As titled. I'm confused on what determines these motors amperage and wattage capabilities. I have a yume y11+ motor labeled 60v 3000w. I have a vsett 10+ motor labeled 60v50h1400w. I used a "48v 1000 watt" motor. And I also used a ninebot max g30 gen 2 motor. The 48v labeled motor was nothing more than what I swear a 350 motor is as it's speed and acceleration was trash and it started overhearing fast. Ninebot max motor was a beast for what it was and way way more capable than the 1000watts labeled motor was. The vsett 10+ motor I have really doesn't get warm running 1400 watts continuous and I've been making some 6000 watt rips and it doesn't gaf, I just don't stay on it for a long time, also because it's going over 60mph fairly quick and I get scared, it's a ninebot max g30 lol. And for the yume motors it's dual motor scooter labeled 60v 3000watt. I can cruise top speed full throttle for miles on end and all you can tell is the motor has ran, but barely above ambient temps. I'm trying to spec in my head a motor for 125mm dropout that has really good torque and maybe 45mph top speed.... but I wanna be able to do a wheelie without trying like the yume 11" motor does to that big ass scooter.

An impressionist style visualisation of a tranquil mountain landscape at dawn
Bhikkhus, there are six qualities which, if not abandoned, make it impossible to attain and dwell in the first jhāna. Which six? Sensual desire, ill-will, complacency (dullness and drowsiness), restlessness (mental agitation), doubt, and a failure to clearly see the true danger in sensual pleasures with correct wisdom. These six qualities, if not relinquished, indeed make it impossible to attain and abide in the first jhāna.
Bhikkhus, by abandoning these six qualities one becomes capable of attaining and dwelling in the first jhāna. Which six? Sensual desire, ill-will, complacency, restlessness, doubt, and the true perception of the danger in sensual pleasures. By truly understanding and overcoming these hindrances with right wisdom, one becomes capable of entering and remaining in the first jhāna.
As the stones in this picture throttle the natural flow of the stream of water, likewise, the mental hindrances when present, throttle the flow of the clear experience of the unconditioned enlighten-mental quality of joy. Having cleared almost all of the mental hindrances through a well established life practice, one is then naturally able to dwell in the jhānas.
Clear comprehension and mindfulness: The role of cultivating mindfulness is to aid in recollecting and recognizing when one is experiencing one of the mental hindrances, to then be able to apply the faculty of persistence for the letting go of it.
Mindfulness is gradually cultivated, through a gradual practice per the gradual training guideline areas.

Practice Area	Related Teachings
Training in Ethical conduct - not shared as a rule or commandment, rather as a guideline that one can verify by implementing and observing for the condition of the mind.	The five precepts (AN 8.39) - An overflowing stream of merit, gifts one can offer to all living beings. Ethical conduct is the foundation on which all other areas rest.
A cultivated practice of ethical conduct forms the basis of all the other practice areas.	Six Directions: A teaching on purifying ethical conduct (DN 31) - A detailed guide on lay ethics
Application of sense restraint - Avoid activities and engagements that lead to excitement. Or on recognition, disengage.	Causes for Diverse Perceptions, Intentions, Passions, Quests (SN 14.7) are the diverse external elements of sense experience.
	All is Burning (SN 35.28) - The "all" consisting of the six interior and exterior sense bases is burning with passion, aversion and delusion.
Moderation in eating - Eating for health, rationally, in moderation. Not for delight, not for bulking up, not for pleasant and agreeable feelings	Monastics practice eating before the noon (one of the eight precepts). This isn't necessary, however, eating within an interval can likely help.
Training in wakefulness - Purifying the mind of obstacles through a practice of walking and sitting meditation in the morning and evening. Sleep in lion's posture after noting the idea of rising	Meditation Practise and Guided Meditations - Guided meditation on breathing-mindfulness meditation - this is the primary form of meditation taught by the Buddha. Also guided meditations on loving-kindness and forgiveness practices.
Training in Mindfulness and Clear Comprehension - Being clearly aware when walking, standing, bending, sitting, stretching, lying down, when falling asleep, waking up, speaking, keeping silent. Across all activities.	Mindfulness of body (AN 1.575 - 590) - Short teachings on the importance of mindfulness of the body.
	The Four Establishments of Mindfulness (MN 10) - A detailed teaching on cultivating mindfulness of body, feelings, mind and mental qualities.
Training in seclusion Abandoning hindrances - Staying in seclusion, one trains in abandoning of the five hindrances: sensual desire, ill-will, doubt, complacency (dullness), mental agitation (restlessness and remorse)	The Five Hindrances, their Fuels and their Antidotes (AN 1.11-1.20)
Abiding in jhānas - Abiding in the four jhānas, progressively arising of the seven awakening factors.	5 qualities to abandon to dwell in the first jhāna (AN 5.256) - Stinginess regarding dwellings, families, gains, reputation and teachings should be abandoned to dwell in the first jhāna.
	The Path to Liberation with similes - In this teaching, the Buddha is sharing the path with visual similes that resemble the phenomenology of the mind as it is progressing on the path to liberation.

Related Teachings:

• Sensuality is subject to time, of much stress (SN 1.20) - A teaching sharing on sensual pleasures as subject to time, leading to a pursuit that is rooted in suffering and stress, that don't lead to cessation of stress.
  
• The Fever of Sensual Pleasures (from MN 75) - Accused by a hedonist of being too negative, the Buddha recounts the luxury of his upbringing, and his realization of how little value there was in such things. Through renunciation he found a far greater pleasure.
  
• The five hindrances weaken wisdom simile of side-channels weakening a river's flow (AN 5.51) - The five hindrances weaken wisdom like side-channels weaken a river’s flow.
  
• 5 qualities to abandon to dwell in the first jhāna (AN 5.256) - This teaching lists five areas to abandon stinginess that correlate to the six qualities listed in this teaching.
  

In the big event at the beginning of the month, Wawa mentioned that there will be a new gameplay content. After recent intelligence collection, it has been sorted out. The new gameplay [Jitian Holy Realm] will be available to everyone soon!
Let’s take a brief look at it together with the information frog~
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Extreme Heaven Holy Realm
New function entrance in the main interface
Jitian Holy Land is a huge explorable holy world . Fans can send their own hero formations to explore and challenge the vast holy world. They can also help each other with the allies assigned in the holy world to conquer together. difficulty;
Remember to make adequate preparations in the Sanctuary Fortress before heading to the Sanctuary World. Flexible use of resources, upgrading fortress buildings and unlocking Sanctuary Warriors will make the adventure of the fans more convenient!
Sanctuary Fortress
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In the Sanctuary Fortress, soldiers can use energy cubes to clean up the ruins on the building base. After cleaning, they can use the ruins stones to build different building facilities . By upgrading the Sanctuary Tower level, more types of buildings can be unlocked. ;
When the sanctuary tower is upgraded to a specified level, the sanctuary exploration function will be unlocked.
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Energy cube: a basic resource for the fortress, which can be used to clean up building ruins, train warriors, etc.;
How to obtain: Refining workshop output
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Ruin stones: can be used to build different buildings;
How to obtain: Obtained when clearing building ruins
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· Building Type
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Constructing a refining workshop is an important facility for purifying divine energy in the sanctuary, and can be used to produce energy cubes, an important base currency ;
Upgrading the refinery level can increase resource output and holding limit.
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Build a warrior training camp , which can be used to produce specific types of troops (mages, archers, warriors, knights) to strengthen combat capabilities in the exploration of the sanctuary;
Improving the building level of the warrior training camp can strengthen the attributes of the units, increase the maximum number of warriors and reduce the training time.
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By building a scientific research forging platform , the props obtained from the exploration of the sanctuary can be used to produce the materials needed for the construction of the fortress or the props needed for the exploration of the sanctuary;
Upgrading the building level of the research forging platform can reduce the time required to produce items.
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Build a market square , and players in the same trading area can trade and replace items with each other;
Upgrading the market square building level will increase the number of orders that can be issued and submitted per day.
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Build an expedition command post to explore the Holy Land and obtain important resources. At the same time, you can configure exploration teams and collection teams in the Holy Land exploration;
Increasing the building level will increase the number of teams at your disposal .
Sanctuary Exploration
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After the expedition command post building is established , a team composed of heroes and sanctuary warriors can be dispatched to explore different sanctuaries. They can collect precious building materials to challenge the BOSS, or obtain rewards from enemy players ;
There are three different types of sanctuaries as follows:
[Streamer Terrace]: Only one person can enter and explore;
[Intersecting Secret Realm]: Multiple players will be matched to enter the sanctuary together, and players will explore in separate camps;
[Aurora Sanctuary]: Registration is required to enter, and will be randomly matched according to the trading area. Players assigned together will become allies to explore together.
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Action Points: props consumed by the exploration team when exploring the sanctuary.
How to obtain: Refresh daily, purchase with diamonds
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Sanctuary BOSS challenge order: the props needed to challenge the Sanctuary boss
How to obtain: Refresh daily, purchase with diamonds
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The sanctuary map is shrouded in fog , and fans can disperse the fog by deploying teams to explore, or build , , etc. to disperse the fog;
Different landforms will also appear in the sanctuary. All landform features, resource points, and hostile force points are randomly generated and distributed;
· Aurora Sanctuary
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In the Aurora Sanctuary, after defeating the Sanctuary boss, you will automatically form the [Jitian Oath Alliance] with your allies, and you can convert [Jitian City] into your own building;
There are more detailed contents waiting for further exploration by military fans. [Jitian Holy Realm] will be the first to be updated on the Android official server TapTap in the near future~

TL;DR:

1. Realtor.ca claims the average sale price of a house in Fredericton, NB is $288,300. My own calculations point to the average being approximately $543,878.
2. Realtor.ca most likely calculates it average house price using the average for houses and vacant land. My average for houses and land was $288,540, only a $240 difference, making this the most likely explanation.
3. Realtor misrepresents graphs and averages through market capture, pay gating, and could be violating the Competition Act.

**Background**
I have been looking to buy a house for the past several years in the Fredericton area and have been checking the online listings regularly through Realtor.ca since it is the most common real estate listing website used in New Brunswick. What I liked about Realtor.ca was its ability to provide the average sell price for a house every month with graphs that showed the average sell price for a house in Fredericton for the past 12 months and 10 years. Looking for a house for an several years, I felt that I had a good idea of the market conditions and price ranges. My anecdotal evidence was that the average house price was much higher than Realtor.ca’s estimate of 288,300. I wondered if my anecdotal evidence could be supported by data.
The objective of this report is to collect list price data from all available listings within the Fredericton area. Once collected, I can take the average price and see if it matches the average price shown by Realtor.ca.
**Average/Median Methodology**
When you use Realtor.ca, you can filter results by the property type. There are six property type categories: Residential (single family home), condo/strata, vacant land, recreational, multi-family, and agriculture. For each of these property types, the asking price and address were copied into an Excel file. The data was collected on May 10, 2024, and included all listings within Fredericton; duplicate listings were removed.
Once all data was collected, the average and median for each property type was calculated (Table 1). I compared my calculated average to the Realtor.ca average to determine if my anecdotal evidence of thinking the average house price was higher than what Realtor.ca said was justified.
**Results**
There were 107 listings for residential houses (referred simply as “house” in this report), 245 listings for vacant land, 5 listings for recreational, 7 listings for multi-family, 2 listings for agriculture, and 10 listings for condos (Figure 1).
The average listing price was $543,878 for houses, $177,026 for land, $227,080 for recreation, $826,100 for multi-family, $829,450 for agriculture, and $317,410 for condos. The median listing price was $474,900 for houses, $64,900 for land, $229,900 for recreation, $799,000 for multi-family, $829,450 for agriculture, and $289,900 for condos (Table 1).
**Realtor.ca MLS System Average House Price Claim**
When you search for “houses for sale in Fredericton, NB”, you will see the top search results show Realtor.ca. This is not uncommon since Realtor.ca and its Multiple Listing Service (MLS) have the highest number of listings of any other online real estate listing service for the Fredericton, NB, area. Having most real estate listings concentrated on one system can provide users with a general idea of greater market conditions beyond individual listings, such as averages and trends for cities. Realtor.ca provides this data in the form of “Market Price (CAD)” price trends for the past 12 months, and price trends for the past 10 years (Figure 2). These figures are prominently displayed at the end of the first page of the Fredericton real estate listings (URL: https://www.realtor.ca/nb/fredericton/real-estate).
This leads us to the first claim by the Realtor.ca MLS system claim and our initial objective of this report.
Claim: The average market price in Fredericton sits at $288,300 as of May, 2024.
Analysis: When a user views these figures, it is a safe assumption that when a price is displayed, the user is inclined to believe that “Market Price (CAD)” is the average house price in Fredericton. This is further reinforced if the user reads the description above the figures which states:
“Use our home price trends to better gauge local market conditions and plan your next move. The graphs below show benchmark or average prices of homes sold in the area. Data generated by MLS® Systems and the MLS® Home Price Index (HPI) — Canada’s most advanced tool to gauge local home price levels and trends.”
This small paragraph specifically states, “The graphs below show benchmark or average prices of homes sold in the area.” Based off the graphs and their statement, we can safely interpret that Realtor.ca is explicitly saying that the average home price in Fredericton, NB, currently sits at $288,300; leaving no room for interpretation on how the data can be viewed. The reason I wanted to be explicitly clear on this thought process is that if you look back at the results section of this paper (Table 1) and see that the calculated average of all house listings was $543,878, it represents an 88.65% difference. A couple assumptions that could explain this difference are:

1. The listings used in the analysis are only a snapshot in time and could not represent an accurate or precise representation of the monthly price average.
2. Houses that were listed below the average could be selling more quickly, giving us a skewed data set that is not representative of all listings that have been posted.
3. Realtor.ca gives the average sell price for houses in Fredericton and not the average listing price. There could be a large discrepancy between sell price and list price, resulting in my calculated average being inflated.

The three assumptions made above introduce bias into my conclusions, but given the magnitude of those differences, it could be reasonable to assume there might be an alternative reason causing these discrepancies.
Since there is such a large discrepancy in my calculated average and the average from Realtor.ca, I expanded my analysis to other categories. I combined my residential house data set with the other five property types to see if it would alter our initial average and how close it would come to the calculated Realtor.ca average (Table 2). Realtor.ca claims the average house price in Fredericton was $288,300, which seems to be closest to my calculated average for the combination of house and land listings. With the addition of these combinations, it suggests that Realtor.ca calculates average housing price using houses and land listings.
Realtor.ca MLS’s claim of the average house price in Fredericton, NB being $288,300 is a misrepresentation of the true market value and conditions. If a company were to calculate averages of an entire real estate market within an area, why would they only include house and land and not the other 4 categories?
**Misleading Representations by Realtor.ca**
The conclusions made from my analysis were made with plenty of explanations and assumptions. Given that the MLS system is a pay gated system, and their patented house price index algorithms are private, I feel it is reasonable to assume that my data is closer to true market prices. This leads us to the next question, if my data isn’t correct, why are the figures, calculations, and methodology misleading users on market conditions? The average user is not going to spend a significant amount of time manually collecting data and putting it into Excel to double check Realtor.ca. The company is the largest multiple listing system used in New Brunswick and holding that status comes with some form of implicit trust that the public holds for information it publishes. In this section, I will lay out sections and guidelines from the Competition Act and why I believe that Realtor.ca is violating the Act.
**Competition Act**
For the below, I will be using the most updated version of the Competition Act R.S.C., 1985, c. C-34, last amended on December 15, 2023 (https://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-34/page-1.html) and the “Application of the Competition Act to Representations on the Internet” published by Competition Bureau Canada (https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection\_2010/ic/Iu54-1-2009-eng.pdf)
*Section 2.2, Paragraph 4 of the Application of the Competition Act to Representations on the Internet*
“Businesses should not assume that consumers read an entire Web site, just as they do not read every word on a printed page. Accordingly, information required to be communicated to consumers to ensure that a representation does not create a false or misleading impression should be presented in such a fashion as to make it noticeable and likely to be read.”
Explanation: Section 2.2 applies to the average house price and accompanying figures (Figure 2). Realtor.ca shows the average house price in text and graph form but does not disclose that these are house and land price average if my calculations are accurate.
*Section 4.1, Paragraph 1 of the Application of the Competition Act to Representations on the Internet*
“If qualifying information is necessary to prevent a representation from being false or misleading when read on its own, businesses should present that information clearly and conspicuously. Businesses frequently use disclaimers, often signalled by an asterisk, to qualify the general impression of their principal representation when promoting their products or services. As mentioned earlier, the general impression conveyed by the representation, as well as its literal meaning, are taken into account in determining whether a representation is false or misleading.”
Explanation: Section 4.1 applies to Realtor.ca house price indices and other methodologies. A disclaimer in this case would be located within the same small paragraph above the figures. Instead, they use their own house price index to obfuscate their methodologies (Figure 2). Another option they give is below the graphs as “Ask a realtor for more detailed information” which creates an additional barrier to the users right under the Competition Act. Specifically, the “to qualify the general impression of their principal representation when promoting their products or services.” The “ask a realtor” hyperlink brings you to an additional page where you can find their realtors in your area. This is incentivizing the user to use their services over others to access more information. Realtor.ca has a majority market share in New Brunswick which further reinforces their monopolistic practices over real estate that hurts consumers.
*Section 4.1.3, Paragraph 1 of the Application of the Competition Act to Representations on the Internet*
“Businesses may effectively draw attention to a disclaimer so that it is more likely to be read by using attention-grabbing tools to display the disclaimer. In doing so, businesses must be careful not to design attention-grabbing tools in other parts of the advertisement in such a way that they distract the consumer’s attention away from the disclaimer, making it unlikely that the consumer will notice the disclaimer or recognize its importance.”
Explanation: Section 4.1.3 is further evidence of obfuscation and misrepresentation of their graphical aids and calculations. Similar to section 2.2 in the Application of the Competition Act to Representations on the Internet, Realtor.ca placed those figures at the bottom of the first page of listings to draw the user’s attention to their interpretation of data.
*Section 52 (1) of the Competition Act: False or misleading representations*
“No person shall, for the purpose of promoting, directly or indirectly, the supply or use of a product or for the purpose of promoting, directly or indirectly, any business interest, by any means whatever, knowingly or recklessly make a representation to the public that is false or misleading in a material respect.”
Explanation: Section 52 (1) is the main argument for this report. I believe that Realtor.ca knowingly or recklessly misrepresented the average house price in Fredericton using deceptive graphical aids and created a home price index to further obfuscate the methodology.
I am not a lawyer, so I could be misinterpreting the sections of the Competition Act. I believe Realtor.ca has reached the threshold of violating the Competition Act since Section 52.1.1 states:
“For greater certainty, in establishing that subsection (1) was contravened, it is not necessary to prove that (a) any person was deceived or misled; (b) any member of the public to whom the representation was made was within Canada; or (c) the representation was made in a place to which the public had access.”
This amendment to the Competition Act removed the threshold of proving that an individual or the public were deceived or misled. I believe that Realtor.ca has violated all three elements of section 52.1.1 ensuring that they have met the threshold of violating section 52.1 of the Competition Act.
**Conclusion**
I have given numerous caveats to my analysis, so it is possible I have come to the wrong conclusions given the lack of transparency in methodology and limited time frame. One thing I can conclude with certainty, is that Realtor.ca is misrepresenting market conditions through their figures displaying average house prices, pay gates to information, and methodology disclosures guised as a patented as a housing price index. I believe that Realtor.ca should make it clear to the user how their housing price index is calculated. Realtor.ca and the MLS system has succeeded in market capture and fights to keep this information pay gated to only people that benefit from these misleading claims. Regardless of their reasons, these monopolistic practices only benefit anyone under their system through the restriction of information to shape the way the public perceives the market conditions, a clear violation of the Competition Act and a disservice to the public.
There was a lot more I wanted to cover like if Statistics Canada (u/StatCanada) sourced their data from the MLS system and the broader implications of sourcing data that could be misrepresentation. Again, I could be wrong and would welcome any additional relevant information.
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I found these breakdowns + tips and tricks very useful when planning, so I thought I would finally get around to sharing our wedding. Feel free to ask any and all questions about our mainly DIY wedding! What can I say. It was an incredible day full of so much emotion. Our guests had an incredible time as their experiences were our largest focus. This meant that they all showed us so much joy, love and warmth on the day and I could not have asked for a better day!
We got married on May 12 last year, and I understand that the money we spent then would have slightly changed. I know our venue has increased by a couple of hundred.
We had guests from three continents and our families are based on opposite sides of the planet (England and Australia, while we are in Germany). In the end we decided on a local destination wedding. I say this because the wedding was a max 2 hour flight from where most of us were based. We are also incredibly fortunate that our friends like to travel as much as we do, and they had the financial means to do so. For those on much lower budgets, we worked with them to organise cheap hostel accommodation and taxis in a nearby town and car-pooling with other guests. The venue surprised us. On the day we got married they had a super car display of 10-12 super cars for a different event. Theres cars were displayed at the entrance to the hall we got married in. Total luck!
Basic Logistics Friday Wedding 40 Guests (no children) Ceremony Start: 2:30 pm, Afterparty end: 11:45pm The afterparty was dancing and board games for those that didn’t want to dance Bridal Party: 2 Bridesmen/Flower Men, 1 Best Man
General costs: Venues: 4150€ Celebrant: 460€ Photography/Videography: 2235€ DJ: 550€ Insurance: 75€ Food: 1211€ Drinks. 2064€ Décor: 1085€ Bridal attire + hair and make-up: 1725€ Groom’s attire: 1400€ Stationary: 115€ Favours: 50€ Misc: 170€ Total: 15190€
I will break down the costs further and my DIYs in the comments!
Things I really liked: 1) Choosing a ceremony location that needed absolutely NO decorations. 2) First dance directly after our ceremony 3) No MC, I did this all myself. The event was small and this worked 4) Private photoshoot of just my husband and I at the beach. Lovely moment just to us. We took some champagne 5) Using local foods and trying to minimise waste with items that could be recycled or re-used 6) Toast drinks being a representation of us 7) Adding in a welcome event and breakfast the next day made the wedding feel longer and gave us much more time to talk to and hang out with everyone. 8) A small number of guests means that I have beautiful memories with every single one of them 9) Venue provided a day of coordinator for the ceremony- it was a nice and stress- free morning. 10) A box of rave accessories for the afterparty, glasses, light up scrunchies, glowsticks etc 11) My bridal party doubling as my flower men
What didn’t work so well: 1) Set up of the venue. I set up everything the evening before and a friend of my MIL was meant to just move the things into place on the day. The venue had previously said they would not do this. Then on the day they got excited and took over. This led to my cake being displayed incorrectly. It was meant to be 4 etagere levels of cupcakes and the top the cake. They put them in different spots and by the time we came back from photos all the cupcakes were gone. This was pretty funny and I am happy they were eaten. It also led to great photos of my husband walking around with our top cake in his hand, cutting off chunks and handing them to people. But the lesson for future brides: maybe draw a picture of where things go :P 2) The first look. It’s not a big thing in the North of England. My Husband just disappeared and we were meant to do it (nerves perhaps- he likes to walk). And so we had around 1 minute for this before we had to hurry back to our rooms so guests could seat themselves. 3) Our timeline- yeah that went out the window pretty fast and it wasn’t even unrealistic. Oops. 4) Almost forgot family photos and had to do them after dinner. Some family members look a little “happier” than others 5) Favours and guest book were not heavily used/taken. Definitely put them in the wrong spot and really did not need them 6) I made my aisle song WAY too short. It finished before I even started walking (they took forever to fluff my dress). Led to happy photos though. In the silence I cracked a joke. Everyone laughed. I walked to very happy faces!
Additional events: Welcome drinks on the Thursday evening (guests paid themselves, it was a local, cheap country pub). The idea was that we had many guests we hadn’t seen in a while as we all live in different countries. We used the time to introduce all our guests to one another and this was such a good idea. Come wedding day everyone was already friends. Day after breakfast: the main hotel that all our guests stayed in offered complimentary English breakfast, so we had a big table and all had breakfast together Beach walk: for those that didn’t want to leave, we went on a beach walk after breakfast
If you’ve made it this far. Thank you! I have enjoyed being part of these subs and have loved reading everyone’s stories, input and ideas! It has really helped!