Book Vendors in This Order

There are quite a few vendors you’ll need to book for your wedding. But, with so many different types and so many different schedules, where do you start?

1. If there is a particular ‘must have’ vendor on your list, start there. Find out when they are available, choose your date based on their schedule, your venue based on their service area, and then go from there.
2. Venue – the rest of your vendors could depend on your venue based on their service area.
3. Personalities – this includes the planner, day-of coordinator, photographer, DJ, and officiant
4. Caterer – many can handle multiple events on any given day
5. Florist – as with the caterer many can typically do more than one wedding on any given weekend

This is, of course, just one of many ways to approach booking your wedding vendors. There are arguments for hiring the planner first followed by the caterer and florist – it all depends on what your priorities may be. The key is to book those vendors who can only do one event per day first, then the others.

The other thing to keep in mind is that you’ll want to book as far out as possible. Many five star vendors (like us) book 12-18 months out for peak season dates. The farther out you can book, the easier it will be to get the vendors you want…instead of the vendors who are left.