It does take a village to create a beautiful wedding, and behind you on your wedding day is often a team of wedding planners, hair and makeup artists, photographers, catering staff, musicians?and the list goes on. You will be planning alongside these people for months, and there are things that they won?t be able to tell you?but really want to. Here?s a rundown of some of those things. Hopefully this will help you in planning your big day and creating personal relationships with your wedding dream team.
Please don?t call on weekends.
Events are usually on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. So, if you try to get a hold of your wedding vendor on a weekend, they are most likely working an event and you probably won?t be able to reach them. Even emails sent during the weekend will need to wait a day or two for a response. Keep this in mind so you don?t feel neglected as a client. After all, you wouldn’t want them to be answering to other clients on YOUR wedding day. Oh, and another thing: Mondays are recovery days for some vendors, too. Your vendors? products or services are their livelihood.

Wedding professionals charge their rates for a reason. Prices are based on skill level, experience, assistants, cost of business, etc. Don?t try to ask for discounts, barter, or talk them down. Rates are high for a reason, and like any other job in any other industry, this is how vendors put food on the table.
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