Vendor Selection & Management
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Venue
and Vendor Selection and
Contract Negotiation
It is
important to interview carefully and select the best Venues and Vendors for
your event based on your budget and priorities. We have worked with many of
the best vendors in the industry and use our resources and information to
help you find the best vendors at the best price.
We identify, screen and recommend vendors for your wedding that match the vision you have created.
We then set up interviews, help you with the final decision and assist with negotiating the best
contract possible with each vendor. In addition, we review any contracts you
may have already negotiated so that we can
manage them effectively.
See our special section on
Hiring the Best Wedding Vendors!
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Vendor Coordination
During the
planning and process management phase we work with you and each vendor
selected to make final decisions on every outstanding wedding detail. This
includes but is not limited to:
Liaise between ceremony site; verify all site limitations and requirements
are met; communicate requirements to all vendors involved; coordinate all
planning with site catering team; manage all site details.
Liaise between rehearsal dinner site; verify
all site requirements are met, coordinate all planning with site catering
team; manage all site details.
Assist in wedding ceremony coordination as needed including developing order
of procession, and planning seating arrangement. If we are not doing your
ceremony, we
liaise with your minister to assure that all of his or her needs and requirements are
being met.
Manage everything related to the reception including layout, seating chart, schedule of
events, favors, staff management, entertainment placement and management,
set up of gift table and removal of gifts, packing up of all accoutrements
after the wedding, schedule final bill payment.
Liaise with your entertainment team to make sure that appropriate music is
selected for all areas; ensure that MC requirements are defined; prepare
order of entry and timeline and supervise music team in their performance at
both the ceremony and reception venues.
Facilitate floral selections; make sure that floral team is designing to
your requirements and budget; provide them with any size or site
requirements if necessary.
Liaise between photography and videography teams to determine style and
quantity of photography, method of presentation, and photography flow for
the day of the wedding.
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VISION &
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VENDOR SELECTION ▪
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MANAGEMENT ▪
WEEKEND MANAGEMENT
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