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Questions to Ask a Wedding Caterer
Besides your venue, the food and drink for your wedding bash will probably consume the largest portion of your wedding budget. And trust us when we say, catering contracts are far from simple. We're here to help you navigate this tricky terrain with our list of questions to ask your caterer.
Brides Want to Know: Guessing the Guest Count
Dear Here Comes The Guide: I’m inviting 178 guests to my wedding and I want to get a better idea of what the final count will be. Is there any way to estimate how many people won’t attend?
Useful Tips for Ordering Your Wedding Invitations
Is the process of ordering your wedding invitations proving to be more complicated than you'd originally thought? Never fear! We've put together our top tips for ordering your invites.
21 Questions to Ask When Ordering Your Wedding Invitations
Nothing sets the tone for an event like an impeccably designed wedding invitation. This list of questions has been compiled to help ensure that no detail is left unaddressed (no pun intended), whether you’re working with a stationery boutique, an online vendor, or a graphic designer.
Questions To Ask Your Wedding Floral Designer
Floral designers do much more than just supply the bouquet! They help create the look and mood for your wedding ceremony, as well as centerpieces and other table decorations for the reception. Needless to say, you and your floral designer will have a lot to talk about! So we've armed you with some questions to ask.
Wedding Planning: The First Big Relationship Challenge
By first discussing how you will collaborate on your wedding planning, you will establish a framework of expectations, decision-making and action based on practical realities of who you are and what you are, in fact, able to do. Thinking ahead of the curve will reduce misunderstandings and disappointments down the road.
Inviting Elements: Invitation Basics
Before you can go pick out your invitations, you need to decide how to word them. You have two basic choices—you can conform to the traditional rules of etiquette, or you can select more contemporary options. Either way, it can be a challenge to appropriately express yourself, so I offer some suggestions to help you wade through the ways of wording.
Questions to Ask a Cake Designer
The cake is probably a wedding’s most important icon. And whether you want a traditional multi-tiered confection, a miniature Statue of Liberty (hey, that’s where he proposed!) or a cupcake tower, your wedding cake should reflect your personality. Be sure to use the following questions as a guide when evaluating a potential wedding cake designer.
Icing On The Cake: One Writer's Perspective On A Classic Cake Conundrum
When it comes to wedding cakes, is it better to look good than to taste good? Don't think, just answer. Your response will give you a clue as to where you weigh in on the Great "Fondant versus Buttercream" Controversy, or, as I like to call it, "the Famous Frosting Smackdown."
Wedding Insurance
Here's a good case for wedding insurance: Nowadays, if someone gets injured at an event or something is damaged at or near the event site, it’s likely that someone will be sued. Yikes. But don’t despair! You can get extra insurance, and it’s relatively inexpensive.
Valuable Tips for Selecting a Wedding Location
Need help selecting a wedding venue? Before you jump into a full-fledged wedding venue search, it helps to identify what kind of celebration you want and establish selection criteria early. Here are some basic tips to narrow down your options.
How to Pick a Site That's Outta Sight: Northern California
Getting married in Northern California? Here are some expert tips for choosing the perfect wedding venue. From parking to hidden costs, we've put together a list of consideration that you might not have thought of!
How to Pick a Site That's Outta Sight: Southern California
Getting married in sunny Southern California? Here are some expert tips for choosing the perfect SoCal wedding venue. From parking to hidden costs, we've put together a list of consideration that you might not have thought of!
Questions To Ask Your Wedding Venue: COVID-19 Edition
Here is a supplemental list of 40 more questions you may need to ask your venue when it comes to wedding planning during coronavirus. Paired with our main list, you can rest easy knowing you're doing all you can to cover your bases during this unprecedented time.
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