أسئلة لمزودي خدمات الزفاف قبل الحجز
أسئلة لمزودي خدمات الزفاف قبل أن تحجزوا: السعر والتنقل والعربون والإلغاء ومن سيحضر والخطة البديلة، ثم الأسئلة الخاصة بكل تخصص على حدة.
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أسئلة لمزودي خدمات الزفاف قبل أن تحجزوا: السعر والتنقل والعربون والإلغاء ومن سيحضر والخطة البديلة، ثم الأسئلة الخاصة بكل تخصص على حدة.
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Before you book any wedding supplier, ask the same eight things: are they free on your date, what exactly the price includes, what travel and overtime cost, how much deposit they want and when the rest is due, what happens if either of you cancels, who exactly turns up, what their plan B is, and who your contract is with — a business or a private person. Then ask the questions of their trade: a venue's curfew, a caterer's deadline for final numbers, a photographer's delivery time, a band's breaks.
Ask in writing and keep the answers. A quote that says what it leaves out is worth more than a cheaper one that doesn't.
Where it matters, ask about liability insurance too: some venues require it from the band, the DJ or the photo booth.
There is no standard deposit. Many suppliers ask for somewhere between 20 and 50 per cent when you book, and the rest shortly before or on the day. Knowing every date matters more than the percentage. Ask:
Don't count on a cooling-off period. The EU's 14-day right to withdraw from a purchase made online or by phone has exceptions, and catering services for specific dates are one of them, as the EU's Your Europe portal explains. Read the cancellation terms as if they were the only ones you have.
On Eventadore, the one thing you pay us is a booking fee per supplier, already inside the price you see: held on your card when you reserve, charged only when the supplier says yes. The deposit and the rest go to the supplier directly. A deposit you paid them is between you and them under their own conditions, so the questions above still matter. Our guide to how paying works goes through each step.
Many wedding suppliers are one-person businesses, and some work weekends on the side as private individuals. Both can be excellent, but in the EU consumer protection rules apply when you buy from a trader, not from a private person, as the EU sets out in your rights when shopping.
So ask for the legal name, the full address, and whether they invoice as a business. With a private person, the written agreement is what protects you: make sure the date, hours, price, payment dates and cancellation terms are all in it.
Before you pay on Eventadore, the checkout names each supplier's legal name, town and country, and whether they offer as a business or as a private person.
The full list, with rooms, parking and step-free access, is in our guide to choosing a wedding venue.
Prices per person, styles of service and the venue's kitchen rule are in our wedding catering guide.
Styles, packages and what a full day costs are in our guide to choosing a wedding photographer.
Still choosing between the two? Our piece on a DJ or a live band weighs atmosphere, cost and space.
Timings worked back from the ceremony are in our guide to bridal hair and makeup.
How a celebrant-led ceremony works is in our guide to the symbolic wedding ceremony.
Lena and Jonas marry on a Saturday in June, with 80 guests. They want photos from the ceremony at 14:00 to the first dance at about 22:00: eight hours. Two quotes arrive.
B looks €650 cheaper. For the same eight hours, B costs €1,950 + 2 × €220 + €120 = €2,510: €90 less, nobody named yet, and twice the wait. Lena and Jonas ask B who would come and to see that person's full galleries, then decide on the work, not the headline.
When a search already shows the price for your day all in, travel included, the arithmetic is done for you. Who comes, how long you wait and what you may do with the photos are still yours to ask.
Be wary of a supplier who won't say who comes, has no written terms, won't name the business behind the work, or wants everything at once in cash without a receipt.
On Eventadore you can press Ask a question on any supplier's profile; phone numbers and links stay hidden until a booking is paid. Asking holds nothing: until you reserve, another couple can book them on your day. Once you add a supplier to your Planning, the price is locked and nobody renegotiates it. When you reserve, they only say whether they are free — within 72 hours if your day is more than two weeks away, 24 hours inside two weeks, 6 hours inside three days — and some accept at once. Reviews there come only from couples who booked and whose wedding has happened.
Two or three per trade is usually enough. Shortlist from their work and price first, then send each the same questions. More than that and the answers blur.
For the people who spend the whole day with you — photographer, DJ or band, host, officiant — a meeting or video call is worth it, because you need to like working with them. For the caterer there is the tasting; for the florist, recent work and a clear list are often enough.
The supplier's legal details, the date, place and hours, what is included, the price with every payment date, travel and overtime, cancellation terms for both sides, what happens if they cannot come, and for photographers and videographers what you may do with the pictures.
That depends on the contract, which is why you ask before you sign. A fair contract returns everything you paid them, and a good supplier helps you find a replacement. If you booked through us, the whole booking fee comes back when the supplier cancels.
Anyone who stays through dinner — usually the photographer, videographer, DJ or band and host — will expect a meal and a soft drink, and many contracts say so. Ask each of them, and give your caterer the number.
