Successful party is when you have made your guest feel welcome & comfortable, after all "Guests are a form of God" - "Atithi Devo Bhava". A good host is one who can manage party chores efficiently. To help you out, here are few tips:

Date:
Party need not be arranged on the date of occasion, but select the date convenient for you & your guest. Weekends or a night before holiday are most suggested for any event.

Budget:
Set a budget & stick to it. Allot monetary amount to each item & plan accordingly. A predefined budget will help you to take many decisions such as:

Number of Invitees:
First list down all the relatives, neighbours, friends & colleagues of all family members. Now short-list them according to decided number. It is advisable to prepare permanent list of near & dear ones.

Select venue where you can accommodate all invitees, make arrangements for dinner & entertainment, etc. Venue can be:

Where ever is the venue take care of:

• Enough open space for guests to move.
  
• Enough sitting arrangements.
  
• Separate dinning area.
  
• Space reserved for games or entertainment program, if any.
• Have a designated area for guests' valuables & gifts

Once date & venue is fixed start sending invitation immediately, giving enough time to guest to plan ahead. Guests can be invited by:

• Purpose to party.
  
• Date, timings & venue address with land marks.
  
• Dress code, if any or any special requirement for outdoor party.

Delicious food can make your party memorable. While planning menu:

• Try something new.
• Along with your choice remember the general taste acceptability.
  
• Select items according to theme & age group invited. For family invitation consider every ones choice.
  
• For a long party, menu can be divided in parts.
  
• Expect few more guests & plan quantity accordingly.
  
• Exclusive crockery set shall enhance your delicious food even more.

Few tips to make your party lively:

• Playing music according to the age group, mood & theme of the party.
  
• Keeping games ready, age wise with properties required & deciding the person to conduct them.
  
• Organizing dance or other cultural programs of kids & youngsters, thus providing them platform to demonstrate their talent.
  
• Hiring clowns or arranging for magic shows, puppet shows, etc. for kids
  
• Arranging for an orchestra, kavi samelan, dayro, plays, etc. for grown ups.

• Before decoration, cleanliness should be the first criteria for consideration. Even if part is held outside the home, visit the venue a day before party & check out for cleanliness.
  
• Decoration is important to make our guests feel welcomed.
  
• Decoration can be fresh flowers bouquet or some handicraft piece or use of new upholstery or decoration with ribbons & balloons for kids.

Checklist:

• Keep yourself ready at least half an hour before party.
  
• Serve food on time.
  
• Take care that entertainment programs, if any starts on time.

Behaviour:

• Always wear a smile, remain calm & enthusiastic to welcome your guests.
  
• Do not argue unnecessarily & change the topic if you check out argument elsewhere.
  
• Do not be partial to attend guests at a time.
  
• Also take care that every guest have their meal & receive their gift.
  
• Check out food from time to time, in case of shortage, immediately order from nearby restaurant.

• Call up every invitee or at least send thanking note along with the photograph.
  
• Try to collect comments if possible; this will help you to plan next party.