2018 - Page 3 of 4 - Reunions Magazine

What do I want in my contract?

Q: I was at one of the reunion planning workshops you hosted a few years ago. I remember you saying there were things that should definitely...

A hotel contract primer

Q? The hotel we selected for our family reunion just sent me their “standard” contract, and it’s five pages long, single-spaced! Help! How do I make...

How do I plan the reunion’s “big” meal?

Q: I’ve been tasked with planning the “big” meal at our family’s reunion next summer. Because I’m a pretty good cook, everyone assumed that I was...

What are realistic expectations for hotel extras?

Q? We’ve been looking for a location for our family reunion next summer. We’ve found several hotels we like in the New England city where we’d...

How did my friend get such a good rate?

Q? I was chatting with a friend who said she booked her family reunion into a beach resort in South Carolina in mid-August, and had gotten...

Top 10 crummy “reasons” for not attending our reunion

Q? Our 25th year high school reunion is next summer, and last month our reunion committee sent out “Save the Date” postcards to everyone for whom...

Setting the stage

Q? My family has a reunion every two years. This year it is in Colorado and we are looking for ideas for the next reunion. We...

We don’t know where to have our reunion

Q: My brother and I have just decided we need to plan a family reunion and we don’t know where to start. We haven’t even decided...

Where, oh, where to start?

Q? When several members of our family got together for Thanksgiving dinner, we agreed we needed to have a big family reunion next summer. Many of...

Just starting out: what questions to expect.

Q: I’ve read your articles in the magazine and have seen you say in several that when we’re ready to plan our reunion, the first...