Wedding Party Etiquette

from the best man to the ring bear the
wedding party will share many
responsibilities and duties leading up
to the big day hi I’m Veronica
watchmojo.com and today are speaking
with wedding planner mattk for some
wedding party etiquette what is the role
of the best man and the maid of honor
the rules have changed so much and it
varies especially now with wedding
planners the rules from maid of honor
and the best man on the day of the
wedding is very limited obviously it’s
you still have to make a toast you still
have to make a speech the best man more
so than the maid of honor but in other
instances rules would be to host a
bridal shower but nowadays a lot of
mothers and mother-in-law’s are getting
involved in this as well and they’re
doing bigger events where he asked them
why and the maid of honor is involved
but she’s doing it with the parents the
mothers from both sides as for the best
man obviously you’ve got the bachelor
party which is the hugest thing and him
and his buddies plan but nowadays again
more and more the blooms are getting
involved and they’re dictating on what
they want to do whether to go to Vegas
or whether to do it in Miami or do it
here so the rules have changed quite a
bit are there any other responsibilities
that the bridal party has it depends on
how elaborate your wedding is something
very simple could be if you’ve got
programs during ceremony the ushers
which is the groom’s men would be
responsible to distributing that program
to guests something else would be the
florist might deliver the blue tone
years and the bouquets and one of the
bridesmaids would be in charge of
distributing those to the right people
making sure that the bride has her purse
or her make up one whenever she needs it
one of the groom’s men’s typically
either the best man or the brother of
the groom or even sometimes it’s not
even the groomsmen it’s the father of
the bride or the groom that would be
responsible for envelopes you know at
the reception who would be in charge of
that moving it to put it in a safe area
so that you know no envelopes are
missing same thing with gifts they would
be responsible for dad and that maid of
honor usually makes sure that they’re
bringing back everything that’s of
sentimental value for the bride such as
the guest book the knife for the cake
cutting knife the champagne flutes and
else that has a sentimental value now
what are some good gifts to show your
appreciation for the bridal party the
great gifts over the years have been
more personalized when I say
personalized is personalized to the
person they’re giving it to you know so
you you think about it did you know that
your maid of honor loves jewelry or
she’s into antiques or vintage
collections you know so you give her
something that’s more personalized to
her for men cufflinks have been very
popular and also it’s nice because they
end up wearing it on the day of the
wedding and it becomes of sentimental
value because they look at it and say we
were this on so and so’s wedding and it
stays throughout the years for
bridesmaids jewelry of course is very
popular some people love purses and
nowadays you know big purses with like
flowers so that they can hold it at do
it at the ceremony as well so they all
think of doing something that’s more
linked to their wedding so this way you
can remember whether it be purse or a
brooch that you put on your bouquet or
something of sentimental value is there
anything else that we need to know about
the bridal party make sure that you make
your selections smartly don’t put
somebody just because you’ve had that
person in your life for years and years
since you were kids and you put them
just because you have to think of now
and think of the future who are the
people that are dear to you and who are
the people that you see that will still
be there years and years to come well
thank you very much you’re very welcome