Activities For Out-of-Town Guests

If a large percentage of your guests will be traveling from out-of-town, recognize that they are spending a lot of time and money. Many may be taking rare vacation days off work.
As a thank you, consider scheduling activities for them to participate in throughout the week.

Site Seeing Adventures
If guests are new to the area, provide them with a list of popular local attractions. Create a calendar of when they should attend certain activities so wedding guests will bump into each other throughout the week. The benefit to this is that they’ll have people to socialize with while allowing you free time to finalize last minute wedding details.

Delegate to Relatives
Aunts & Uncles, the Father of the Bride and other relatives who are involved with the wedding but have free time throughout the week may be happy to attend an activity with out-of-town guests. For example, the Father of the Bride might take guests golfing. An Aunt may lead guests on a wine tasting excursion or schedule a day at the local spa for female guests. As each guest would pay their own way, this is an opportunity to entertain them without a financial obligation.

Rehearsal Dinner
Traditionally out-of-town guests are invited to the Rehearsal Dinner as a thank you for traveling to the wedding (They aren’t invited to the actual Rehearsal itself and its not necessary to buy them a gift).

Wedding Brunch
The Mother of the Bride typically hosts a Brunch on the morning after the wedding for out-of-town guests. It can be a casual affair at her home or held in a restaurant. The Bride and Groom may or may not attend depending on their honeymoon travel plans.

The week of your wedding will be a busy time. By pre-planning activities to keep guest occupied you’ll cut down on your stress by knowing that they happy and being entertained.