30th Birthday Planning

Turning 30 can be the perfect time to get everyone together to celebrate this big milestone with a birthday party. Planning in advance can involve a lot of preparation, research and giving people enough time to respond to attending.

Planning a big milestone is an exciting time and you want to organise a memorable event by doing something special.

Here are some ideas to help with your planning.

Guest List - who would you like to help you celebrate your birthday with including friends, family, old school friends, colleagues, distant relatives; cousins, aunty, uncle, grandparents

Venue - Consider the venue as to where you want to hold an event to cater for a large number depending on the guests. Choosing a casual venue, or something more fancy. There are many great types of venues to choose from!

Food and Drinks (alcoholic or non-alcoholic) - Are the meals or appitisers and drinks going to be included or are guests required to bring along a plate and drinks or pay their own way? Depending on how formal or informal and your budget it's extremely important to think about the food and drinks for guests.

Theme - Instead of going with the traditional get together where everyone comes dressed casual, why not consider a themed event. This could include guests and the venue being dressed up in certain attire to make your event fun and very creative.

Invites - Are you going to get the invites professional designed or would you prefer to design and print them yourself. Choosing the right invite could depend on who attends and who doesn't if all the details are not correct and include all the required details to ensure your guests are well informed of the time and location etc.

Reconnect with old friends on your 40th birthday

Forty is a milestone that some people would prefer to forget. Some people go for a low key birthday party, where others go all out to make it a celebration worth remembering.

Whatever your preference, the 40th birthday party can be a good opportunity to reconnect with old friends that you haven't seen for years.

Where to start? 

The key to a successful party is plenty of planning. Sending out invites to friends you haven't kept in contact with can be quite tricky, so you need to get invites out at least three months in advance. That will allow them to clear their schedule and make any arrangements such as travel and accommodation or organising a babysitter for the night.

Luckily we live in a digital age, so if you have lost a friends phone number over the years you may be able to reach out to them through popular forms of social media such as Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn.

Home or venue party? 

If you have a large home you may want to host your 40th at your house. However this can come at some risks if you have any valuables that could get damaged throughout the evening. It can also be an unpleasant job cleaning up in the morning, some guests may overstay their welcome crashing on your couch till midday then expecting a feed of bacon and eggs!

Venues offer that extra flexibility where the party can be at a more central location for your guests. They can help with setting up and cleaning up, there would be a set finish time to ensure you get your forty year old body to bed at a respectable time.

Resources 

Luckily there are a heap of great free resources available to you if you go for a party at a venue. The internet has plenty of great venue options to suit whatever style you are after such as a pub for a laid back party or a nightclub for a more exclusive 40th birthday.

There are even venue finding services that can link you with the right venue in your selected area to suit all your specifications. These services in most cases are free, where they receive a small commission from the venue for referring you.

Theme your party 

You may want to even choose a theme for your big milestone. There are plenty of costume ideas to help you pick a theme from a quick Google Images search. Popular 40th themes include a gangster and moll theme, a character from your guests favourite movie or something beginning with the letter… Where you select the letter. This can be a lot of fun as there is no limit to the imagination that some guest will go to.

A themed party can be a great icebreaker for guest to mingle with each other as they can easily compliment each other on their costumes to get the ball rolling.

Get most out of a best beach party with party hire services

So, what can you call a perfect beach party? Practically speaking, it is up to the taste of the individuals and their preferences. However, including some potted palm trees, sea shells and beach sound can really complete the look. Apart from that inclusion of a simple but elegant beach backdrop will also be a great idea.

Furthermore, beer, wine, cocktails and other drinks are essential so that the guests get a good refreshments from a bar table. Adding bar stools is also something to look forward.  In order to get all these things together you can always rely on your party hire.

Beach parties are fun and there is no doubt in that fact. However, making them perfect is not an easy thing to do. In order to ensure that everything is up to the mark make sure that your party hire service is having good experience with these types of parties. Party hire can make things look easy as they are expert with organizing parties.

Well, it is not that you cannot arrange things on your own but with the help of party hire things can be better and memorable as well. A beach party with party hire on your side can be just awesome.

Are you looking for places to hire for parties in Melbourne? Partyhelp are an independent venue finding company who pride themselves on being able to link party goers with the perfect venue for all types of parties.

Giving a speech on friend’s 21st birthday party

Ok, so it’s your best buddy’s 21^st birthday party and you are being asked to give a speech. According to surveys, the fear of public speaking is the next most common fear amongst Australians (the first being fear of death). So be sure that you re alone in this process. Quiet obviously your first speech is not going to be an easy task for you nor will be this your best speech ever. Therefore, to make things easier for you here are some tips, which can be of great help to you

The key thing to focus on is preparation. Make sure rehearse your speech numerous times before going into the party. Speaking the speech in front of mirror is one of the oldest ways to perfect things.

Make a list of all the things you are supposed to speak about in the party. Stories are the meat of speeches. Make sure you convey a good story about your friend which reflects his or her personality in the best possible way. If possible, do add some humor and a bit of emotions to it. It will help in getting the attention from the guests.

After you have practiced over and over again, make sure that you deliver the speech with an attitude. There is no way people will listen to someone who is not even loud enough so that they can hear him.

Looking for a good venue for 21st in the Melbourne CBD area? Melbourne Function Rooms is a premium free service that can connect you with the best function room for your twenty first.