Your dream guy or gal just asked
for your hand in marriage, you said YES without any hesitation because you
TRUST that he/she is the right person for you and your forever… Take that same
approach with your vendors. Take your
time in researching vendors in your area and even surrounding areas to see who
is the BEST of the BEST. We’ve got
plenty of blogs about what to ask each one and how to pick the best ones…but
this blog is going to take it to the next level
(Congrats to one of our very own who just popped the question this week!!!)
BUILD THAT TRUST!!!!
While family and friends are
great and DIY has its place…if you really want to enjoy your day 100% hire a
full team of professionals! Remember you
are hiring them on their experienced, their education, their talents and their
ability to provide amazing services.
We know giving up all of the
power of the “baby” (your event that you’ve slaved hours and hours planning) on
your wedding day is going to be the hardest part of the planning process but WE
promise it will be the most rewarding part too! Because remember you want to enjoy it!
But first you have to build that
circle of trust with your vendors. You
already know you have enlisted a phenomenal team to create that day but how do
you really just hand over all of your thoughts, ideas and visions and know it’s
really all going to happen the way you have it mapped out in your head?
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First you’ve got to have
meeting with all of your vendors (and lots of them). Some meetings will need to be one on one so
you can focus on the details and others are great to pull the team together to
make sure the overall vision is being thought out in a logistical way. Sometimes those great ideas you have in your
head won’t work in your venue, outside or budget. Trust your vendors to make the best decisions
based on your overall vision.
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Second STOP comparing
yourself to others! Don’t worry what
your friend or your cousin did last year or even last week. Once you have a game plan get off of
Pinterest (you sholdn’t be pinning anything new 1-3 months out from your
wedding unless you are getting married in that timeframe of starting plan. By that time your plans are already set in
motion and changing invoices and contracts late in the game can add hefty
fees.
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Remember you can’t do
everything! Pick a few things,
traditions, ideas, not every single DIY project on Pinterest. Cut any of those projects that are not
completed 30 days out. Waiting until the
last minute will just stress you out and you can’t TRUST someone will be able
to do them the night prior or the day of.
Sometimes you just have to let things go…
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Keep family and friends
out of your ear! Family and friends will
try to persuade you from using professionals because they have a “friend” that
will save you money. Well unless I, your
wedding planner has officially worked with them I can’t guarantee their product
and services. If several of your vendors
have worked together multiple times, then you can TRUST that they already have
a system in doing things on event day.
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Make sure everyone knows
their roles and responsibilities. If you
establish this early on, you’ll already set yourself up for greatness!
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Last but not least…
COMMUNICATION is the #1 to build TRUST!
Have conversations with vendors and their staff prior to the day. Make sure they have a clear understanding of
your expectations, ideas, thought and needs.
The last thing a vendor needs is to
have a client show up late on their rehearsal/wedding day and not have
completed the items/tasks they are responsible for because they attempted to
save money on the front end by saying they would handle it. Or have a client show up unorganized and
frantic on wedding without giving vendors guidance or directions. Although we do events every weekend, remember
we can’t officially read your mind and we want to create your special day not recreate
the one from last week.
Last but not least is my biggest
way to know you have officially given trust to your vendors… DO NOT MICROMANAGE
on the wedding day. Remember you’ve
hired your creative partners to create an amazing event, once they started
working don’t second guess their every move.
Please don’t question their every change or opinion. I promise we as a team have you and your
guests’ interests in our hands and our intentions are for logistical reasons
for something else that will most likely happen or take placed later. Most vendors have their own way of setting up
and breaking down….TRUST THEM that’s why you hired them!