Heart FM wedding fayre

Wedding fayres are a great way of meeting suppliers face to face and getting loads of ideas for your wedding in Essex. Live Essex wedding duo, Unforgettable played live last weekend at the Heart FM wedding fayre in Brentwood. Working closely with some of my favourite suppliers, Vicarage Marquees, MD Entertainments and Fuud ltd.

Wonderful wedding suppliers in Essex who are a joy to work with and with whom I have personally worked with on many occasions. As a wedding planner in Essex, its so important that you trust all of your suppliers and know that the job will get done perfectly everytime. Those types of suppliers are invaluable.

Vicarage Marquees

Vicarage Marquees

Unforgettable

Vicarage Marquees

Wedding fayres

The Autumn wedding fayre season is upon us and now is the time to start looking at venues, if you haven't already chosen your venue and time to meet suppliers. Whilst the internet is great to do your research there is nothing better than meeting suppliers face to face and chatting to them. people always buy from people and I think its essential for a bride of groom to meet in person their suppliers.

There are lots of comapnies now that organise fayres, in fact if you search wedding fayres Essex for instance, hundreds will come up. Have a look at the background of the company that are organising it, see if you can see the calibre of suppliers that are exhibiting and plan your schedule. The best wedding fayres in Essex are the ones that are organised by the venue, as they will ask their recommended suppliers to exhibit so you know that the suppliers there have worked at the venue before. Better than that find the venues where the suppliers haven't paid to exhibit and are being invited because of their work.

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Top Tip - Recommended Suppliers

Today's top tip is about recommended suppliers. When you have decided on your venue more often than not they will give you a brochure or leaflet with all of their recommended suppliers on. Just be warned that some of these suppliers may have paid to be on that list or in that brochure and the venue might not really know their work at all.
If you are using the venue's coordinator and not hiring an Essex wedding planner, then ask them about the one's that you are interested in. Find out about how they work, the quality and if they are professional and nice to workwith.  If you are hiring a wedding planner in London then that's a job that they can do for you. Making sure their work really is recommended by the venue.

Snow. What impact can the weather have on your wedding?

On Saturday, I had my music hat on as the Essex wedding band that I manage, One Foot in the Groove headed up to Milton Hill House in Abingdon, Oxfordshire for the wedding of Colin and Emma. We knew that snow was on the way, but obviously that wasn't going to stop us making the gig, and everyone did, and on time. The journey home wasn't great but we all made it back safely, thank goodness.

What happens if it snows on your wedding day? Whilst its very romantic, it can cause problems. If you are planning a winter wedding book local suppliers. For example don't book a photographer that lives 80 miles away. In the run up to the day when you know that snow is expected, make sure all of your guests have one contact number of a reliable guest, so that they can keep in touch should the weather hold them up. Ask your church or registra if they have any weddings scheduled after you, that way if things run a little late it won't be a problem, they will be able to wait for any late arrivals before the ceremony starts.

If it does snow prior to the big day, just double check with suppliers that everything is OK. If you've booked professionals they will be well prepared for bad weather. Its worth having a back up music source, should your band or DJ have a problem getting to you. Get an ipod with plenty of music, make sure it also has your first dance. The problem with DJ's/bands, is that they will often be arriving later in the day when the weather may have deteriated and the band could be arriving in a number of vehicles. I know of a band who couldn't get to a wedding because the snow was so bad. The couple had no music at all on their wedding day.

You can't of course cancel your wedding if the weather takes a turn for the worse but when planning a winter wedding there are a few things you can do to make it less stressful.  I always say to brides you can make the perfect wedding plans, but you can't plan what the weather might do. Just be prepared for it.