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Advice

Wedding advice and etiquette can be a weird thing, especially when you’re talking about alternative and offbeat weddings. We pride ourselves on our compassionate focus on constructive, respectful communication and focus on conflict resolution.

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Why you should ALWAYS ask about other booked events at your wedding venue

Did you hear the one about the Offbeat Bride who found out about the Fetish Con being hosted at her wedding venue? Yeah… Add that to the list of “shit I would NEVER have thought about when planning a wedding.” So here’s a little tip from reader/former hotel business lady Rebecca…

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Get everyone involved in a maypole dance

A maypole dance is traditionally popular in areas like Europe to celebrate the first day of May. But Renaissance Faire goers have probably seen it done there too. If you’re looking for an activity to get everyone involved at your own fantasy/Renaissance wedding (or any, really), a maypole can be really good time.

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Reality check: wedding planning isn’t SO bad

We have a tag archive here on Offbeat Bride called overcoming adversity, and it’s all about couples who’ve dealt with significant, serious challenges on the path to the altar. Now, I don’t mean challenges like, “My divorced parents don’t get along; how will I do the seating chart?” or “What if it rains?” Not to diminish the reality of these challenges, but they’re just on a different level than, say, “My mother is dying so we threw the wedding together in a month” or “my partner was attacked by a shark.”

In the name of perspective shifting and reality checks, let’s take a wander through some of our overcoming adversity posts… because there’s nothing like cancer, premature babies, peg legs, and tornadoes to help you get your seating chart woes in perspective.

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Use Minglo to get wedding guests of all types to know each other

When we shared Ariel’s awesome Minglo party idea (mingling + bingo) over on Offbeat Home, Homie Marina told us she used this idea with great success at one of her wedding parties…