A New Wedding

It's always so exciting to meet a new bride and groom and talk with them about there upcoming wedding. Trying to fulfill their dreams within the budget and time frame that we have to plan

I wanted to share with you some of the beginning stages of starting to plan a wedding with a new bride. Nicole came to me for some help with her wedding planning since she felt overwhelmed by the process and faced with signing a contract that seemed pretty lengthy and full of lots of technical information. This is probably one of the biggest occasions you have ever planned and signing a contract can put you into a situation where the venue might have made requirements of you that you are not prepared to go along with or even pay for down the road.

The advantage of a coordinator is that we have read many of these contracts before and know what to look for or at least explain all of the "small print" to our brides. In this particular case I will give the venue a call and discuss some of the "loopholes" that seem to be worked in this contract to make sure that all of my clients best interests are keep. She does not want to be signing for things that she is not prepared to pay for or want. The beginning negotiations is the time to get everything out in the open so that there is no confusion as the wedding day approaches and final decisions are made.

I'll let you know how our negotiations go with this venue and also what kind of things we want changed in this wedding package to best suit the needs of my new clients.

Once we get the venue signed we will proceed with lining up some of the other important vendors like the photographer, music and flowers. These are the first vendors you need to arrange since you want the very best for your wedding day and the best ones get booked up the quickest.

More later on my new Wedding with Nicole.

Yours for a wonderful wedding...Elaine