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Family Reunion Logo Tips and Ideas

Family reunions are events that require careful, organized planning. With all of this careful organization involved, why not show everyone just how much time and effort you are putting into this event by including your organization into the fine details? I’m talking family reunion logos!

Why Have a Family Reunion Logo?

The purpose of a logo is so that others can easily recognize a group, even at the quick sighting of the simple picture. Family reunion logos let everyone know that you are one big group joining together for your special family reunion!

You should try to establish a logo from the very beginning, and stick to the one that you decide to use. Keeping the logo uniform on everything makes your planning appear well organized and thought out, and will give hints as to what to expect at the reunion.

A family reunion logo can and should be used on the website (if applicable), welcome letters, save-the-dates, invitations, t-shirts, hats, koozies, banners, decals, and whatever else you feel like branding for the family reunion. If you decide to have a family reunion logo, use it on everything!

Logo Ideas for Your Reunion

When it comes to designing a family reunion logo, less is more. Logos are meant to be simple and do not require much detail. Your logo should get your point across without words and without needing much space. With a family reunion, you want your logo to say that you are a family together at a family reunion celebration.

Tips for designing a logo:

  • Use keywords in your message to generate ideas: “You are a family together at a family reunion celebration.” Keywords: family, together, celebration.
  • Use family memories: If there is a special memory known to the whole family, this can make for a very special logo!
  • Use location: Where will the location of the family reunion be?
  • Use theme: Of course, if there will be a theme, this is a must to include in the logo!

Design concepts for a logo:

  • Family symbols
  • Tree (as in, the family tree)
  • Hands joined
  • Hearts together
  • Smiling faces
  • Happy places

Sample Family Reunion Logos

You know, anything that shows what a great and happy time the family reunion will be! A cute idea would be a silhouette of the United states, with lines from each location family will be coming from, with the lines all coming together in a heart at the location of the reunion. Or, a big sun in the background, with the silhouette of a family holding hands in the sunshine.These examples are simple and get a point across.

Another great thing to include in a logo is the year of the reunion. Of course everyone knows what year it is at the reunion, but years down the road, information like that becomes less clear. Having the year included in family reunion logos will help each family member remember the year it was just by looking at the logo on a saved t-shirt or koozie.

Every family and family reunion is different, so only you will know just the right thing to include in the logo. Make it personal, and make it fun!

How To Create a Family Reunion Registration Form

Family reunion registration forms have traditionally been mailed out along with the reunion invitations, giving family members the responsibility of filling out the information needed and mailing them back to the event planners. But what usually happens is the forms get buried under a pile of bills, mailed catalogs, and other papers, and the response is delayed.

Now, you have the option of electronic registration done online, and this is also a much easier endeavor if you have opted to set up a family reunion website as well. Most people spend a lot of time on the Internet, and an online registration and information portal would be a convenient and easily accessible way to indicate interest and sign up for the reunion affair.

Get Help With Your Registration Form

If you are in charge of the reunion website or the registration forms, it is a good idea to have at least one other person working with you (perhaps more assistants depending on the size of the guest list).

This is to make sure that the information is collected properly and encoded or categorized appropriately; also, any concerns or questions can be handled and managed much quicker.

Assistance can also be obtained through various online services that make the family reunion website building and registration easier.

If you do not have a lot of website building knowledge or experience, don’t be intimidated – user-friendly platforms and services such as WordPress and Weebly can offer you easy-to-use tools and templates for putting together your reunion website and getting it published online.

Information Needed For Registration Forms

The details you will need to collect from online registration don’t really differ much from what you will usually collate from mailed-in family reunion registration forms. You will need to ask for:

  • Name/s of family members
  • Ages of participants
  • Mailing address
  • Phone numbers
  • E-mail address

Meanwhile, here are pieces of information that you will need to provide on the online family reunion registration form:

  • Cost per person (may vary by age bracket)
  • Options for lodging
  • Options for meals
  • Options for activities
  • Travel details
  • Contact person/s and their details
  • Payment methods and deadlines

Online Registration Payments

To make registration even more convenient for your family reunion, you can make use of different online payment or e-commerce solutions for electronic payment transfers. For instance, celebrate.myevent.com is a reunion website provider that allows you to collect registration forms, fees, and get real-time tracking as participants sign up and pay electronically. Similarly, you can check out Eventbrite which works much like an online ticketing system; your reunion guests can get event details online, and then make their payments online using a valid credit card.

Other online payment options you can conveniently integrate into your family reunion website or portal include PayPal and Google Checkout. Unlike Eventbrite, however, these two options do not have automatic options for tracking invited guests who have already paid (manual checking is required).