While your ceremony and reception are no doubt the peak of your wedding celebration, you may be considering having events to start off and end the weekend. For example, rehearsal dinner, welcome reception, bridal luncheon, grooms gathering, after party or a farewell brunch.
In this episode Erin and I talk about all the reasons why you could choose to host an after party or not and the same for a farewell brunch. Factors we considered were:
Erin McLean is the owner of McLean Events, a wedding production + planning company in North Carolina and beyond. She founded the company in 2008 and most recently has launched 12 Weeks to I Do: Your Guide to Stress Free wedding Planning. Here she guides couples as their virtual wedding planner to plan their wedding.
Erin is known for her innovative and fresh ideas, her devotion to detail and her sophisticated décor accents. Erin's charismatic, fun personality and cool, calm, demeanor set her clients at ease as she helps them create the wedding of their dreams or the event of a lifetime.
She lives at home with her two daughters McKenna and Juliet, her husband Tom, and her puppy Beau.
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Kelly's Site: http://www.kellymcwilliams.com
Kelly's Blog: https://www.kellymcwilliams.com/blog
Instagram: @kellyamcwilliams
About Kelly:
Kelly knows how incredible a well planned wedding can be. Every moment counts and every decision plays a part. Wedding planning should be fun and as easy to do as possible. Besides planning weddings, Kelly travels the globe as an industry speaker. Kelly is a Martha Stewart Top Wedding Planner & this podcast won Brides magazine and WeddingWire's best podcast.
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