Tips on giving wedding toasts without boring your guests

The Wedding toast segment of your wedding reception is usually the segment that both guests and bridal party wish they can get over with quickly so they can get on with the party. Here are some tips to keep your guests engaged and to assist your bridal party in delivering a great toast. 

1. You must plan ahead 

It is wise to develop your schedule of toasts and inform those who you will like to say some words well in advance. This allows the relevant persons the time to prepare what they will like to say and avoids the possibility of stammering, silence and plain old awkwardness if they don't have anything to say. This schedule should be passed on to your master of ceremonies so that he can queue people on and off the microphone and keep things fluent. 

2. Please, limit the amount of people giving toasts

Your wedding is a celebration, yes toasts is a major part of that because this is when people get to give you their well wishes etc. but too much can become monotonous and boring. If your wedding may have many guests wishing to give you kind words etc a great suggestion is to have a Guest Note Cage. You can provide  note paper at a special table with this cage, where guests can leave you comments or well wishes. Another suggestion is to have a confessional, yes a confessional lol. Set up an area with a video camera where guests can give you live well wishes, which is recorded and compiled as part of your wedding video. How cool is that? 

3. Schedule the Toasts for a time that best suits your wedding 

In Trinidad and Tobago Most people tend to give their toast before the serving of the meal at the beginning of the reception. I have seen a few weddings where the food was served first and then the toasting took place when everyone was fed. It all depends on the time of day your wedding is held. For those preferring to have the toasts before meals may I suggest having a hors d'eouvres served as a prelude to the toasting so that your guests won't be restless or worst hungry during your toasting segment. The goal is to have your guests comfortable so that they can enjoy every bit of your wedding. 

4. What should I Toast with? 

Tradition says that you should toast with champagne or any other sparkling wine. But with that said, you can always personalize with having either your signature drink or other special drink for your toasts. Please, make sure its not water :). 

5. What should I say? 

For those of you given the honor to say a few words on behalf of the bride or groom, keep it short, your toast should not go over three minutes in length. Jot down some key words so you know the areas you will like to touch on. This helps not only to keep you calm but to keep from going blank. And most of all speak from the heart. You can offer personal advice, inspiration quotes, a sentimental song lyric what ever holds true to the message you would like to give to the couple. 

And finally raise your glass and take a sip. 

HAPPY PLANNING 

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