A Family reunion is a major event that comes in every summer vacation, in which the members of the family comes altogether to celebrate. Having a family reunion takes time, commitment, and planning.
The family reunion is perceived as a time for a vacation and family members want to enjoy a nice setting. Planning a family reunion is a huge task, but the information here will help you to make it memorable.
Communicating with family members
Communication with family members helps you to gather information and maintain interest during months of planning for the reunion and it’s good to have someone reliable is there to help you. Getting ideas from others family members can also help you plan a more fun event and organize a family committee to assist you in different stages of family reunion planning.
Pick a person from each nuclear family and take an informal survey of what people are willing to spend and when they would like to go. While you can’t meet everyone’s needs, a survey is the best tool for finding out what works for most relatives. If you are planning for the bigger event, you can have them for fundraising.
Pick a Location and Date
First you must decide where that place will be. Research places that serve to a variety of interests, age levels, physical abilities, and financial resources. Convention and visitors bureaus are good starting points for researching an area, and most of their services are free. Pretty much any place where families can go on vacation is also fitting for the family reunion, as long as there is room to put up the number of people. Look for a destination with a wealth of entertainment opportunities for all types of interests.
Set a date and stick to it. Selecting a date can be one of your most complicated tasks. Check with others to see if there are any calendar conflicts. Send a save the date message as soon as your date is set so everyone knows not to schedule anything at the same time. Under any circumstances do not change the date but be prepared, because as soon as you circulate the date, the first person you hear from will not be able to come. Tell them how sorry you are that there’s a conflict, but perhaps next time will work.
Family reunion theme
Adding an all-out family reunion into the mix! The whole families in town, its summertime and uncomfortably hot outside, that kind of hot make you seek air conditioning and a nice tall glass of cold drinks. So planning ahead for the summer heat can do wonders for the family reunion, which means you might just consider throwing a family reunion splash party. You can use this as a chance to hand out family reunion memorabilia by theming it to the pool party.
You can also plan a family reunion for some summertime fun; make it red, white and blue with stars and stripes, too. 4th of July family reunion ideas are perhaps most important when it comes to the decorations! The family reunion needs to have that patriotic feel to it since you are not only celebrating the family reunion but the important holiday as well.
Selecting the right food and drinks
Like any large event with high expectations, the food and drinks can make or break your family reunion. Eating is an important component of any reunion and you will need some creative planning and organization to be able to satisfy the appetites and varying taste preferences of your family during your reunion. The food committee may even need to be formed if you are expecting a fairly large numbers of guests.
Since family reunions involve many adults, often more adults than kids, Introduce some wine to add a little more spark to it. Order some special occasional wine with personalized labels for this kind of celebration. For family reunion fun, you can include these adult drinks with adult games and you will have the recipe for fun and memories that will last a lifetime.
Activities, Tours and more
Family members look forward to having fun together, and the range of possible activities is limitless. So, it’s important to keep everyone entertained with various activities appropriate of their ages and personal interest such as talent shows, music and poetry, family history/ storytelling, sports, arts & crafts exhibits, sing-along, and recognition ceremonies.
It is important everyone finds an activity they enjoy, instead of just one general event for the whole group and if you plan on crafting activities, Purchase the items that will be used beforehand and Pack a few board games or crafts for the children can do indoors. Plan events that will involve all members together to just sit, talk, and recall the great time they had.
I love the idea of a really big family reunion. Hard work and loads of planning but so rewarding. I wonder how many families manage ,would be interesting to get people’s shared experiences. Interesting blog Karen , unusual topic well done.
My husband’s family are much better at this than mine. Lots of happy memories of picnics and games in the forest with family near and far. #thesatsesh
Our family is quite spread out and some we only see at funerals – this would be a great way to see them at a nicer time! #thesatsesh
I love the idea of a theme. Really adds the touch. Thanks so much for linking up at #KCACOLS. Hope you come back again next time
Some really good tips here! The personalised wine labels sound a great idea. #thesatsesh xx
A lovely location and good food are key! cheers #familyfunlinky
What fantastic tips for making a family reunion a smooth event X
These are some great tips. Thanks for sharing with #TriumphantTales
Great ideas for organizing a reunion. I’d love to attend one. #keepingitreal
Family reunions are so important. especially as life doesn’t stand still! Getting everyone together is great and lots of photo’s of the occasion will be treasured for years to come #triumphanttales
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I’ll take these into consideration #TriumphantTales
I am looking forward to going to the UK in the summer hols and having a reunion with my family. We will certainly be eating out and having a day trip somewhere. Thank you for linking up to #PointShoot 📸
These are fab ideas. My family isn’t big enough to do a family reunion but I would most definitley do one of these if we ever did one! #KCACOLS
Oh no not with my family, the more options they have the harder it is to get them altogether. Peter and I just say, this date, this place, this time and see you there, we usually get around 30 people turning up #keepingitreal
i also popped over from #keepingitreal and #triumphanttales, did you get that comment?
Yes, I did, thank you x
I love the idea of a theme – we’ll need to start doing these for our family reunions.
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I LOVE family get togethers! I’m not sure we would cope with a theme but it is important to think about location now that there are a lot of elderly and babies in the family. Thanks for linking up with #globalblogging
Great tips. My mum has been trying to organise something like this for years but there are various members of our family who just don’t get on so it never comes off, it’s such a shame.
Thank you for joining the #FamilyFunLinky x
Oh great ideas, I love a family get together! Thanks so much for sharing with #Blogstravaganza xx
I think we should hire you, to help! How about it? #pointshoot xoxo
Thanks, but I didn’t write this post, it is written by Smith, Willis as a guest x
How my family makes it memorable? Well, usually the police end up being called… #kcacols
Some wonderful memories are made a family gatherings aren’t they? People who maybe haven’t seen each other for a while just slotting back in. #kcacols
Awh I’ve never ever been on a holiday with all my family. My mother is scared of going away for too long and my sister and I don’t ever see eye to eye 🙁 it’s a bit sad as if planned properly this would be an awesome thing to do with everyone in tow #kcacols
Great tips. It must be so hard to choose a date that works for everyone #blogstravaganza
My dad comes from a large family and full get togethers are rare, but when we do name badges are always a good idea! thanks for sharing with #PoCoLo
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