Party Planning Check List
Party Planning Check List | ||
Done | Check List Item | Tips & Notes |
Party Budget | ||
Hall Rental | If you want flexibility and great rates for your occasion, often the best choice is to rent a venue with ample space, banquet chairs, tables, and convenient hours. The first step of any party is choosing the date and securing the venue. Now its time for invitations. | |
Invitations | Choose something elegant or do it yourself. Find smart ways to save money by email cards, smart text messages, social networks, or phone call. Please feel free to ask for direction cards to include in the mail or you may copy and paste it from our website. | |
Videographer / Photographer | Choose a trusted videographer or camera man. If this gets too expensive then do it yourself with a digital camera. Capture the memorable moments. | |
Food and Drinks | Plan easy familiar foods. Cook your best dishes at home and/or have a licensed caterer provide you with the food of your choice. | |
Decor | Choose your color theme and then look for inexpensive things that fit in. Real or artificial flowers, lights, balloons, wall decor, party props, etc. | |
Entertainment | Dancing and live music or a DJ, is optional, depending on your budget. Background music is a nice touch. Occasions Hall has optional choices of rentals. | |
Limousine or Car | Decide how you will arrive to the function and what time. | |
Hall | ||
Date | Choose a date that is perfect for you. Things to consider are the weather and the most important people that can make it the day of the party. Saturdays are usually the most expensive dates. Spring and Summer dates are usually booked well in advance. But its always worth a try to call for open dates. Last minute dates are usually a bargain. Occasions Hall will always try its best to work with your budget and prices. | |
Allowed Access times | Make sure you allocate enough time to set up. Call hall day before and make sure you notify the time you will want to come in. | |
Plates | You can use good quality disposables, or rent real china and cutlery. It’s a hassle to return the rental ones, and you will be charged for missing items or breakage. 1. Plates 2. Spoons, Forks, Knives 3. Cups 4. Napkins | |
Buffet Set Up Space | For buffet setup you can either rent elegant chafing dish for a low price or use our 20 wire chafing dish racks to heat up and keep food warm. Bring chafing dish fuel. | |
Additional equipment needed | Make a list of all possible equipment you will need to bring from home. | |
Set up crew | Get volunteers to set up tables and chairs and decorate. Make list of people. | |
Tables: guests, head, buffet/food, dessert, bar, gifts, guest book, | Decide on how many tables will be needed and how to arrange the set up. | |
Chairs, Tables, etc. included | Banquet chairs and your choice of 16 long tables. | |
| Staff | Occasions hall can recommend licensed staff for service. Please ask for details if you need this. |
Decorations | ||
Craft projects | Make things ahead of time that can be quickly set out as decorations, no last minute fussing, you won’t have time. | |
Party Props | Depending on your theme and type of party you can use props. Occasions Hall has optional choice of props for rental. Just ask for what you are looking for. Baby Shower chairs are $25 for plain wicker chairs and $30 for white rocking chair. | |
Wall Mirror and Ceiling | Use tape or thumbtacks that wont damage the mirror or chip the paint. You can also hang things that are not too heavy off the ceiling. | |
Table linens or coverings | If the hall rental doesn’t include table coverings, arrange for linen rentals from a party supply place or purchase banquet table coverings in paper. | |
Candles, Lights, Confetti, etc. | These small touches make a big difference. Be very careful with candles if you children attending the party. Make sure what you have planned isn’t too messy or the hall may charge extra clean up fee. | |