Tasting Advice: How to have the most successful experience with your caterer

The tasting with your caterer and your baker might be the most enjoyable moments of wedding and event planning.  What’s not to love? You get to stuff your face with lots of yummy food and be the “Chopped” competition judge you’ve always dreamed of being!  However, it might be surprising to some of you that […]

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Negotiating – When It’s Appropriate and When It’s Offensive

In the service industry, particularly with events, we deal a lot with negotiating rates.  Some vendors I know refuse to negotiate, and I can’t blame them.  They know what they’re worth, and that’s what they charge.  Period.  I even know of one event planner who won’t negotiate on behalf of her clients with other vendors, […]

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