brides who want to keep their dresses as
as those who could not attend but still gave gifts. Carve out keepsakes or preserve them as heirlooms should have their
some time in the weeks immediately following your honeymoon dresses cleaned and professionally preserved when they
to write personalized thank-you notes, mailing them all at the return from their honeymoons. The earlier you do this, the
same time so guests do not feel slighted if their note arrives easier it is to remove any stains that might have developed
Cake:weeks after another’s. Gift returns:during your wedding.
If you were unable to do so before leaving on your Newly married couples often receive repeat
honeymoon, return to your wedding reception venue to pick up gifts or gifts they never put on their registries that they simply
any leftover cake. Many venues will store leftover wedding cakes have no use for. Return such gifts as soon as possible so your
in their freezers for a reasonable amount of time until couples home is not overwhelmed with clutter. Upon returning gifts, you
return from their honeymoons, but make it a point to pick up also can do a little shopping, as you will have money to spend.
your cake as soon as possible. It’s customary to eat leftover cake, In addition, many stores give newly married couples discounts
if you have any, on your first anniversary. on registry items that went unpurchased, and the day you return
gifts is a great opportunity to cash in on such discounts.
THE GO GUIDE APP
Download it now at
themorningcall.com/goguideapp
POST-WEDDING DAY TASKS TO TACKLE
Couples who plan their own weddings might enjoy a Vendor reviews: Many vendors now rely on Internet
satisfactory exhale once the knot has been tied and
the last rug has been cut. Once guests head home and couples reviews from past customers to help grow their businesses, and
depart for their honeymoons, much of the work is done. But it’s a nice gesture for couples to offer their reviews once they
there are some lingering tasks for couples once they return from have returned from their honeymoons. Chances are you relied on
such reviews when choosing vendors for your wedding, so return
Thank-you notes:their first trip together as husband and wife. the favor by writing reviews and helping future couples find
Thank-you notes are perhaps a couple’s
biggest task upon returning from their honeymoons. Such notes Dress:reliable vendors who can help make their weddings special.
should be sent to all guests who attended your wedding as well New brides who want to keep their dresses as
as those who could not attend but still gave gifts. Carve out keepsakes or preserve them as heirlooms should have their
some time in the weeks immediately following your honeymoon dresses cleaned and professionally preserved when they
to write personalized thank-you notes, mailing them all at the return from their honeymoons. The earlier you do this, the
same time so guests do not feel slighted if their note arrives easier it is to remove any stains that might have developed
Cake:weeks after another’s. Gift returns:during your wedding.
If you were unable to do so before leaving on your Newly married couples often receive repeat
honeymoon, return to your wedding reception venue to pick up gifts or gifts they never put on their registries that they simply
any leftover cake. Many venues will store leftover wedding cakes have no use for. Return such gifts as soon as possible so your
in their freezers for a reasonable amount of time until couples home is not overwhelmed with clutter. Upon returning gifts, you
return from their honeymoons, but make it a point to pick up also can do a little shopping, as you will have money to spend.
your cake as soon as possible. It’s customary to eat leftover cake, In addition, many stores give newly married couples discounts
if you have any, on your first anniversary. on registry items that went unpurchased, and the day you return
gifts is a great opportunity to cash in on such discounts.
THE GO GUIDE APP
Download it now at
themorningcall.com/goguideapp
