I've planned many weddings... and I've been to a number of weddings that I have not planned... and one thing that always drives me crazy is when vendors use your big day as an opportunity to sell their services to your guests (or their potential future clients).
In my opinion, your wedding day should be all about you. Placing business cards on your guest's tables or putting up a sign with the company name and contact info is not only tacky, it's completely disrespectful to you as the client.
Liene Stevens, from Blue Orchid Designs in Arizona, made a post about this topic on her blog 'The Smart Planner' today. You can read that post here.
While this continues to be a controversial topic I feel very strongly about the fact that when a vendor is hired by a client to provide a service for their wedding the vendor's focus for the duration of the event should be to do the very best job they can for that client. If they do this, they are sure to get more inquiries from the couples' guests (who will surely be impressed with the quality of service they witness) than they would from cheap advertising.
Demand more of your vendors. In fact, add this to the list of questions you bring with you to your vendor interviews.
Happy Planning!
Sophie
Coverall Event Coordination
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