Last-Minute Improvements For Your Fall Wedding
Ok, we get it. If you're getting married this fall at Park Savoy or a similarly elegant venue with indoor and outdoor access, chances are you have most every aspect of your wedding covered. We’re not talking about elaborate design additions, but rather easy and affordable changes that will enhance the overall experience of your fall wedding and create an extra touch that will truly make your wedding one to remember. Get Seasonally Inspired Each season has its unique charms...
How To Make the Most of Vintage Charm in Your Wedding Venue
If you’re getting married at The Park Savoy or another elegant wedding venue that has a distinct vintage quality to it, the options are truly unlimited in terms of the type of wedding you want to have. However, often a venue and theme go hand in hand and if you know that you want your wedding to have a chic classic vibe to it that will also make it look timeless, there a number of things you can do, both...
How To Keep Cool During Your June Wedding
While it might not officially become summer until the solstice near the end of June, as soon as Memorial Day over most of us have slipped into a summer frame of mind. While May sees its share of outdoor weddings held on our sprawling grounds or elsewhere, June is when we really get into prime summer wedding season. As you likely know from experience, summer is the most popular time to get married. But it also comes with its share...
Wedding Etiquette and Social Media Essentials for 2017
Wedding etiquette is all about following the proper decorum on one's wedding day, either as a guest or the bride herself. Etiquette in the age of social media has created many new situations that today's brides and grooms have to navigate tactfully. Below we outline the most essential things to know about wedding etiquette in 2017. First off, you just popped the question or said: "I do." Now what? More and more brides-to-be will immediately hop on social media to...
4 of Jersey’s most romantic wedding spots
General Manager Sam Tillawi said the Park Savoy puts on about 250 weddings per year. "We get nothing but amazing compliments," Tillawi said. "The views will take your breath away. We have a huge room for the cocktail hour, a full dining room, a bridal suite and groom's room. It has beautiful patios outside, It's a complete circle for the bride." The Park Savoy hosts one wedding party at a time so that the day is completely yours. The building...
The Do’s and Don’ts of Having a Holiday Wedding
If you're attending a wedding during the months of November or December, it's likely that the spirit of the holiday season will seep into your wedding and where you decide to have it. But as you're likely aware, having during the holiday season can be a tricky proposition as people are already traveling a lot and have busy schedules. Here are some do's and don'ts to keep in mind this holiday season. If you're having your wedding close to Thanksgiving,...
The Kids Are (Maybe) Alright Part II: Having an Adult-Only Wedding
If there’s any one thing that we can agree on when it comes to having children at weddings, it’s that people tend to be starkly divided on the issue. A case we covered last week. Now, we want to stress, we’re not here to convince you one way of another if it’s right or a good choice or whatever. That’s up to you. Instead this series is about helping people avoid any of the pitfalls and social fallout that comes...
Marriage Licenses For People Who Hate Paperwork Part 1
Ah, marriage licenses, nothing encapsulates the joy and magic of weddings like compiling all of your personal information and filling out forms at the County Clerk’s office. Only in this, does getting married involve the same enthusiasm and footwork as filing your taxes. And yet, the only thing worse than applying for a marriage license, is dealing with complications when something goes wrong or is overlooked. Yes, this reading may be as exciting as listening to a drowsy Ben Stein...
Take Back Your Wedding Planning Time
We’ve covered in the past how to create and manage your wedding groups –citing useful websites and techniques to make the most the out of your wedding planning. At the time we wrote those articles, we thought we had all of the bases covered, but we didn’t anticipate these findings. While tagging specific vendors and liking their pages to see investigate their quality is common knowledge for millennials, we were surprised by the statistic that mentioned 70% of wedding couples...
Wedding Lexicon 101: The Unity Candle
bouquetIf you are in the middle of planning all of the events of the wedding (one: congratulations, and two: breath, you can do this), then you’ve probably noticed there’s a large number of tiny traditions that add up to one big ceremony. Not just the vows, of course but also things like the cutting of the cake, the use of ring bearers and flower girls, bouquets and even throwing the bouquet. Many of these traditions span multiple cultures and have...
