Gosh, this is such a great question. Why don’t advanced professionals put pricing on their websites? And should they? Or, you know, I know some do. I can speak from my experience as a wedding planner. The services that I offer are not often understood. And so if they see a price, .1, thousand, 10,000, $100,000, and they don’t really know what comes with it, oftentimes it’s an automatic turn off and it’s an automatic, like, stop. I don’t want to work with them. But the truth is, when I can have a conversation with a client and explain, or a potential client and explain, this is our pricing, this is how it works, this is the services that we offer. It goes pretty well once the understanding or education, if you will, is put out there. So some vendor categories are very cut and dry. Maybe it’s a DJ, you get 4 hours of service, microphone, et cetera. And this is the price. But for me, as a planner, I know that there’s not a lot of understanding of what we do necessarily or the broad range that we can do. So when we put our price point out there, it can sometimes be shocking if you’re not expecting it. But when you hear why it’s a no brainer.

Gosh, this is such a great question. Why don’t advanced professionals put pricing on their websites? And should they? Or, you know, I know some do. I can speak from my experience as a wedding planner. The services that I offer are not often understood. And so if they see a price, .1, thousand, 10,000, $100,000, and they don’t really know what comes with it, oftentimes it’s an automatic turn off and it’s an automatic, like, stop. I don’t want to work with them. But the truth is, when I can have a conversation with a client and explain, or a potential client and explain, this is our pricing, this is how it works, this is the services that we offer. It goes pretty well once the understanding or education, if you will, is put out there. So some vendor categories are very cut and dry. Maybe it’s a DJ, you get 4 hours of service, microphone, et cetera. And this is the price. But for me, as a planner, I know that there’s not a lot of understanding of what we do necessarily or the broad range that we can do. So when we put our price point out there, it can sometimes be shocking if you’re not expecting it. But when you hear why it’s a no brainer.

Quick 1000% yes, please feed your vendors at your wedding. All right guys, let’s talk vendor meals. Do they need to eat? What do they need to eat? When do they need to eat? The quick and dirty of this is yes they are human just like you. Oftentimes they are working 810 twelve hour days and they get hungry just like the rest of us. So please do feed them. A hot meal. Doesn’t need to be the same meal that the rest of your guests are eating but it does need to be a hot meal. Oftentimes a protein and veggies. Make sure you have a vegetarian option for those that do not eat meat as their protein. The win for us. We always say that your media team for sure should be eating when the couple is eating. That way they’re done at the same time as you’re done. Oftentimes your other vendors can wait until the end of everybody else being served the wear. They oftentimes do not need a table at your dining with the rest of your guests. We’re happy to be in a vendor room where we can just decompress, not have to be on, be able to eat our food, chat amongst ourselves, and then get ready to carry out the rest of your day.

This is such a great question. Yes, you should definitely feed your vendors that are with you for more than 4 hours. This is usually your DJ, your videographer, your photography team, your planner. Making sure that your vendors are also taken care of will give you that in return. They will definitely take care of you as well. In fact, most of these vendors that are with you for more than 4 hours require a vendor meal for them and their team. So make sure to check your contracts as far as cost. Usually your caterer will provide you with a discounted vendor meal, so make sure you ask your cater what those fees are. And ideally, it is very important that your vendors eat at the same time that you are eating because this will ensure that they are ready to go for the next thing in the timeline. Otherwise, if they don’t eat while you are eating, they are definitely not going to get a chance to eat. And they’ll probably have to wait till dancing time, which is usually seven. You don’t want to do that to your vendors. Where should they eat? So most of the vendors I know, they are okay with eating in a different room and that’s usually what happens. But I have worked at venues where there is no vendor room and so having a table for them where they can just sit and relax for a few minutes, even if it’s 1015 minutes, it’s always appreciated. So if there is no vendor room, think about having an extra table. It doesn’t need to be all fancy because they’re not going to sit there for the whole entire time. But if there is a vendor room, ideally vendors like to go to that vendor room. Anyway, I hope this helps.