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How Much Do You Charge? Perhaps the 5 most dangerous words you can ask any
vendor as your initial question, especially entertainment. Date availability,
areas of expertise and event length can play a significant role in determining
the investment. How Much Do You Charge... has become
the question that traps many of those planning a wedding, and setting them up
for buyer's remorse after the hysteria around the wedding subsides. Planning
your wedding today is fraught with seemingly endless options. You may find
yourself long on want, but short on means. Finding qualified and experienced
wedding vendors is very important and needs to be a priority when starting your
wedding planning process. There are few areas of your reception that are as
important as entertainment, being as music is absolutely vital to the overall
success of your reception.
There are some very simple steps that you can take to help turn the wedding
bell whoa and woes into WOW's during these times of economic uncertainty.
Step 1: Put yourself into the right frame of mind. When it
comes to quality, it can't be the best if it's cheaper than the rest. No matter
how long you polish a penny you can't turn it into gold.
Step 2: Set two budgets.
Budget #1: The Ballpark Budget: Generally speaking around 30% of the bride and groom's total annual income or around $100 per guest.
Budget #2: The Commitment Budget: Generally speaking your comfort zone. Pick an amount within reason, in reference to your ballpark budget, that you and your fiance can feel good about as you plan your special day. Don't be scared, but be cautious about exceeding your commitment budget.
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Step 3: Get your priorities straight. Prioritize your
wedding plans by importance. If a wedding dance is not a number one priority to
you, go without and consider using that portion of your wedding budget
elsewhere. However, if you recognize that entertainment is the lifeblood of your
reception, consider prioritizing your budget to reflect your needs. Keep in mind
that a hasty decision to hire an under-qualified low priced mobile DJ, in
reality, ends up costing you more when they fail to connect with your guests and
your guests end up wandering off or leaving early.
Step 4: Set up a separate account for your wedding. It will
help you keep an eye on costs and assure you that you only use those funds for
your wedding purchases.
Step 5: Choose your wedding date and reserve your church or
reception site immediately. Wedding costs can vary greatly depending on the time
of year they occur.
Step 6: Get control of your guest list. Build a guest list
of family and friends that are closest to you and work your way out to your
outer circle friends and co-workers who might not make the guest list cut if
cutbacks need to be made. Keep a close eye on your commitment budget. Difficult
as it may be, you may find it necessary to trim the guest list or go without to
stay on budget. Sacrificing quality for quantity is one of the quickest ways to
experience wedding buyer's remorse.
Step 7: Choose wedding entertainment wisely. Make your
entertainment selection based on experience and talent first, price second. Be
wary of false testimonials and credentials. The wedding industry is filled with
impostors that are long on promise and short on delivery. Insist on
meeting in person to interview potential entertainment and require that you get
everything in writing.
Step 8: Know what you want and why. Wedding vendors want
your business, however, there are real costs involved in making your dreams come
true. There's nothing wrong with asking to scale back the services offered by
the wedding vendor you want if those services don't fit you or your wedding day.
However, not asking guarantees you'll make the wrong choice by focusing on price
associated with things you don't want or need.
Step 9: Avoid the iPod! There has been a recent trend among
today's couples to load an iPod with songs and let that be their wedding
entertainment. One thing most of them forget until they are in the midst of a
failing iPod reception (look on YouTube for examples of iPod wedding
nightmares), is that the entertainer, not the equipment, can make or break your
wedding reception. Qualified mobile DJs know that there is little margin for
error when reading a room, crowd and dance floor. An iPod completely ignores the
essence of drawing upon experience of knowing what to play and when to play it
to keep your dance floor alive. If your reception is a back yard barbeque
without any desires for dancing, then maybe an iPod would be for you. But, very
few have looked back on the iPod route as a good decision for their reception.
Investing a little bit of time and asking your potential vendors the right questions and basing your decisions on the things that truly matter will go a long way in assuring you that WOW wedding most couples dream of!
(Thank you Dude Walker for the article www.discjockeynews.com)
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