Planning a wedding can be seriously overwhelming. I mean, if you’ve never had to plan something to big and detailed before, it can be hard knowing even where to start. You’re working with numerous wedding vendors, there are probably hundreds of details to remember, and to add a little more excitement to it, you’ve got to watch out for scammers, or wedding vendors who don’t live up to what they’ve promised. It’s every brides worst nightmare, and it can be easily avoided if you get organized, stay organized and follow these simple steps when dealing with your wedding vendors leading up to your wedding day.
Obtain Wedding Vendor Contracts
Wedding vendor contracts are meant to ensure that wedding vendors will follow through on what they promise you. Negotiating and signing wedding vendor contracts is essential to planning the perfect wedding day, and having some kind of recourse if things don’t go as promised.
Any reputable wedding vendor should have some kind of generic wedding contracts that they can prepare for you, and be sure to read it carefully. Make sure that your wedding vendor contracts are as detailed as you can make them, including addresses, times and dates, what items will be used (such as daisies vs roses), how long they’re service will be for on your wedding day (for photographers or DJ’s), any upgrades verbally promised, and even the name and phone number to call in case everything goes haywire. Read all of your wedding vendor contracts carefully, paying special attention to the fine print, so nothing comes as a big surprise. Your wedding vendor contracts should have refund policies in place, just in case something goes wrong.
Review Your Wedding Vendor Contracts
Be sure to keep all of your wedding vendor contracts in a notebook, and review them all carefully a few weeks before your wedding. Make a few calls to make sure that everything is still on, and then you can create a pretty detailed time line for your wedding day. If you are not familiar with your wedding vendor contracts, you could be hung out to dry and not even know it. If you have no contract, or a poorly written contract, then your chances of winning a claim in court is next to nothing – so take them seriously.
Consider a Wedding Planner
If you don’t want to deal with all the stress of planning a wedding by yourself, then you may want to consider going with a wedding planner. Because more lost monies and more grief and more sadness comes from brides not reading wedding vendor contracts than anything else in the business. Wedding planners have a wealth of knowledge, ideas and most importantly contracts you may not otherwise be privy to. Also, your wedding planner is much more famailiar with wedding vendor contracts, and call tell you who is reputable and who is not. It could be a pretty wise investment if you’re unsure you can handle it yourself.
Basically, the key to staying sane while planning your wedding is to get yourself organized, and keep everything together. Make a detailed notebook or files for your wedding vendors, and stay on top of everything. Your wedding day should be the day of your dreams, and having it spoiled by wedding vendors who don’t live up to what they promised will quickly turn it into a nightmare.
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