How to Throw the Best Party Ever
You’ve seen those super sweet sixteen birthday parties on MTV. Where the kids have endless amounts of money to throw the birthday party of a lifetime. However, realistically those parties are only accessible to the 1 percent of Americans who can afford them. There is no reason to feel bad that you can’t afford to have such a glamorous party, most people can’t. But just because you don’t have a huge bank account doesn’t mean that you still can’t have an epic birthday party. There are tons of options available when it comes to creating stellar party.
How to Plan the Best Party Ever
Set a Budget
Setting a budget and creating a guest list should go hand in hand. Your guest list has the ability to dictate how much you will be spending. Setting a budget will make decisions easier down the road of what you can, should, or shouldn’t spend your money on. So decide how much you want to spend and stick to it!
Create a Guest List
This is free. Be as selective as you want! You will need to set a guest list first in order to make other decisions down the road. However, the larger the guest list you have the more expensive the party will become. This is mainly because you will have to cater to more people. Smaller parties are more interpersonal and low maintenance. However, large parties can be much more fun. It depends on which direction you would like to take, invited some close friends or all of your friends on facebook!
Think about if your guests will be sitting or standing, how much space you will need. Remember to consider if you need to rent a stage, tents, dance floor, or dining tables. Depending on what type of attractions you want to have you will need to think about the space layout, but be flexible because you haven’t picked your venue yet!
But don’t send out invitations quite yet. There are a few other decisions you need to make first.
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