Do you have guests attending your wedding that are either from out-of-town or are not familiar with the area – e.g., the locations of your ceremony, your reception, and recommended hotels? To obtain directions, your guests might utilize one of the online mapping services to obtain driving directions and detailed generic maps of the area. Most online services do not consider factors such as congested areas to avoid, roads that are under construction, and ‘helpful insights’ for your wedding, such as suggested parking.

Despite the many long hours you have spent planning, the last thing you want to have happen is for your guests to become lost, whether they are traveling to the hotel, to the ceremony or to the reception. Guests can make a wrong turn, misinterpret ambiguous directions, or simply have incorrect information. In these situations, guests who are not familiar with the surrounding areas may travel many miles before they realize they are lost. Then what? How do they recover? Most importantly, whom do they call?

Thia & Co. provides a unique service to its customers – providing custom-made map cards, which include driving directions for each of your venues, as well as other pertinent contact information. Based on your specific needs, we create your map card so that it provides clear, concise and comprehensive information for your guests.

We have created custom maps for weddings across the country. For weddings held in the Chicago-land area, to ensure the accuracy of the information, we actually drive the routes, calculate the mileage, note key thoroughfares and street names, and avoid roads that are typically congested or are under construction. If your wedding is not in the Chicago-land area, we will create a map with the same level of detail as noted above, but do not actually drive the route. For this, we rely on you to provide us with the name of someone who can verify the draft of the map.

We have received many compliments on our map cards and comments of appreciation from our customers.