Wedding Season Chronicles: A Quick Etiquette Guide for Brides, Grooms, The Bridal Party & Guests

By Alexis Pettway

From stories of bridal party members not being to fulfill their duties to guests who did not rsvp but were present on wedding day, Wedding Season Chronicles covers a host of wedding etiquette that should be considered and followed for all personal parties involved in the wedding. This guide aims to take stress and chaos out of wedding planning a

• Language: English
• Publisher: Alexis Pettway DBA APoeticAuthor
• Release date: Jan 23, 2020
• ISBN: 9781734373318

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Wedding Season

Chronicles

A quick etiquette guide for brides, grooms, the bridal party, and wedding guests

Alexis Pettway

This Book was created to enlighten all parties of the responsibilities, work, emotions, and the overall process attached to a wedding. In sharing my experience with weddings, my hope is this book aids in understanding, which also aids in easier wedding planning and beautiful wedding days.

—Alexis Pettway

Table of Contents

Ring

About Me

To the Bride

Advice from Brides

To the Groom

Advice from Grooms

To the Bridal Party

Advice from Bridal Party Members

To the Wedding Guests

10 ways to save money on your wedding

About Me

Ring

In 2007, I started working as a banquet server for the Warren Conference Inn, in Ashland, Massachusetts. On top of being the best job I ever had, the experience led me down a road of working a few thousand weddings in the past 13 years, in various states at various facilities and venues.

When I started working at the Warren Conference Center, I was a freshman at Johnson & Wales University, studying culinary arts. During that first year, I gained some upperclassmen friends, one being my good friend Gabe. Gabe was working at the Warren Conference Inn, and long story short, he led myself, and one of my friends to being hired at the conference center with no interview AND we were able to live on property free for the entire summer. (Thank you, Gabe!)

In the summer of 2007, my mother moved me up to Ashland, Massachusetts. I went on to spend three summers working and living there. We had a lot of fun, partying and living with friends in the absolute middle of nowhere, but we also worked hard. We worked double split shifts, sometimes overturning our dining room for two weddings in a day. It was such a great experience; I am forever thankful.

I left the Warren Conference center after having this feeling and ambition to work at the Hyatt. As I was getting more into school, I decided I wanted to be a banquet chef, and I wanted to be a banquet chef for the popular hotel and resort company, Hyatt Hotels. After going through different avenues, I landed a job at the Hyatt Logan Airport in Boston as a banquet prep cook. I had now transitioned into the