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A definite must have at your wedding. Ben gets the shots that you didn't even see possible. His photo journalism style ranks high along with his attention to detail...we could not have asked for a better photographer for our wedding day. He was so flexible and was able to make a beautiful picture from a often unorganized situation (familes are terrible for pictures, warning, so have someone take reign of them!)...We are looking through the pictures this weekend, and there are so many awesome shots that we can't even decide on the one we want to use for our signature portrait...thanks Ben!
It is like a department store for bridal gowns...there's a lot of people, and not individualized help. The woman who is helping you is often helping two other brides in addition to yourself. Make sure you bring some help, mother, bridesmaid, because they will be the ones helping you get into and out of the dress, buttoning you up and giving their opinion. Go during the work week if you want to get significant one-to-one attention--otherwise Saturday and Sunday are mad-houses. Bridesmaid dresses are very reasonable in prices, and many are, surprisingly, less than marked...just beware, many are also discounted but still on the rack as available, until you decide you want them and then your maids have to high-tail it to their closest DB so that they can get the dress!
A plus to DB, MW Tux matches their colors exactly since they work together...the bridal party looks soo very coordinated and perfect! We were happy with that too...
A third plus, DB and MW Tux are all over the U.S....our party lived in NC, NJ, PA, OH, NV, NY...was perfection for us all!
Fourth, I loved my dress!!! It was beautiful-- DB's alterations are reasonable with everything except the hem...I got a petite dress, and got the bra and bustle done-- it would have only be about $65 for those two services, but then I had to get the hem taken up not even a half inch, and that brought the bill to $200...
Taylor is absolutely fabulous. He was consistently available if we had questions, patient, and very dedicated to his clients. He kept our dance floor full all night (4 hours), and everyone from 2-100 y/o had an awesome time. He is definitely a quality and fun DJ, with an awesome personality and effective and efficient attention to detail. Taylor is a must for any successful and fun wedding!
Review Date: 11/23/2008 Services Used: Ceremony Music
4.2 out of 5.0
Quality of Service:
(5.0/5.0)
Responsiveness:
(5.0/5.0)
Professionalism:
(5.0/5.0)
Value For Cost:
(3.0/5.0)
Flexibility:
(3.0/5.0)
Musician's Booking Agency was definitely a quality service, with high professionalism, and responsive to most questions (if it is a month or less before your wedding)...We did not have much contact with the agency prior to the month before, and found it hard to get questions answered. Kitty, the music compiler, etc, was great and very, very responsive. SHe was super friendly and easy to talk to about what you would like to have played and she had numerous suggestions. The cost was high, we thought for one hour ($350 for a violinist and cellist), and there were a stream of requirements, such as heaters, water, specific chairs that they needed to have, etc. They also had trouble accessing modern music to be played on strings (for instance, we requested In My Life, by The BEatles). All in all, the musicians were fantastic and very good...they dressed phenomenally, as they played too. My only gripe, like I said, would be the price and the flexibility-- but that had nothing to do with the musicians...they were great, and highly recommended. Weighing those items against the rest, I would say it was definitely a good choice to have them there, and they made our ceremony very memorable and beautiful.
We were so very lucky to find Invitations of Elegance. Tina, owner, was so helpful, very personable, and went out of her way to help us. Located in PA, it was like she was a next-door neighbor! When I had a question or problem, she was right one it. She created our table numbers at first, and then the design she created was so great, we had her print our programs, and them make our welcome bags, and they all matched in design-- it was awesome...If I would have found Invitations of Elegance before we picked out invitations out, I would definitely recommend them. Tina's prices, professionalism, and flexibility give her a shining reputation, which we will definitely recommend to everyone we know...she even helped me out when I was short a wedding table number 2 weeks before the wedding, went out of her way to create it and ship it, and didn't even want me to pay her. A very big asset to Wedding Wire and the whole wedding industry a must have at your event...everyone will notice the detail that she puts her heart and soul into!!! Thanks Tina!!!! Invitations of Elegance responded with the the following comments: Thank you so much for your kind words! I really appriciate you writing a review for my services. It was a great pleasure to work with you! Hope all is well and that you are enjoying married life!
We had chosen this officiant because we wanted to have a Christian service--we were very disappointed in his "services."
1.) He was very inflexible. We live 45 minutes away, and had to meet at his house two times prior for services we did not require (i.e., counseling)...he mentioned the first time we could meet half-way, some place convenient for both us all. The offer did not stand when we had to make our second appointment for unnecessary counseling. And he was only able to render these services on Tuesday and Thursday nights, in slots of either 6 pm or 7 pm...(no weekends, and since we lived so far away and worked 30 minutes in the opposite direction from our house, it literally took us an hour and a half to get to Clayton in the dark, both times!)
2.) He asked us what we wanted him to wear, a choice of 3 ensembles--he showed up in the wrong one, and was aware of this when he asked if it would be OK to me...at that point the wedding was in 20 minutes, what was I supposed to say?
3.) He repetitively asked us the same questions about the rehearsal etc., for which we had told him from the get-go we wouldn't need his services for. It was an additional $75 for him to come the night before-- we didn't have the cash to just throw to him).
4.) Our biggest gripe, his service and professionalism. We were paying him a hefty sum to marry us in, at tops, a 30 minute ceremony...His price was $278.50 for his services. Mind the word "services"-- we were paying him, and therefore, he wasn't in charge of a church or donating his time and facility to marry us, nor was he going to let us get away without paying every dime (i.e., he had told me the deposit was $100 and then the balance was due right before the wedding--I had written for clarificiation to insure it was the other half $178.50, and he said no, you for got an extra $3.50 for him to send the license in after the wedding)...anyway, with keeping that he was providing one of many wedding services we were paying for that day (and is a significant chunk of money when it is all added together), he actually asked if he was invited to the reception that followed. We were paying for his "services" (a point he specified time and again), and we did not really know him at all on a personal level--we hired him to do a job, to marry us, and he made sure through the process, until this point, that we knew it was a service, and we had to abide by his terms...he proceeded to e-mail us a week before the wedding asking us if he AND his wife were invited to the reception dinner that followed...my husband and I did not even think of this, since we were paying for his "services"...so, why would we send him an invitation (which is why he asked for one from the get-go--we never sent it to him because, I felt, it was not proper if we were not inviting him to the reception). Ours was an expensive sit down dinner, for which we invited close friends and family, and for which we were paying for ourselves). We did not invite him to the reception because we could not afford someone who didn't even know us, and we were paying already for his "service"...for which he was nickle and diming us. We told him in response to his e-mail for an invitation that we wouldn't be needing his "services" following the ceremony-- and we never heard a response from him thereafter. We hoped, at that point, that he would just honor his contract and show up to marry us on our wedding day.
Anyway, the day of the wedding, he uttered maybe five words to me, nothing to my husband who sat with him silently and nervously for 10 minutes before the service began, and then he begrudgingly (according to my guests, and following the service) he directed them to where the cocktail hour was to be held (he had told us part of his job was the direct our guests to where they should go following the ceremony; this was his volunteering, when he thought he was going to be invited to the reception).
5.) The ceremony was so fast we were lucky if it last more than 17 minutes...everyone couldn't believe how fast he ran through everything, and it was embarassing and unprofessional, esp. for the amount of money and time and effort we had to use when abiding to his rules. We were paying him on our wedding day, and he selfishly took offense to something that he was providing as a service. Basically, he wanted his cake and to eat it too. It was his way, and if he didn't get his way, he was very ineffective and highly childish.
6.) He made a request at our first meeting, which was he wanted a picture with the bride and groom (us) for his photos...he made sure he wasn't there to get one, since he wasn't getting what he wanted. I thought it was odd to tell us to make sure he had a photo with us, since it was our photographer.
All in all, we made a hasty mistake in having him as a minister. It was unfortunate that he cannot seem to separate business and pleasure in favor of his clients, but then he expects his clients to separate business and pleasure for his sake. If he had given a little and not have been so demanding and had followed through with some of our expectations, then it would have been a more symbiotic exchange for both parties involved.
We had the most awesome time with the limo, and the driver was so flexible, PATIENT, and just a great guy who totally understood the dynamics of weddings...i.e., expect the unexpected..we had a change in the picture itineraries, a change in schedules of starting, etc. And he was so very prompt and curtious, and just an awesome guy. From the set-up process to scheduling (with Brad), everything went smoothly and the company went out of their way to make us happy...highly recommended for weddings and every and any other function you might need to have transportation for...We had rented the limo from 3-7pm...they were there at 3, and we didn't get down to the limo until 3:45-- they waited and were there without so much of a word....Thanks so much!!! You guys are great :-)
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