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Don’t Let Your Guests Get Lost on Your
Big Day
 (ARA)
- Planning to get married any time soon?
It’s true what they say -- your wedding day
is one of the most important and defining
moments in your life. How do you envision
yours?
In a perfect world, everything will go like
clockwork. At exactly 1 o’clock, the music
will start to play, all the guests will
arrive on-time and anxiously wait for the
bride to appear. Then they’ll hold back
tears as she marches down the aisle on her
father’s arm.
In reality, however, it’s more likely that
there will be some snags. The person
delivering the flowers and decorations could
be late, pushing the ceremony back an hour.
The hired photographer could have written
down the wrong date and not show up at all.
Or even worse, your out-of-town guests won’t
show up on time either because they got
stuck in traffic or were unable to find the
ceremony.
Because for most weddings, a good portion of
the guest list includes people from
out-of-town, it is critical to be as detail
orientated as possible when helping them get
from destination to destination.
Along with the invitation, include
multi-view maps
that will show guests where all the
wedding-related events are taking place.
You’ll need one showing directions to the
wedding venue from the hotel, the bride’s
parents’ home and the airport. Another
showing directions from the ceremony
location to the reception hall.
Be sure to include a link to a traffic Web
site, such as Traffic.com, at the bottom of
any
map you
provide, as well as your wedding Web site.
The site will be a great resource for your
guests as it shows the most direct route
from place to place, and also provides
real-time information on delays, traffic
jams and detours.
Guests can pre-plan their route by accessing
the site from the hotel computer or their
Internet-enabled cell phone. All they have
to do is enter the address where they’re
staying, and of the place they’re going to,
and the information they need will come back
instantly. Guests can also get the
information they need through the (866) MY-TRAFC
(866-698-7232) traffic hotline.
After the wedding is over, Traffic.com can
serve as a resource your out-of-town guests
can use to find their way to local
attractions, restaurants and long-lost
friends’ houses. The possibilities are
endless. And who knows, maybe when all is
said and done, you’ll be the one getting the
“Thank You” note.
Courtesy of ARAcontent
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