Whether you are attending a bridal show as an engaged couple, or staffing a booth as a wedding vendor, bridal shows are work. Couples and business owners are there for the same purpose: they want to make a match and book a wedding date. Vendors, however, you could be sabotaging your work efforts and not even realizing it. #1 –

If you aren’t familiar with Thumbtack, it’s kind of like a cross between Angie’s List, Expedia, and eBay combined. When couples go online, not only can they type in what services they are looking for, but then they also see a comparison of all the vendors who reply to them in that particular category. Once you get an inquiry, you

Brides and grooms (mostly brides) spend hours and hours of planning and coordinating their wedding days. Many of those hours are spent making sure you are who she ultimately wants on her “dream team.” Phone calls, e-mails, text messages, reading testimonials and reviews — you name it. Through communication, she’s bit by bit putting together the most important day of

I’ll never forget the thoughts I had at the first bridal show I attended: excitement mixed with trepidation with a huge smattering of cynicism. As I was meandering through the different rooms, I came across a limo company that was going on about how they provide a red carpet walk-up to the limo and champagne for the couple. They had

Go to any bridal show, and it seems like every other booth is a wedding photographer. “Have camera, will shoot” seems to be the credo these days as more and more photographers are coming onto the scene. Experienced or not, the wedding photography competition is fierce, and we brides can feel it! For every time you wonder how you are

Unlike most wedding trend reports, which give you trends from the previous year, the Thumbtack 2016 Wedding Trends Report reveals the biggest trends in weddings for 2016. This is great for wedding venues and wedding vendors, as it helps you tweak your service to fit the needs of couples and ultimately help you book more weddings. If you have the

My best friend is planning a wedding. She lives out of state but is coming back home to get married. So, as best friends do, I offered to help get information on vendors in our area to make it a bit easier for her. I went to a few bridal shows to gather as much information as I could. I