Wedding Agency: Promises vs. Reality

You are not alone! Nine­ty per­cent of cou­ples at the X‑day plan­ning stage are puz­zled by the ques­tion: is it worth con­tact­ing a wed­ding agency? After all, you real­ly want an unusu­al hol­i­day, warm mem­o­ries and the delight of friends and girl­friends. Let’s try to fig­ure out how experts help, and isn’t it time to mas­ter the skills orga­niz­ing your own wed­ding.

Services of a wedding agency or a few words about “how good it is with them and bad without them”

Get ready for the fact that when you meet with rep­re­sen­ta­tives of the wed­ding agency, you will be bom­bard­ed with a stream of infor­ma­tion about how incred­i­bly dif­fi­cult it is to pre­pare for the hol­i­day, take into account all the nuances, wreck force majeure and find con­trac­tors. Keep a sober mind! Yes, and they will imme­di­ate­ly reas­sure you, inform­ing you about the ben­e­fits and priv­i­leges of coop­er­a­tion with spe­cial­ists whose expe­ri­ence in orga­niz­ing wed­dings will pro­vide you with com­plete peace of mind.

So, wed­ding agen­cies:

• com­plete­ly take over the orga­ni­za­tion of the hol­i­day, while the bride and groom enjoy the antic­i­pa­tion of the long-await­ed event;
• work only with trust­ed con­trac­tors and spe­cial­ists;
• solve all prob­lems at the prepa­ra­tion stage;
• guar­an­tee the absence “jambs” at a wed­ding;
• knock out amaz­ing dis­counts for you;
• nev­er go beyond the agreed bud­get. Nev­er!

The cost of such a ser­vice will cost a sym­bol­ic 10–15% of the total wed­ding costs. It sounds good if you imag­ine that you don’t have to fuss and wor­ry, but only arrive on the wed­ding day at the appoint­ed place and enjoy the fin­ished result. But you are already old enough to naive­ly believe fairy tales?

How wedding agencies work: “kitchen inside”

Organizing everyone and everything

As a rule, prepa­ra­tion for the wed­ding begins with the choice of wed­ding spe­cial­ists and the venue for the ban­quet. Did you know that a wed­ding cel­e­bra­tion can be held in a cozy, fam­i­ly restau­rant, and on the roof of a high-rise, and in art space. No fur­ni­ture – it can be rent­ed, no kitchen – cater­ing at your ser­vice. But not all wed­ding agen­cies are inter­est­ed in orig­i­nal loca­tions. First, it sim­ply com­pli­cates their work. It is much eas­i­er to take you to one of the pop­u­lar restau­rants in the city, to offer a menu that has been test­ed on dozens of oth­er cou­ples. Sec­ond­ly, each agency has 5–6 insti­tu­tions with which they coop­er­ate, and not beyond “Thanks”. There­fore, it is not finan­cial­ly prof­itable for them to look for alter­na­tive places. And if you and your fiancé hint at a cheap­er restau­rant, you will imme­di­ate­ly be told hor­ror sto­ries about dirty table­cloths, taste­less dish­es and clum­sy wait­ers. We are ready to argue: in small estab­lish­ments there are not only pleas­ant prices, but also a rev­er­ent atti­tude and sin­cere smiles.

What about con­trac­tors? When choos­ing a team of wed­ding spe­cial­ists, remem­ber: you should be com­fort­able with these peo­ple. Whether it’s a pho­tog­ra­ph­er or a styl­ist, emo­tion­al con­tact and mutu­al under­stand­ing are very impor­tant. Work with some­one you see for the first time in your life, and even on such an excit­ing day as a wed­ding – idea is not the best. Con­clu­sion: even if the agency offers its own spe­cial­ists, you does not mat­ter it is worth care­ful­ly study­ing each port­fo­lio and per­son­al­ly meet­ing with can­di­dates. Con­sid­er the nuance that wed­ding agen­cies sin by chang­ing wed­ding spe­cial­ists with­out noti­fy­ing the new­ly­weds. After all, their main goal – pro­vide you with con­trac­tors.

If you have the patience to google real reviews of brides about wed­ding agen­cies, you will know that there is no com­ing rain, no rel­a­tives with spe­cial needs, no clear to the time day, no one will take care of the com­pli­ance of the real pic­ture with the declared esti­mate, except for your­self. And if your orga­niz­er takes up the solu­tion of such prob­lems, then after repeat­ed reminders.

Tale of trusted contractors

To begin with, answer the ques­tion: on what basis do you choose wed­ding spe­cial­ists, say, a pho­tog­ra­ph­er? Most like­ly, the main selec­tion cri­te­ri­on will be the qual­i­ty of work and the cost of ser­vices. That is, the ordi­nary desire to get beau­ti­ful pho­tos at a rea­son­able price. It’s just hard to find an agency that puts your desires above their own goals. They can­not pro­vide every­one with good pho­tog­ra­phers at a “sweet” price! There­fore, the fol­low­ing sit­u­a­tion may arise: you will be shown the work of the best pro, and the spe­cial­ist who will be free will come to order. And believe me, they will not hes­i­tate to charge you exor­bi­tant prices for the work of an ama­teur.

Everything will go like “by oil”

The per­fect wed­dings “A” to “I” every­thing goes accord­ing to the planned sce­nario, a rar­i­ty. But you don’t need to get upset! Anoth­er thing is that wed­ding agen­cies are very fond of bran­dish­ing a plan tim­ing under their noses, declar­ing that their pro­gram is flaw­less, like an expen­sive Swiss watch.

In fact, we have seen sit­u­a­tions more than once when the orga­niz­ers frankly “spit on the ceil­ing, ”while the par­ents of the new­ly­weds are court­ing the guests, explain­ing what’s what. As a result, there are hes­i­ta­tions and a fail­ure accord­ing to the script. It’s good if an expe­ri­enced sen­si­ble host turns out to be at the wed­ding, who will not allow seri­ous “uncom­fort­able” paus­es in the pro­gram. Oth­er­wise, who is to blame? Agen­cies that have more than promised, or gullible bride and groom who believe in yet anoth­er myth of con­sci­en­tious work?

Mythical budget framework or how wedding agencies earn

The real­i­ty is that the more ser­vices you order, the more they will earn. Do not for­get about the per­cent­age of con­trac­tors, in oth­er words, kick­backs. There­fore, most like­ly, those ser­vices in which you do not need or for which you did not ini­tial­ly count­ed. As a result, you will over­pay anoth­er 15–20% of the bud­get.

So, alas, most wed­ding agen­cies are pure busi­ness. The scheme is as old as the world: we find the con­trac­tor cheap­er, and sell to the client at a high­er price. The dif­fer­ence is net income.

Wedding agencies of the new generation

Despite the fact that our guide­line is the inde­pen­dent orga­ni­za­tion of wed­dings with­out the help of agen­cies, we can­not remain silent about the fact that com­pa­nies that are close to the Euro­pean ide­al are grad­u­al­ly appear­ing in Ukraine. There are still very few of them, but this trend is undoubt­ed­ly pleas­ing! Enthu­si­ast wed­ding agen­cies and cre­ative of peo­ple. They love what they do and fight for the pleas­ant emo­tions of their cus­tomers. And you can rec­og­nize them by the fol­low­ing signs:

- fixed cost of ser­vices, with­out any “kick­backs” and addi­tion­al inter­est;

- self-imple­ment­ed projects that break the gen­er­al­ly accept­ed pat­terns and stereo­types;

- lim­it­ed num­ber of orga­nized wed­dings per year. As a rule, 10–15.

These agen­cies employ a small num­ber of peo­ple, each of whom is a true pro­fes­sion­al. In most cas­es, only one order cor­re­sponds to one date. This allows for large-scale prepa­ra­tion and 100% ful­fill­ment of the hol­i­day.

How many such com­pa­nies will appear in the future and whether they will be able to main­tain their rep­u­ta­tion, time will tell. Our task – warn you about some­thing else: be care­ful not to fall into the hands of unpro­fes­sion­al and unscrupu­lous orga­niz­ers who promise “gold­en moun­tains.

Do you want the wedding of your dreams? Do it yourself!

And now about us. wed­ding por­tal Chan­fash­ion pro­vides the same ser­vice as wed­ding agen­cies, only free and much bet­ter! :) We have every­thing so that you can inde­pen­dent­ly orga­nize the hol­i­day you dreamed of, and at the same time save 35% of the wed­ding bud­get. Cool, isn’t it?! Read more about it in our arti­cle Explore Your Oppor­tu­ni­ties on Chan­fash­ion.

We will only briefly talk about three points that def­i­nite­ly deserve atten­tion.

Convenient access to the best specialists in your city and throughout Ukraine

Use our Cat­a­log, cre­ate your Wed­ding Ten­ders and don’t for­get about the Dis­counts sec­tion! This will help you col­lect on favor­able terms mega a cool team of like-mind­ed and cre­ative peo­ple. Col­lab­o­rate only with those who are pleas­ant to you as a per­son and impres­sive as a pro­fes­sion­al. After all, as we already wrote, your team – this is the foun­da­tion of a chic hol­i­day. You may have unique ideas on how to dec­o­rate a ban­quet hall and in what way to appear in front of your loved one on the day cre­ation your fam­i­ly. But ideas will remain dreams if you don’t find spe­cial­ists eager to real­ize your plans.

Step by step instructions for the bride

What con­fus­es every girl in the sta­tus of a bride? Of course, my own inex­pe­ri­ence. Wed­ding agen­cies are also spec­u­lat­ing on this, con­vinc­ing every­one around that only knowl­edge in the mat­ter of pre-wed­ding prepa­ra­tion is a guar­an­tee of a great result. Alleged­ly, there is no knowl­edge and expe­ri­ence — do not take it. But Chan­fash­ion has both knowl­edge and expe­ri­ence. We share it with you in a ratio­nal, acces­si­ble and beau­ti­ful way. Our Bridal Plan­ner is a mod­ern, advanced alter­na­tive to the tra­di­tion­al bridal diary. Now you know what to do.

In your pro­file, you will find cool tools that will help you not for­get any­thing and plan every­thing in a time­ly man­ner:

Bride’s to-do list (step-by-step prepa­ra­tion instruc­tions)

Wed­ding bud­get (con­ve­nient cal­cu­la­tion of upcom­ing expens­es)

Guest List

Detailed wed­ding day plan

Useful articles

Com­pre­hen­sive infor­ma­tion on how to make a bright, indi­vid­ual and mem­o­rable wed­ding! A sea of ​​inspir­ing pho­tos that will fill you with ener­gy and great mood. And, of course, tips on how to choose the style of the hol­i­day, make an orig­i­nal decor, cre­ate an impec­ca­ble image and much, much more.

Believe in your­self, hear the wish­es of your beloved man and make the hol­i­day that you have long dreamed of. And you don’t need any agency. And the mon­ey saved will be dou­bly pleas­ant to spend on post-wed­ding shop­ping or on your hon­ey­moon!