How to Keep Your Wedding Guests Cool at Your Palm Springs Wedding
The mid-century picturesque scenes in the middle of palm spring desert where the golden hour sun hits just at the right spot on your couple portrait is what the wedding dreams are made of.
Choosing Palm Springs as a wedding destination is one of the best things you can do to make your wedding photos insta worthy & memorable. Not just for you, but for your guests as well.
Let’s face it, it’s very important to have Instagram worthy setups all around so that everyone can be a photographer…
Leveraging your wedding hashtag… And who knows the most extravagant wedding post can make you go viral from all of your guests’ Instagram coverage.
That is why we here at Beach Town Pops never underestimate splurging on your guests. After all they are here to celebrate this once in a lifetime moment with you. :-)
Planning a destination wedding is no joke, and we get that.
Planning it in Palm Springs is a different ball game altogether. The summer weather spikes up pretty bad for the not so locals, and by the time it peaks up in summer during an event you might find your guests sweating profusely as if they just came back from a HIIT session. This is not what we want, never right?
That’s why we’re going to cross one thing off your list… Helping your guest stay cool at your Palm Spring wedding.
1. Fully Stocked Popsicle Cart & Server OR Cooler
One of the best way to ensure your guests are hydrated well, that too in a tasteful way is to jazz up the frozen treats from Beach Town Pops.
No one clearly can resist the temptation to beat the heat with frozen treats being all around them.
Your best bet is to order the popsicles from Beach Town Pops as we are known for our super crisp frozen popsicles. These refreshing flavors will be perfect for the hot desert sun…
French 75 - Brut Champagne, Bombay Sapphire gin, fresh lemon juice.
Sauvignon Blancicles - Sauvignon Blanc infused with St. Germain Elderflower.
Roasted Raspberry Plum Basil
Campari Cantaloupe
The best part is the level of customization, we can create basically anything!
We offer custom sticks with the bride and grooms name (think Katie & John - June 7th 2023) as well as custom wrappers and even a custom cart!!
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Here’s what we created for a “Vintage Prep themed Wedding Welcome Pool Party.”
Located at The Hideaway Golf Club, we incorporated the cart to include the color palette of the chic yet fun pool party vibe.
The style board was sent over by Joy Proctor Design. and we worked hand in hand to create this cool, refreshing cart, filled with a buttery yellow and cream to match the Vintage Prep theme.
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Imagine soaring temperatures and all decked up with no shade in sight, yet being offered with icy cold popsicles in a tasteful decorated chiller that alone strikes coolness to the soul and slurping on popsicles while enjoying the sunny desert takes the mind off the scorching heat.
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2. Infused Flavored Water
Let’s go back to basics, warm temperature needs cool water. This is where your most simple idea comes to life. Offer your guests plenty of infused flavoured water with bursts of citrusy fruit, hint of mint and lots of ice! Problem solved. As technical as it may sound, the flavour infused water is basic and easiest to blend into all of your planning. A summer wedding calls for citrusy fruits, and mint that may blend into your floral theme. A pineapple and coconut, milky concoction is going to blend so well with your Hawaiian theme wedding.
It’s always a good idea to include this kind of flavoured water as it goes well with your other substitute that you have planned already and it blends so perfectly well that is almost a no brainer to have it as an option.
3. Favor Fans
One way to coordinate the guests with your theme is to unleash your creativity by handing out fans in the wedding favour boxes. The themed, personalized fans with your initials and story are bound to spark curiosity amongst the guests in opening it and eventually utilizing it throughout the day. Not just for the functional aspect, everything is gauged on its aesthetic side of it now, so while you may be thinking it’s too basic and boring, the opportunity is endless when it comes to it.
For the boho chic wedding, a wicker fan that is locally made will be thoroughly enjoyed by the guest. For a more colourful wedding, a vibrant and trendy handmade fan will spike interests of your guests who are not only going to beat the heat with it but will also use it as photo prop throughout the wedding. Talk about leveraging the means!
Our top pick —> Wedding Star Paddle Fan
4. Vintage Umbrellas
Weddings are lifetime experiences, not just for the couple but for guests as well, so go big or go home is the deal. To seriously inspire your guests and make it memorable for them, vintage umbrellas are your thing to do! Imagine being outdoors in a sandy desert with date trees and tastefully done décor, with your 100+ guests showing off poses in the vintage umbrellas channelling their inner divas and gentlemen. You have already made the event a hit before making an appearance as couple.
For a more personalized touch, why not include a handwritten letter to acknowledge their presence.
Our top pick —> Lights Fever Light Up Paper Umbrella Paper Parasol
5. Cocktail hour
This is a magic when it comes to helping your guests remain cool at wedding. The guests look forward to it more than anything in hot blazing sun. What’s more exciting than to just socialize around your old buddies, sipping away all while getting tan in beautiful desert secluded from hustle bustle of city life.
One thing to keep in mind is the options you would like to serve. With the crazy temperatures, light and refreshing is the key! We want your guests to feel the airy and bubbly and loosen them up just so they feel refreshed to hop back on the event. Add oomph to your cocktail bar by serving it outdoor, having photo-booth besides it so no moment is left unclicked and you have memories of how you made everyone delighted!
Did we mention our pops come in boozy as well as non boozy? ;-)
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6. Pool party
You get brownie points from your guests if your venue comes with a pool, and you have a low key wedding party where everyone can dip their feet sitting around on the pool with their choice of popsicles. This is going to be their best wedding they have attended, ever! Pool party has its own joy, with sun blasting up in the sky and guests starts to look for the seating in shades, the only way to have them out and about is to get the floating swan out, go up a notch on the songs and have a blast in pool.
Our top pick —> Hideaway Golf Club
7. Sun surviving cart
The no-fail recipe of outdoor Palm Spring wedding is to help your guests feel their bests when outdoors. Simple, right? So here is what we highly suggest that is first and foremost going to not just set you apart and your guests will love the gesture, it will also give you plenty of options to pick and choose what you would like to do. Placing portable carts around the party with fun sized sunscreen, rosewater face sprays, choice of colorful hats, and OTT sunglasses will all help little by little in protecting from scorching sun without a drop in energy. Feeling generous add a bunch of cooling hand-masks, too!
Our top pick —> Supergoop! PLAY Everyday Lotion SPF 50 with Sunflower Extract
8. Misting Station
You planned for everything down to the T. But the temperature was set to hit records high and you don’t want this one thing to ruin the day for you. Back up your plan with a misting station installed outdoors for a refreshing mist. Want to jazz it up, make it a part of your décor by adding faux flower to the stand and voila all of a sudden you have floral standee beautifully done to avoid it being an eyesore and photoshop-ing it from your pictures later on. The temperature may not be something you can control but heck we can find a way around it, the guests are for sure going to thank you for making their day. Thank us, later.
Our top pick —> Coachella Valley Misting
The Bottom Line…
This, my friend, is how you wow your guests.
Going this extra mile for your guests in making the event as memorable as it can be, rest assured the summer heat would be the last thing on their mind.
Pick and choose what you feel the best for you and your guests.
Planning a wedding definitely is a tedious task and we hope that we had one thing checked off of your list!
So go ahead contact us for a quote today and wow your guests with our super refreshing freeze pops!
Say good bye to summer heat!