•What’s your wedding style? What’s your budget?
It’s most helpful to know what you envision for your big day before consulting with vendors. With a general idea of what your priorities are, vendors can more quickly determine what you’re looking for and what budget range you’ll be working in.
•Having out of town guests?
Assign a bridesmaid and/or groomsman to be your ambassador to the guests coming in from out of town. Baskets of goodies are nice but can become expensive - consider instead a small plate of homemade goodies whipped up by one of your crafty bridesmaids who enjoys baking. Place it in the room your guests will be staying along with a card stating your ambassador's contact information. Tell them the 'ambassador' would love to assist them in getting their bearings while in town - where the nearest conveniences are such as the local coffee shop, diner, drug store, etc. Also include a local map showing their lodging location and directions to any destinations they'll need to get to while in town.
•Is your postage correct?
A popular invitation size is square; unfortunately the postal meters have a hard time reading these because they don't know which end is up! These size invitations require additional postage - take a COMPLETED invitation to your local post office and ask them to weigh it and determine the appropriate postage.
•GET A NAME!
Not just in wedding planning, but whenever you're speaking with a vendor or company representative, GET THE NAME of the person you spoke to. If there's a problem in the future, having the name of the person you originally spoke to carries alot of weight in resolving the problem. Not that the person will 'be in trouble', but that you legitimately have previously tried to solve the issue