As you are probably aware of, if we aren't being bombarded by presidential candidate commercials, then it is one wedding show after another during the month of January. This is the time of love and wedding planning, according to show producers.
I confess, there are big bucks in weddings these days with over 1.9 million people getting married every year in the US. I am in the wedding business myself so the stone doesn't get lobed very far from my doorstep. However, I will be honest enough to say that I am passionate about the business enough to tell you that if you make quick decisions based on impulses and not facts or thoughts, then your wedding day will reflect these choices.
The answer? Attend as many bridal shows as you can. Listen to vendors, take their information, then go home and take a big breath. You will need to wade through the mountains of information to find the right vendors for your day, but please do so with care and great restraint. Some vendors will entice you with big "savings" (now if these savings are too good to pass up, maybe you should. How can they stay in business with a $300.00 coupon given away to each bride that walks through their show that day? Maybe they were priced too high to begin with?)
Make an independent appointment with two or three vendors in the same industry. Visit with them, hear or see their style, then choose from those that best fit your personalities, style and overall feel of your day. Find out about what they are really like, not from a 30 second speech that you only got every other word from as hundreds of people passed by. In fact, you wouldn't talk about personal information in a public setting any other time, so why are you giving out location, times, dates and credit card numbers when thousands of people can over-hear at a bridal show?
Decisions should be made together and with thoughts toward budgets, guests, and your style. If the DJ says that he can do any style, but you heard him be obnoxious at your friend's wedding, then steer clear. I don't care if he is only $100/hour. This is YOUR wedding--a once-in-a-lifetime event. Don't leave it to chance or hope.
Better yet? Talk to a certified wedding planner who can guide you through the process from beginning to end, recommend the very best vendors that will work with you, not for their own bank account numbers, and have the day that you have always dreamed of in budget, on time, and in your style. You deserve the very best; why are you settling for less?
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