All You Must Know When You Choose Your Wedding Vendors

By smith on November 20th, 2008
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When you are planning for your wedding, you will probably hire a number of different wedding vendors. You will need to hire wedding photographer, baker for your cakes, caterer, wedding invitation designer and so on. Since couples tend to spend money more generously in their weddings, some less honest vendors will take advantages of the couples (if not cheat). As a result, you have to ask for every detail when you approach a wedding vendor. You also need to bear the following points in mind.

Signing a contract

First of all, you should insist on signing a contract with the vendor even if the amount of money involved is not that large (unless it is an item which will only cost you one to two dollars). You have to read all the terms and conditions thoroughly and ask for clarification if you find any part of the contract unclear. On the contract, all the obligations and services to be provided should be written down clearly to avoid any misunderstanding. The company you are dealing with should be more than happy to sign a contract with you if they are doing real business. The contract is in fact protecting both of you and the vendor at the same time.

Overtime charges

Besides, you should also ask if there will be any surcharge if your wedding runs overtime. This is mainly for your photographer, caterer and reception venue. Your photographer may not charge you any extra if your wedding is overrun for 15 minutes only. However, your reception venue may charge a high overtime fee. It will be always a good idea to ask for all these charges clearly beforehand so that there will not be any misunderstanding. By doing this you can avoid unnecessary arguments between you and the wedding vendors. You can also have a better control over your budget if you ask for all these beforehand since you will try your best to have everything finished on time if you find the overtime charge is too high.

Planning for the worst situation

As a famous Chinese saying “we will never know when the storm will come”, you have to prepare for the worst case. If you have to cancel your wedding for some reason, cancellation charge may be applied. Of course you will need to get your insurance done so that you can have a better control when such circumstance happens. You still have to ask the wedding vendors the charges may be involved if you cancel the order. It will always be the wisest decision if you can plan for the worst situations.

Be careful of cheap wedding blah blah blah

One last point is that you should try to compare the prices of different wedding vendors. Of course the charges for services of different qualities can vary a lot. You should be able to get an average of the charges. If you find an offer is too good to be true, you should really think before you leap. One of my friend found a wedding invitation vendor gave her an offer which was too good to be true. And eventually what my friend got was a bad experience. You have to bear in mind that there is no extremely cheap lunch (it will not be free anyway) in the world.