Things You'll Need:
- Classmate information
- Budget
- List of possible venues
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Step 1
Gather classmate information. You can use websites such as Peoplesearch, Classmates or Reunion to find your classmates’ addresses, phone numbers, and even email addresses. For those you can’t find, ask for help from the classmates you’ve already found. Also, ask for any volunteers to assist you in planning the reunion.
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Step 2
Plan your budget. How much do you think people will be willing to pay for tickets to their reunion? Remember that many people will probably be bringing their spouse, so $20 to $25 per person is probably reasonable, especially if they’re coming from out of town and will have to pay for a hotel room as well. When planning your budget, consider what you plan to do for your event, where you plan to host your event, and what kind of meal you plan to have prepared.
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Step 3
Research local venues. Many hotels have large conference rooms that can be used for large parties and many of them also include catering with the price. In addition, out-of-town guests will find it even more convenient to rent rooms at the same hotel, which may offer a discount for a block of rooms. You may also want to check your alma mater to see if you can host the event there, possibly free of charge. This will give your classmates the opportunity to see their old school again.
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Step 4
Plan your evening. If you plan to have dancing at your reunion, you may want to check into the prices of your local deejays. You can also pull old school footage, videos or pictures, and put together a slide presentation to help everyone traipse down memory lane. You can also play a trivia game with your classmates by accumulating information beforehand about each classmate and giving people the opportunity to compete for prizes. The person who knows the most about their classmates wins.
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Step 5
Showcase memorabilia. Prepare some tables with displays of old yearbooks, miscellaneous pictures, and other items from your class’ heyday. You may also want to display some newspaper headlines that were important during your years in school.
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Step 6
Plan other weekend activities. Since many of your classmates may have traveled quite a distance to attend their reunion, you may want to plan other weekend activities for them. You could possibly plan a barbecue at one of your local classmate’s houses or even simply an evening out to a special restaurant. You can also try to plan your reunion around your school’s homecoming event as many people may want to attend the homecoming game.
