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It Takes A Vendor Village | Episode 13
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Planning a wedding is about so much more than Pinterest boards and pretty details — it’s about building the right vendor team. In this episode of Behind “I Do,” we’re diving into why your wedding vendors can completely make or break the guest experience, timeline flow, and overall stress level of your big day. From DJs and photographers to caterers and coordinators, we’re sharing the behind-the-scenes realities couples never see — the communication, teamwork, problem-solving, and collaboration it takes to pull off a seamless wedding day. We’re talking about: ✨ Why a strong vendor team matters more than perfect decor ✨ The biggest wedding vendor red flags 🚩 ✨ How planners, DJs, photographers & caterers work together behind the scenes ✨ Why communication can make or break your wedding day ✨ The truth about “staying in your lane” as a wedding vendor ✨ How experienced vendors create a smoother guest experience ✨ Why the best weddings feel effortless (even when they aren’t!) Whether you’re currently planning your wedding, work in the wedding industry, or just love hearing the real behind-the-scenes stories from wedding pros, this episode is packed with honest advice and candid conversation. 💍 Listen now and learn why it truly takes a vendor village. #WeddingPlanning #WeddingPodcast #WeddingVendors #WeddingPlanner #WeddingTips #BrideToBe #WeddingDay #WeddingCoordinator #WeddingPhotographer #WeddingDJ #WeddingAdvice #WeddingIndustry #BehindIDo
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Challenges in Wedding Planning
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Planning a wedding comes with timelines, trends, expectations, and a whole lot that couples never see coming. We're two wedding planners pulling back the curtain on what really happens behind I do. Each week on Behind I Do, we bring you real talk about real weddings, timelines, trends, the wins, and the what-ifs.
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From the smooth as silk celebrations to the did-that-actually-just-happen moments, we're sharing the stories, lessons, and insider knowledge that help couples plan with confidence and maybe even laugh along the way.
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Whether you're a bridegroom, vendor, or wedding lover at heart, this is your backstage pass to the world of weddings. Told candidly, graciously, and with the expertise only seasoned planners can offer. Grab your coffee, your planning binder, and your confetti, and join us behind
The Importance of a Strong Vendor Team
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I do. Welcome to episode 13, It Takes a Vendor Village.
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Sure does.
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Yeah, I mean, we've talked, I think, a little bit. I think the last one we did was about, like, hiring friends versus real vendors. So we touched a little bit on these things, but we thought we would just kind of dive deeper into why it's so important to have a strong vendor team and how it can really, i mean, change, I mean, or I guess a affect your wedding for the better by having really good vendors.
00:01:16
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Yeah, I think people get really caught up in, like, the design and the strategic, like, how are things going to look and how, you know, what will the sign look like, what the welcome sign and the florals and all of that. And those are the really fun details of your wedding. But if you don't have a really good vendor team that works well together or you kind of cheap out on, like, one or two, like, key players, like DJ or someone who can't MC throughout the night, you Your guests feel it more than you would think.
00:01:46
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So it's something that we always try to recommend to our clients is like and so like as part of why our planning process works the way we do where we don't focus on design until later in the planning because we want to make sure like all the boring vendors are booked and you get all this um like.
Prioritizing Budget for Key Vendors
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Not the boring vendors, but the boring part of wedding planning. The part planning, which is booking all your vendors before you get to the fun, pretty Pinterest place. Yeah. think it's important to, like Allie said, like kind of spend money in those areas. And like that's why it's nice, because then it's like once your vendors are booked, then you know what's left in your budget for...
00:02:24
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I mean, the extra stuff, all the pretty stuff. detail. Because like I said, I mean, at the end of the day, your guests are going to like remember the feeling of your wedding or like the disorganization of your wedding over like the color of napkin that you picked.
00:02:36
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Yes, always. And we hear from so many like brides that are were in weddings that were like, I could just tell it was so chaotic and disorganized. And you feel that as a guest, too, like if you don't.
00:02:49
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know where you're going or where you're supposed to be or there's like a lack of communication from the guest standpoint too, you totally feel that. Yeah. It's like just an awkward wedding. For sure. Agreed. So we want to avoid that for you. And I think it's, I mean, and it's hard because I think a lot of the times the couple's You know, they hire these vendors and they think it's fine and whatever. And they're like, you know, but they don't get to see like us, the team of vendors working together. So I think that's i mean, like I just had my first meeting with this planning couple for next year. And it's like we were talking about DJs. I mean, DJs is always like I feel like such a hot topic. And they're like, you know, like there's.
00:03:29
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You know, my my mother found some DJs that were like super affordable, like a thousand dollars or whatever. And I just it's like I told them, i was like, I'm not saying that they can't be good at what they do, but like for sure.
00:03:41
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Having good vendors like. at the end of the day really like helps your planner for sure. And just everybody, because we all like work so well together. And so it's hard for couples, I think, to sometimes understand that because they're like, they don't get to see that part during the day when they're getting ready and like stress-free, which is like our goal. But like, they're not getting to see the behind the scenes of us, like having to communicate a lot together and like, you know, be like, Hey, we're actually like 10 minutes behind, like, you know, doing all
Vendor Collaboration and Communication
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those things together. So I think that's where it's,
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Sometimes just it's hard for couples because like, well, but they're so expensive or whatever. And so it's like a good conversation that we have a lot with our couples in the first meetings is like it doesn't need to be the most expensive vendor. And that's not what we're saying. But it's to have a good, solid like DJ, photographer, caterer like that works well with other vendors does make the day so much smoother, even if you aren't necessarily seeing it as the couple.
00:04:39
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But it makes your other vendors a lot happier. Yeah, and I think even I've had um typically like brides moms say like, oh my gosh, I'm so glad that you recommended X. I can see Y now. And it's like Jane said, it's hard for us to explain that relationship behind the scenes of the wedding day. But when we work with a vendor that we've recommended, say, Horsewood as a caterer, like we know that the food will be fantastic and your guests will talk about how good the food was at your wedding forever. And we know that they're going to show up when they said they were going to show up and they're going to bring what they said they were going to bring.
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And like, it's a weight off of us that allows us to focus on your wedding yeah instead of being like, oh gosh, it's a new catering truck. I hope yeah they have what they need. They don't run out of food. Yeah. Hope they don't run out of food. Hope they don't run out of propane. Like if they're cooking your pizzas in the back, like we've had all sorts of crazy things happen. So it does help.
00:05:37
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lower everyone's stress when it's a team that's kind of worked together, knows how each other works. Yeah. And it's fun when you have rapport with the DJ and you can be like, we're going to be 10 minutes late. You're going to have to hold off. And it's fun and funny instead of yeah being like, Hey, like Mr. DJ, sorry, I've never met you.
00:05:53
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This might. Right. Yeah. Hopefully it doesn't annoy you or the caterers, especially like we need an extra 30 minutes. We're running behind. um So it definitely helps the overall like tone and feeling of the day just being more cohesive and friendly and more of like a team environment.
00:06:10
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So great that's why we recommend our vendors. Yeah. Why we have a preferred vendor list. Yes. um Yeah, so I mean, like we said in our last podcast, the things that kind of make good vendors, we'll kind of just dive through that, like what makes a good vendor team. And obviously the first thing in our books, I always say is communication. Like communication is key and like figuring out again, like we said, like what is your communication style? Response time. Yeah, if you're very A-type, like that kind of stuff, like just really...
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And I think, too, especially if you're you know spending a good amount of money on vendors like and they're not super like responsive, like I mean, I would be pissed. So I think that's where it's like having good vendors that are going to follow up with you on time and like communicate well is super important. Yes. um I think being able to work with vendors that you respect and like enjoy working with is always like a good start to your vendor team. So especially if you've worked with them and you've had great experiences, like we said, it's easier to recommend, but then it makes a more cohesive team yeah altogether.
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Yeah. And that's why I think, too, we always recommend like meeting with multiple vendors in those areas. But just like to get a really good vibe of like, oh, yeah, I like you. I feel like we're going to work well together.
00:07:24
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You know, all that kind of stuff. So, i mean, another, I don't know, big thing for us, what what makes a good vendor team is like vendors staying in their lane. and I think sometimes it's hard because like we've noticed that.
00:07:39
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There's a still a lot of weddings that don't have coordinators or planners. So it usually, our job usually falls on the DJs and photographers. And so sometimes it's hard when we are then there, because then some vendors have a harder time like working with a coordinator because they're used to doing their job. So I think that's, what's nice when we're at a wedding and it's vendors that we've worked with a lot and we have a really good rapport. And that means that we are all going to stay in our own lane. And that could even be on, on us too. Like I know there's planners or I'm sure sometimes where we've overstepped and it's like, that's, what's nice when it's like a DJ we've worked with a ton or again, like a caterer or photographer, like,
00:08:18
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We're better at staying in our lane because we know like... okay, they're going to do their job, going to do our job, but we also can still help each other. Yeah. like We're always working together. Like if someone runs out of time, um like for example, we had a huge wedding in Sun Valley. We only had two hours to set up and like we were running low on time to like light all the candles. So the floral team had like tons of extra hands.
00:08:40
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So like those sort of things are like helpful. Yeah. And it's like, no, I don't want you to stay in your own lane now. Yeah. I want you to help me light the candles. Yeah. Or like, Sometimes, you know, there's only one photographer and they don't have a second shooter. So we've sometimes been the person who has a list of like photos. So then we help get the next group ready to help the photographer out. But again, it's like it's that conversation of like, do you want us to help? Like, we're happy to do it. If not, like.
00:09:04
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But, you know, again, like that's what's nice when you have that rapport with ah when your vendors have that rapport with each other as they can kind of against stay in their own lanes, but like help each other as needed or like, you know, when the DJ needs to go eat dinner or whatever, or, you know, we can kind of.
00:09:21
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Help. Help release tables. Like, and that's always, that's one where it's always like, whose lane is it? Yeah. If we love to release tables just because we want to make sure that it's done in a way that follows like the families, like, is it the bride and groom's parents? Like, are there elderly people that we should make sure get fed first? Like we want to follow those cues and we might know the family better than the DJ had the opportunity to.
00:09:44
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So that's always one where it's like, whose job is Yeah. Yeah. But when it's a good DJ, we can say like, hey, we'd love to release tables unless you have an better idea. Right. Or it's important for you to do it. Right.
00:09:56
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And then if they, you know, some DJs do go pros during dinner time or something like specific. And it's like, OK, if you want to do that and the couple's happy with that, like you go for it. Right. We'll.
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Yeah. We'll stay in our way. Yeah. I mean, that's usually one that I have a hard time letting go of. But it's good to try. Yes. But again, it's like having that conversation and respecting each other enough to be like, you know, yeah, if you and the bride and groom already agreed to like do the GoPro table release thing, that's fine. or photos with every table. Yeah, whatever it is, that's totally good. But, you know, yeah, again.
00:10:33
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Another thing we like definitely makes it easier to work with your vendor team is when you trust each other's expertise. And I think give each other the space like to do their job, too. I think part of that of staying in your own lane is not like micromanaging other vendors. And that's a huge problem.
00:10:50
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responsibility on our end that we try to keep in mind is that like when we trust the photographer to get the bride back into the bridal suite by 4 p.m. like I don't need to be double checking and like micromanaging her timeline um which just helps when you know people. Yeah, for sure. i don't feel the need to micromanage everyone. Yeah. And I think it just helps us all be a little calmer because there's not that stress.
00:11:16
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And I think that's the hard part because as the planner, I feel like it's, we are like the one who like oversees every aspect of the wedding. And so sometimes... you know, staying in our lane, it's like, you know, we want to be respectful, but we still have to like know what's going on in every lane. But it's like when we know that it's like, again, all these vendors that like we have mutual respect and like trust them, like it makes it calmer and like allows us to be more so in our lane and not have to worry about, like Ali said, like,
00:11:44
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you know, things happening correctly or on time or whatever, it just makes the everyone feel more at ease, which then again, I think translates into like the guest experience because all your vendors are like calm and like working together and smiling and not like stressed.
00:11:59
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Running around. Or like caddies. Yeah. We've seen plenty of that where like the bar staff and the catering staff like isn't getting along and like they're all trying to use the same working space and it's just a little awkward. like video and photo. Like if they're different companies and it's like, I mean, that's like huge. Like making sure there's that respect there with those two. Like.
00:12:17
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You know, they're not like because there has been times where it's like they don't know each other or they're not really like communicating well and we can kind of tend or sense the tension. And it's like, yeah, just like during the ceremony, sometimes they're not like in sync and like the photographer is walking backwards, like into the video. Yeah. yeah Okay, I can tell you guys haven't worked together and, like, didn't talk through this. Like, where are you going to mostly stand? Where can I mostly stand? Like, how can we both capture everything that we want together? Which, again, I think that's what comes with finding those good vendors that are a little more experienced and, like,
00:12:51
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have that great communication piece and like have mutual respect for other vendors. I think that's sometimes where it's hard when you hire new vendors. Again, not there's anything wrong with that, but new vendors or vendors that it is just like a hobby and they're not like super communicative. And it's just. even out of state vendors. We've noticed this a lot with, which is so fun and exciting to have like a new photographer from a different place, but they've never worked the venue. They've never worked with the team. so it just adds a.
00:13:18
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New element. Yeah. And they kind of come in, you know, they're like, I want from Florida and how we do it in Florida. And it's like, well, you're an Idaho. Welcome. OK, red flags.
00:13:30
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um Definitely. We don't want ego with any vendor in your wedding. And like we talked about, sometimes this is hard from our end because we don't want to come in with an ego. hmm.
00:13:43
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Well, we are also the only vendor that's there from 10 a.m. until 11 p.m. And like Jane said, overseeing every single phase of your wedding from pre-setup. We oversee the makeup and hair team. We oversee like everything happening. And make sure dances are happening on time grand entrance. And it's like, yes, that's not like...
00:14:02
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Our job is not to announce those things, but it's like it's our job to make sure everything's happening when it's supposed to, because we know that like we need grand entrance to happen in this because we know dinner is at this time. and We know the caterers are waiting on us. And it's already hot. Like it's all of these elements. So we always.
00:14:19
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Try to come in without ego. And like when people are always like, well, you tell me what to do. And it's like, no, this isn't like we're not running the show. We are like Jane said, overseeing it is the best way to explain it. Like we our job here is to make sure that all of these items get done by the end of the day yeah and that things flow. Like how the bride and groom or, you know, couple wanted it to go. Yeah.
00:14:40
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But it's not our job to take over and be like, all right, DJ, like, listen to me. Do this now. You know, but then on the flip side of that, that's, like, the thing with, like, other vendors. If you hire a vendor who has a big ego and, like, not to, like, attack the DJs here. But it's—I mean, it's—usually it's, like, a DJ or, like, a photographer that we've run into egos a lot of times. And it's, like, a control thing. or like, you know, they're like, I've done thousands of weddings and this is how I always do it. And, like, that sometimes— where I struggle sometimes with DJs, it's like, I hear you and I'm sure that's great and whatever, but it's like, i you know, I've been planning with ah this couple for 12 months and they've never once said that they want to do it that way. So it's like kind of trying to find that balance of like, I want you to do your job and I want to respect that.
00:15:27
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And I don't want to have that ego of taking over being like, well, I'm the planner and this is what we're doing. But I think that's where it's that like balance of like, they have to also meet you in the middle of like, you know, being on the same page and not overstepping and not not making us be that micromanager in a way. Being
Avoiding Vendor Ego and Promoting Teamwork
00:15:46
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everyone calm. Yeah. Another big red flag is going to be lack of communication, whether that's with you as the couple or us as your planner and them not communicating with us. We just talked about um a vendor that we've just had multiple issues with.
00:16:00
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And it's like, we always hear it from every couple like, oh, glad so-and-so is alive. I haven't heard from them in four months. Right. And it's always just such a bummer. It's like such a red flag to us. And those are the same vendors that don't respond to our timeline.
00:16:14
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Like when we send out the timeline, we ask for everyone to respond. We want to make sure that everyone's on the same page yeah and confirm that they got it. And let us know like, hey, I saw that I'm the photographer and you have me there at noon, but actually I'm not going to there till two. Like this is a you know, like we need to work those things out. So at noon on the wedding day, I'm not panicking. Yeah. The photographer isn't there. Yeah. So when they don't respond to...
00:16:37
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Any party like it just is a huge concern for us. Right. And like, i you know, and again, like that just happened with a couple. We were the DJ. There was like miscommunication. So I don't know why it's like so much DJ talk. But. Sorry, DJs. We love you.
00:16:50
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But, you know, there was miscommunication on a meeting and it's just like, again, there was like, like that misla- like that miscommunication there or lack of communication, whatever you want to say. And then it's like now the bride is like worried that they're not going to show up to the wedding on time. And it's like, it's a valid and concern. And so that's where I think it's like super important. Yeah.
00:17:09
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And again, like it just, you know, if there's lack of communication leading up, it's just going to cause more stress for the day of. Because, you know, we've had it where like, honestly, we're like, they've started toast or something has happened and like the photographer is not even in the room or whatever. And it's like, that's again, too, where it makes it hard for us because it's like, we want to stay in our lane, but now you're jumping ahead and we're not ready for it. And so it's like, you know, it just causes...
00:17:36
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issues I mean, communication is just huge. Communication is key. That's what we always say. Which kind of that leads into like vendors trying to control everything, like certain vendors where it's like, you know, like i like when you start to try to control every aspect of it, but you haven't like, you know, they haven't been meeting and doing all these like.
00:17:56
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pre things to like, you know, knowing when, okay, this is when dinner's supposed to start, but they're going to set salads first or whatever it is. It's like vendors that are trying to control when they don't know what's going on can like cause a lot of stress. Yeah. And if they haven't checked in with other vendors, like before we make a last call announcement at the bar, like we check in with like bride and groom, let them know this is happening. We check in with the bar. Then we go to let the DJ know like, Hey, can you please make a last call announcement? Right. Like, it's not just like, oh, yeah, let's. Oh, it's 930. We're supposed to make the last call. It's like, well, let's make sure the bar is ready yeah to make that announcement. So there's just so many things that people don't see. For sure.
00:18:37
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And another big red flag, I think, is like, that's not my job mentality. It's like one of my, I mean, like, I don't know if we've ever talked about this on here, but I tell every one of our staff members, if I ever hear you say that, I will.
00:18:49
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Rip your head off. No, just kidding. But like like, I just don't, I just don't think, I mean, yes, there are things that are not our job, but I don't like that mentality of like, you know, someone comes to us and asks us to like, i don't know, bust the tables, like that's not my job, but like we will find a solution or whatever it is. Like I just, when vendors have that mentality of like,
00:19:09
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They're not willing to like support each other. They're not willing to like, you know, help with when there's not a second shooter and like hold the list for photos or whatever. And they just respond, well, that's not my job. I just don't like that mentality of like.
00:19:24
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You're not being a supportive team member. You're just like... even like, that's not something we usually do. It's like, that's great. And it's not something we usually do either, but I would love for you to do it now. Right. We're trying to be flexible here. Make it happen. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, like, honestly, like taking out the trash is not our favorite thing to do, but a lot of venues around here don't... Like, that's somebody's job. Somebody's job. that means that it falls on the bride and groom, couple, parents. Or the family, yeah. So like... At the end of the night. And that's not...
00:19:52
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what they hired us for anyway. So it's like, okay, if this is something we have to do because the venue doesn't have a person for it, then I guess we're going to do it. We're going to do it happily. Yeah. And make sure everything gets taken out and clean up the bridal suite and do all the things that aren't in our job description, but that we're happy to get done to make sure that it was a good day all around and yeah things are clean when we leave and all of that. Yeah. So I think it's, I mean, that's, I feel like you can sense that in vendors, like when you meet them, the kind of,
00:20:21
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vendor or team player they're going to be. And so again, I think that's why it's important to meet with a lot of people and just make sure they match like your vibes and just, I don't know. I just seem like collaborative yeah and seem like they want to work with people. And it's like such a green flag when you hear people say like, oh, I love working with so-and-so. so Like when you hear a vendor say that and you go through and they're like, oh, who'd you hire? And like, that's our favorite when we get on our like initial calls. And I'm like, who have you hired so far? And they're like,
00:20:51
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start naming vendors that I love. And I'm like, like oh, this is great. This is to be the best wedding ever. It just like gets you so excited. for that day because you know it's going to be a really smooth experience.
00:21:01
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People will get along, will respond to your communication. Yeah. It just makes for like a really good day. And that, like this whole, that's not my job mentality just made me think again, i this couple, i we just had their first initial meeting and we were kind of talking about they had met with couple of different planners and all this stuff. And, you know, we were just kind of diving through and I've heard this before, just on like the planner side of things. It's like,
00:21:25
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One of the main reasons this is like one or two couples, honestly, in the last year that they hired us is because they were like, you guys were just so much more like you included so much more and you were just so much more a direct, but also like open to like almost sounded more flexible and like willing to do more and go above and beyond. And like, you know, include so much within your package that it made us just feel like we had that more like team relationship.
00:21:52
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Yeah. Work mentality versus like more rigid. And I think that's something to think about when you meet with your vendors. If there is more of that rigid like this is what I do. This is what I don't do. You know, just kind of.
00:22:03
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Think about that, like process it a little, not to say that like your vendor should do everything, because again, there is a line and there are certain things that like shouldn't be certain vendors jobs. But I just think, you know, kind of feeling vendors out and if they are very rigid on things, just like consider that. Yeah.
00:22:20
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For you or for your vendor team. Yeah. so I mean, all these like green and red flags, like why it
Achieving a Stress-Free Wedding Day
00:22:28
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matters. I mean, obviously it makes the timeline in the day go a lot smoother.
00:22:32
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Like we've talked about, we've talked about better guest experience, you know, as crazy as that may seem like it is true. Like if your vendors get along and like we said, and it's going well, your guests are going to sense it.
00:22:45
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but And even like James, especially like the photographer videographer relationship, like that's who your guests will interact with the most outside of your DJ, because they're going to be getting their photos taken and be in that. And if you can tell that there's like some animosity, yeah it is so awkward. Totally. Getting your photo taken already awkward. Right. So like one, this, ah this couple said to like, they're,
00:23:06
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when they're wanting a photographer, they want someone who's like nice because again, they had ah a bad guest experience with a vendor who was more rigid and was like yelling at people. And so the that's like, I'm like, that's so sad that the, this bride's main concern is that her photographer is going to be mean, but it's true. I mean, that's what she remembers from that wedding. Yeah. Is this rigid, like not great experience with the photographer because she was probably stressed and didn't have a second shooter. And the,
00:23:34
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She didn't have support from a coordinator or anybody. No one was going to help her, yeah. Yeah. So it makes it really hard. Mm-hmm. But and I mean, less stress, obviously. And then, you know, I think, again, if you, you know, with all these different red and green flags, if there's a lot more green flags, the vendors are...
00:23:52
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And they're working together. They're more willing to like pivot, like kind of like we said, helping each other or like Ali said, be like, I know that's not normally your job, but would you be willing to help us out here because of X, Y and Z or whatever? So I think it's just their your vendors are more willing to like find solutions together if they're like, you know, cohesive and like working as a team sure. Absolutely.
00:24:15
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Yeah, and it's just, it's a really important conversation for us because as planners, like we said, we don't want to come in with a big ego. We want people to know, and with we try so hard with all of our communication and the way that we talk to people on their wedding day and, like, thanking them for, you know, dropping stuff off, helping out, like, whatever their job is. Like, we understand that it takes every vendor at that wedding to make it a good wedding. Yeah. And that everyone has to work together that day to make sure that things are executed in a way that the bride and groom want. And so it's just really important for us to get, yeah hopefully make sure that people understand how important that is on the back end too. Yeah. And that all vendors feel important. Like it is huge for us that it's like, I mean, like we've said, a we're not the planner that likes to come in and have this biggie go and be the boss. Like,
00:25:02
Speaker
yeah If we have to, don't get me wrong, like I'll pull that card. at You know, if like a vendor is not doing what they're supposed to, but it's like our job is that we're all like we want everyone to feel like in a way kind of how we want our couples to feel part of our family. That's how we feel about the vendors. Like we want everyone to feel like we are in this together. Like we want to support you and like make this day as smooth as possible. so let's like work together.
00:25:26
Speaker
i just think, you know, it's like a really big thing for us for sure. Yeah. And like the best weddings that you go to as a guest that we've been to, that we've executed are the ones that have that cohesive like feeling.
00:25:39
Speaker
Like we said, you can feel that you can feel when you're being yelled at by a planner or a yeah like stressed out vendor versus like every person that you meet like that's not a guest has a smile on their face and is like trying to make your day better, too. Right. And like you'll feel that at the end of the day and your guests will remember that. 100 percent.
00:25:58
Speaker
So, yeah, I mean, as you're booking your vendors, just, like, remember that the best weddings feel ah effortless because the vendors are all, like, carero quietly carrying, like, the weight of the wedding together. Like, they're all working together, and i think that's, like, super important. So, I mean, take the time to really get good vendors together.
00:26:17
Speaker
Don't worry about the design yet. Like really focus on that and pick vendors that feel right and fit like your vibe and that seem to like, like Allie said, want to work with other vendors to make it a great day. i think it's huge.
00:26:30
Speaker
So good luck for booking all your vendors. woo Cheers.