- How many people typically attend a reunion?
Attendence numbers are affected by a variety of factors,
but the typical attendence ranges anywhere from 25% up to
50%. Obviously, the more people you find, the better your
attendence will be. That's why we work so hard on locating
your classmates.
- When should we start planning our reunion?
We start to plan most reunions 6 to 12 months in advance.
Many of your classmates will travel long distances to attend
the reunion and they will appreciate plenty of advance notice.
The best venues and dates are booked well in advance so
we recommend that you start planning your reunion as early
as possible.
- Why cant our committee organize the reunion on
our own?
You can plan your own reunion but you should first consider
how much work a successful reunion takes as well as who
will be responsible for paying the up front costs.
Sadly many classmate-organized events either dont
happen or fall short of expectations.
Everyone enjoys attending a well-planned reunion. The question
to ask is do you want to enjoy attending your reunion or
do you want to spend the time and money needed to plan and
organize a successful reunion?
- How do we get started?
The very first step in planning a reunion is to form a reunion
committee. This group of classmates represents the class
in the decision-making during the planning process. A reunion
committee sometimes consists of former class officers, but
obviously anyone interested in helping and getting the ball
rolling can be on the committee.
If you're interested in learning more about how Class Reunions
Unlimited can help you plan your reunion, the best thing
to do is contact us. One of our
planners will be happy to spend time with you to explain
our function and the steps taken to ensure you get the reunion
YOU want with the minimal amount of difficulty.
- What does a reunion committee do to help plan?
Basically, you can do as much or as little as you want.
The committee has the fun task of making all the final decisions
for the reunion - finalizing all announcement styles, approving
menu and final details, and staying connected with the planning
process at all times. After all, this is YOUR reunion. You
know your class and what they like to do. Our job is to
help you produce the reunion YOU want.
Our Services
- How do we locate our classmates?
Class Reunions Unlimited has a proven system for locating
classmates. Our professional research staff utilizes several
private databases and consistantly locate 85 to 95 percent
of the class. We call classmates and mail all notices and
invitations.
- What does your service cost?
We do not charge the reunion committee anything! We
pay for all reunion expenses up front. This includes the
venue deposits, caterers, DJ, photographer and event staff.
We also do all of the research and mail notices and invitations
to classmates.
- How much do you charge for tickets?
Our ticket prices are very competitive. Each season,
we host many events with our venue partners and other venders
so our prices are unbeatable. Depending on the type of event
you want to plan, ticket prices range from $45 to $80.
- Who works the reunion?
Reunions Unlimited staffs Friday and/or Saturday night of
your reunion, leaving you free to enjoy your reunion as
a guest - not as a worker. You get to sit back and relax
as we take care of everything. Reminisce with your classmates
about how geeky your math teacher was and feel free to party
down. You've earned it!
Working With You
- What happens after the committee signs the agreement?
Class Reunions Unlimited immediately gets started on the
planning process. Depending on where the reunion committee
is in the planning process, we either suggest venues or
dates or take your existing ideas and put together an initial
outline for the weekend's events. Simultaneously, Class
Reunions Unlimited begins hunting down your classmates.
Throughout the entire planning process, Reunions Unlimited
is there to guide - not dictate - the reunion committee's
vision.
- What do you need from the committee?
The main thing we ask the committee to provide us with is
the official commencement list, or any school-produced list
of classmates that includes middle names. We use these names
as the starting point for our research. Other items we request
from committees include any addresses they might have and,
if we did not plan any of their prior reunions, old research,
memory books and/or directories that might have been distributed
from the past reunions. The more information we have on
classmates, the more we will locate - it's that simple.
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