As engagement season is upon us, here are some tips and tricks to make sure you have a comfortable day out scouting:
- Attend a bridal show that is in the vicinity of where you are getting married. This will give you a good outlook of the vendors that service that area
- Get a good idea of what vendors will be present before attending the show by looking at the exhibitor list on the shows website. This way you can become familiar with your choices and narrow it down to the vendors you would like to see on the event day
- Make labels with your contact information such as name, wedding date, address or email address. This will lesson the time you will need to fill out information for drawings or to request additional information
- Travel with an extra bag. Although the show will provide a bag for marketing materials for the exhibitors, they tend to get heavy. You may want to split this load with your fiance or make them carry it all!
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A bridal show is great if your new to an area BUT if you have a bunch of friends from that location it's better to just post a question on your facebook for each thing like "Anyone recommend a good wedding photographer in the Destin, FL area?". This way you get recommendations from real friends you trust.
Once you run out of personal recommendations a bridal show is perfect to fill in the gaps of what you are missing.
I have a few extra questions too. Friends of mine over at http://www.exclusivelyweddings.com are interested in being listed on your website for their wedding invitations. They can pay a small one time insertion fee for your trouble for this. If not interested in that they could also provide a helpful article on wedding invitations for your website to assist your visitors. I'm sure they would be open to other ideas that you may have too.
On a personal note I run a wedding blog and would be interested in exchanging links with you on your blogroll (or the like). Look forward to hearing back from you!!
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Sincerely,
Leslie Jenkins
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