Steve Griswold shares three steps to boost wedding attendance: write down your guest list, reach out early via email or Zoom to confirm interest, and give guests 1 to 1.5 years notice so they can arrange time off and childcare.
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We've got know the number of guests invited. So, so this is very important. When you are planning to invite friends and family, you know, have that list already, you know, written out, knowing, and, and look at your numbers. And then I always recommend float it out there to them via email or a Zoom meeting, something. Just, you want to take sort of account of who is really all in and who may be on the fence. And so if you give them longer lead time, you'll probably have greater turnout. People have to make arrangements with time off, childcare, pet care, just financially. So we want to make sure that the people that you would like to be there are given enough notice. And I say a year to a year and a half is a fair amount of time. But— Common theme. The sooner the better.