7 Ways To Handle Wedding Vendors With Expert Ease, While Enjoying Your Big Day

A good plan is half the work done for a perfect wedding. The bigger piece is to ensure that all of your wedding vendors perform according to your plan. Here is how you can do that and keep them happy and satisfied through the process.

Boshika Gupta

15 of June, 2017

The Third Eye Photography

Treading the fine line between being a Bridezilla and leaving it all on your chosen wedding vendors? You're not alone. Many millennial couples, who choose to plan their wedding, face this tricky situation these days. You have made a plan, chosen the right professionals to carry it through and now want it all to go just right. This means that you need to smartly manage them.

Smartly managing your Wedding Vendors:

Follow these five steps to ensure that you are always on track with all of your wedding vendors:

1. Ask the right questions

There is no shame in getting your doubts resolved while planning your wedding. Ask as many times as you like and make sure you know what you’re getting into before you confirm the bookings. Communicate as you much as you need and make notes for later and before the appointment to make sure you don’t forget important. A great wedding vendor will be more than happy to help and explain anything confusing.

Here are some of the common concerns:

2. Research is important

Do go through many online reviews and read up as much as you can while choosing wedding vendors. You’ll also want to look online for photos and inspiration to be able to show your wedding vendors in the future. For example, if you imagine your wedding decoration to be according to a specific wedding theme, providing pictures from other weddings will really help.

As for the vendors themselves, looking at their past work, portfolios and other clients will help you decide what appeals to you and what will work best.

3. Word of mouth is powerful

Talk to people – your family, friends, former clients, acquaintances, wedding planners, other vendors and more. Being given solid reviews especially from people you trust will greatly help your confidence when you decide with your final options and make the advance payments.

Get numbers of people who’ll be able to help, if necessary but don’t hesitate or hold yourself back while choosing wedding vendors. You don’t want to be disappointed or frustrated later during the planning process.

Here are the real questions and conversations you need to do while planning a wedding.

4. Figure out the logistics

You must ask for bills, contracts, signed acknowledgements, conditions on advance payments and more.

Check with your vendors about emergency situations too and delays, extra charges and anything else that may come up. Get money matters out of the early to avoid any kind of conflict and disagreement later and make sure you double-check things, just to be safe. Also, you must figure whether you’d like to tip vendors and the basic tipping etiquette too.

5. Ensure your wedding vendors are comfortable

Do ensure that your wedding vendors are comfortable and have the equipment they need during the wedding.

Arrange for food options as well to keep them going and check once with the managers to make sure that there are no problems. Ask beforehand if any special arrangements are required from your side to make the process less complicated and easier for everyone.

6. Enlist help for follow-ups, quality checks

As the bride or the groom, you cannot be at places at the same time. It's your day and you wish to enjoy it. Delegate responsibilities to manage major wedding tasks and let your wedding vendors know that these are the people they'd need to connect with in case they require something.

Further, have a clear talk with all of these people on what you expect them to do when they're managing your wedding vendor.

7. Provide reviews when possible

For most wedding vendors, each wedding is an opportunity to showcase their work. Add to their efforts by spreading the word for a job well done. Add reviews to their social profiles as well as listing services. This way you'd help them find more work and let others know what to honestly expect from their services.

This also holds true in case you've had some mishaps at the wedding or have had bad experiences with a certain vendor.

We hope this handy guide helps you on your quest. Let us know in the comments below!