What’s the first question a bride or groom asks when they contact you? Come on.  Don’t be shy…tell me. HOW MUCH? About 95% of couples ask the price question right away.  Even before they they ask if you’re available for their date! It’s enough to make me wanna tear my hair out by the roots.  (Maybe that’s a little extreme–but

It’s a challenge to charge what you’re worth as a wedding vendor and get it without argument.  Sometimes it feels darn near impossible. So saying that you can charge more by giving something away for FREE, not only sounds crazy (“How can I make ANY money when I’m giving something away?!??”) it strikes fear into the heart of even the

I came across a rather interesting article called, “How to Negotiate With Your Wedding Vendors.”   Of course, this immediately caught my eye. It’s always a good thing to know what the media is telling brides about negotiating.  This advice wasn’t too hard core (I actually saw one article recommend LYING to vendors to get the best deal… “Why not? They

These are the most Frequently Asked Questions of wedding vendors and blog posts that offer tips and strategies to answer them. We’ll be adding to this list as we go, so if you have a question you’d like us to answer, please leave a comment and we’ll get to it as soon as we can. Thanks! How Do I Deal

The short answer: you can’t. Of course, brides need to learn about planning a wedding in order to get the wedding they’re dreaming of.   Of course, they’re pretty clueless about exactly how to make that happen. Of course, it’s part of our job as wedding professionals to help them understand this process. But the way most wedding vendors go