How to deal with vendor to plan wedding events

Review the whole contract before discussing money matters with your wedding vendor. You will talk about planning budget and expanses in first meeting with vendor. Top tips to understand ins and outs to talk with vendor are as follows:

1. If vendor has some website, browse it in detail. You have to do some homework to check your budget potential will lie with the demands of vendor or not. Click pricing page of vendor website. Some vendors offer different packages with discount. Sort them all before having a detail meeting with vendor.

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2. Be straight forward with your vendor about the budget. When you will tell vendor about the forthcoming of your budget, they will explain you that they can work in your budget or not. If they are not ready to work with you ask them about some other vendor in your budget constrain. In this way you will be able to save lot of time.

3. Lot of people are working with you like stylist, editors and assistant to make a perfect wedding. It takes a lot of time to craft a table that you see in some magazines. Before implementing anything talk openly to your vendor about the prices of things that you want.

4. Ask your vendor to mark all items with prices to check where your money is going. You can exclude many items and services that you don’t need. Have a control on yourself and keep footpath of all item to see, what is the real status of your budget?

5. Have an open talk with your vendor. You vendor has a running business and if you are not able to work with them due to budget limitations then don’t be embarrassed to tell truth. There are lots of wedding vendors who are well connected with each other. Your wedding vendor will refer you to some other party who fits you need and money.

6. Ask about the payment option. Like will they get payment in end or delivery of 50% payment in the middle of the project?

7. Once you will go through all of details, sign a written agreement between you and vendor. Language should be easy to understand and spell all things that are written on contract paper. Don’t forget to mention any minor detail on agreement. Sign a contract paper when you are fully comfortable and satisfied with it. Make two copies of contract paper, keep one with you and give other one to your vendor with all legal issues covered.

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8. Still your work is not ended. To reserve a vendor you have to deposit some down payment at the time of agreement. In this way you will book him for wedding event. The deposit of money is usually depends upon the agreement of you and vendor. Usually vendors get 50% as a booking fee and receive other 50% at the end of project. In the case of cancellation of project you can’t refund your payment, but talk to your vendor about the flexibility in the plan. Deposit is actually a commitment between you and your vendor to start a project. Keep record and track of your deposit and get receipt as well to know how much you have spent and how much left with you.

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