With hundreds of capable, talented vendors in Essex/County competing for your business, how do you find and select the best vendors for your wedding?
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Wedding consultants are one of the best and smartest places to find vendors who match your style and taste. They have worked with many companies for years and can pinpoint top vendors in each category that fit your taste and budget. They can also negotiate your rates and contracts so you get the best value and are appraised of the fine print. They will also ensure all your vendors are ready for your big day.
WINDSOR/ESSEX’S BEST REFERRAL GUIDE
The Wedding Guide’s referral network has amazing vendors that have been hand-picked for area brides. Just refer to our bridal directory and visit our websites, theweddingguide.ca and bridaltalk.theweddingguide.ca to find some of the best pros in the business for all your wedding needs. Our Facebook site, http://www.facebook.com/BridalTalk has postings everyday as well as emerging trends and advice from all over the globe!
FRIENDS & FAMILY
Get referrals and great ideas from all your recently married friends. Because they have just completed the process, they are right up to date about everything weddings.
Choose vendors you feel comfortable with and reflect your own personal style. Remember, you will be spending your whole day with some of these people, it’s very important to like them.
A good vendor listens to your vision and enhances or compliments it with new twists you may not have thought of. You can always so no, but it’s important to find a vendor who won’t overwhelm you with their own ideas and not pay any attention to yours. This also gives you a sense of their creativitiy and knowledge of today’s current wedding trends and designs.
Choose a minimum of three vendors for each category (e.g., 3 photographers, 3 bakers etc.) and set-up appointments to visit with them. Continue narrowing down your selections. You may find this tedious and time consuming but your special day is the most important day of your life- wedding planning is a mammoth task!
Visit your top choices a few times to continue establishing a rapport and make certain they’ll meet your needs long after the contract is completed and signed.
Check references and read through the contracts completely and thoroughly before signing with any vendor. As with any purchase; buyer beware and if it doesn’t feel right, it may not be.
The Wedding Guide Windsor/Essex County is here to help you plan the wedding of your dreams with less effort and more enjoyment!
 Chalet Studio Photography You may fall in love with a band from elsewhere or a fabulous dress from Toronto or Michigan, but your best bet for price and reliability is to go with vendors in your local area. Most times, local vendors can order in special requests with assurances of getting them on time, in perfect condition, and at a price that your wedding budget can tolerate. It’s much easier to run over to a local boutique to check a colour fabric in person than taking a trip to another city to ensure everything coordinates well with your wedding theme.
If you are going to use special orders with your wedding goods and services, make certain you leave enough time for shipping problems; that avoids any last minute stress waiting for their arrival.
Remember it’s not just a big party… it’s the most important day of your life. From ” I will to ” I do”, perfect wedding planning removes any anxiety and allows the bride to fully enjoy the many decisions leading up to the big day.
We are big believers in shopping local, working with the people that live and work in your community is a big plus for everyone involved. Remember your attendants and the time and love they have for you by honouring you by being in your wedding party. Make it easy for them to procure the dresses they will wear so it is convenient and cost-effective. And, try to also keep it simple for everyone involved.
We are all living busy lives and local just makes good sense. The area professionals are many and the choices you have with them are current, stylish and easy to access for all.
With a little thought, you can mitigate any anxious moments (and there will be some) by staying close to home and supporting the people in your community.
Even if you may have the best-made plans, nothing is a given until you have it in writing. It’s important when organizing the events and vendors for your wedding to check and double check when it comes to facts and figures. Always get written proposals, whether they arrive by e-mail. fax, or regular mal. Verify the dates, times and costs before signing any contract.
When you are coordinating with friends, family and members of your wedding party, be clear about what is expected of them and when you need them, or certain events and appointments. Use written correspondence whenever you can to make sure to reach everyone with important information, or you have made changes to already existing plans. Not only will your clear communications with everyone help them get it right, it will also give you peace of mind that you have covered all the planning details.
Are you looking for a particular item or service? Call the experts at The Wedding Guide Windsor|Region. We’ve been assisting local brides for 20 years! www.theweddingguide.ca
 Serving this area since 1992, The Wedding Guide Windsor/Essex County answers all the questions that are asked every time a wedding is hosted. As one of the largest bridal planners in the world, The Wedding Guide has married over 6,000,000 brides and grooms throughout the world since their inception in 1984. Always complimentary, this upscale bridal planner is available at Bridal Salons listed on the website at www.theweddingguide.ca (See Bridal Salons)
Owned by local Windsorite, Sheryl Davies and, husband John Liedtke, they endeavour to provide brides with all the tools they need to plan their wedding day. Davies and Liedtke started The Wedding Guide in Toronto in 1989, and subsequently relocated to Windsor in the early 90’s. They work with the top wedding professionals in the area. The Wedding Guide Windsor/Essex County is all about local, from its valued vendors, creative artwork and content photography!
Special offer coupons are also online offering thousands of dollars of added value for the bride. . When it comes to everything weddings, The Wedding Guide is dedicated to watching upcoming trends and, providing the tools brides require to plan a great wedding day. From “I will,” to “I do,” we cover receptions to honeymoons, photography to invitations, beauty, flowers, bridal registry, viedeography, limousines and more. Watch our site for exciting news to come.
Right now, Bridal Idol 2010 presented by AM800CKLW and Bluesfest International and sponsored by The Wedding Guide, is entering the semi-final stage, after 6 fantastic weeks of competition .One lucky bride will be taking home over $19,000 in prizes from our Wedding Guide valued vendors.
We are going to change the lives of one lucky couple and give them a tremendous start to their married lives and it feels great. All the kind folks involved in this contest have given and given, with gifts, their time and their individual talents. We salute them and thank them. Bridal Idol has staying power after this 2nd year and we’re planning for a bigger one next year.
We are also proud to be sponsoring Windsor’s Wedding Workshop for the 3rd time, this Thursday, March 4 at the Fogolar Furlan Club. Always innovative and full of a whole lot of advice, we are the wedding experts for Windsor/Essex County. Contact us for any wedding questions that you may have about protocol, etiquette or something that you may need clarification about. We’re here to help you out.
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