Some Advice for Planning Your Greek Wedding: Information Packs

When planning a wedding in Greece you have to get organised. The first piece of important advice is to make sure you give your guests enough information about the wedding as soon as possible.  Sending a save the date card or just an email will give everyone enough time to source flights, accommodation and put in for leave from work well in advance.  I actually sent out the whole invitation complete with a guide book (filled with all relevant information) 6 months a head of the wedding rather than the standard 3 months.

Make sure that you make the information packs are as fool proof as possible and packed with interesting information.

• Give an itinerary of the wedding festivities with times, places and dress codes. 
• Provide maps with all the venues clearly marked as well as all your recommended hotels. 
• Important contact numbers such as police, taxis, hospitals, doctors and of course your contact number for the duration of the trip.
• Pick a range of accommodation for people to choose from, with a small written description of each.  Make sure you check out all the recommended accommodation personally and try and arrange special rates with the hotels.  Most hotels will do a preferential rate for you so it is definitely worth arranging meetings with the managers to discuss this.
• Include all the logistics options for your location.  Some people may want to visit other areas of Greece on their trip so cover all options; ferries, yachts, direct flights, internal flights and coaches.
• Have a list of good restaurants and bars for your guests to visit. Some of them will be coming in for only a couple of days so having this information will make their stay a lot more stress free and enjoyable.
• Give people a heads up of what sites of interest there are in the area and an estimated cost of entry.
• Lastly, in Greece there are different opening times than other places so inform your guests of these ie everything is shut on a Wednesday afternoon and banking times etc.

The more you give your guests the less you will have to worry about organising when they are at your destination wedding.  Obviously I chose to do this in the form of a guide book as I felt that this was a more practical way to deal with it and was more convenient to carry for my guests.  There are other ways to go about it and all the information does not necessarily need to go out with the invites.  Some Information could be left in all the guests rooms as welcome packs but this will mean more work for you on site but the options are endless so enjoy sourcing what is best for you.

This really is a very important detail to cover, so please take a little time to get it right.

NY