How Can You Trust a Wedding Vendor?

I'll be brief. Today I saw on a Wedding site that a bride-to-be was concerned about my actions. She had initially contacted me for a certain wedding date. We spoke, and I asked her to please get back to me soon, to set a date to meet, so she could get to know me bettter. 3 weeks later she emailed me to tell me she had found another DJ. I replied that someone else had booked the date.

The reponse all over the Wedding Site was, "How can I book the date without first holding it for her!". The answer is, she showed no sign of commitment, nor real interest (setting a date to meet me), and it's always First Come - First Serve. Other brides-to-be on the site called this unprofessional, and soon this whole thing developed, as if ALL Wedding Vendors are rotten good for nothings trying to prey on brides.

I don't. If I sit with a bride personally, I tell her that I will call her if she hasn't decided, but someone else wants the date. That's Fair. It's not a Car Sales Tactic for me - I really care, if the bride is serious. But I run a Business, a sucessful business, and I must take the bookings as they come. That's Fair. I've been caught waiting before, and lost BOTH bookings.

How can you tell if a Vendor is upstanding? It's hard, because there are so many corrupt Wedding Vendors out there. I know who they are. Not all are bad, but many. Read some of the articles on my site for horror stories about them.

But you don't stay in Business, with impeccable Reviews and Brides who would go to the wall for you to defend you (as one did on the Wedding Website) if there's a hint of problems. That gets around very quickly.

And that's the answer. Check for impeccable references from current Brides who have used the Vendor, then Sit with him. Don't go by hearsay. Hearsay can cost you a great wedding, and hurt a man's business. Sit with him, and you'll tell immediately that he cares for you, and will help you have a Great Wedding.

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