How often do you check in with your vendors?

I booked within the last year and just contacted them all to set up meeting prior to the wedding which is in 3 months. Nothing bad has happened here yet.

I haven't checked in with any but also stalk my photographer's FB page regularly

I emailed my DOC the other day and when I have questions about wedding stuff in general. I emailed her for the 12 month mark just giving her an update of where I was in planning.

I email the venue ALL THE TIME about planning aspects (what we can/can't do there), using a preferred vendor vs non preferred, etc. I contact them the most since they have the biggest impact on our day.

I text my florist once a month for an invoice to work on paying our balance.

I talked to my photographer at the time of our engagement shoot/when we got our photos back. Also when I though of a photo related question that j wanted his advice on.

I haven't talked to my DJ since we confirmed contract/payment.

It really depends on the vendor and WHY you need to contact them. It's not necessarily bad to check in, as long as it's not all the time.

If you have a contract, you shouldn't need to confirm. Maybe give them a call and just check-in.

I will likely reach out to all of mine a month or two before the wedding. Otherwise, I have a contract, I don't need to check in. The only ones I'm really planning on being in touch with before then are my caterer for a tasting and my officiant to plan the ceremony

I should of said contact..not confirm in my original post..i have a few questions..but nothing pressing..

I didn't really reach out to my vendors until last week, about 7 weeks out from the wedding. We're just now scheduling our last meetings and walk throughs. I think if you don't have super urgent questions, you don't need to contact her to confirm your date. You've got contracts so you should've good to go.

Once the contracts were figured out, I didn't check in unless we had specific questions or it came time to finalize details. DJ and florist we booked November/December, didn't check in with them again until two weeks ago to finalize details and send final payments. Our venue coordinator we've had more contact with as various questions arose or specific details had to get figured out. Feel free to contact if you have questions. All of mine were so awesome about getting back to me with answers.

I had this same question months ago because I went 4-6 months without talking to any of my vendors. Now that it's less then a month away I speaking with all of them. This weekend alone I have seen the DJ, photographer, contacted the caterer and I'm going to pay for the cake in a bit. My mom is dealing with the venue this week and we're seeing the officiant in two weeks. If you feel like you need to contact them, go for it. They should be available to ease your nerves and answer any small questions you may have.

I try to stay in regular contact with my couples, monthly or so but more frequent when it's a month or two out. I'm afraid anyone who would leave their website under construction and never update anything is a hobbyist and not a pro. How long has the site been down? I think you need to re establish contact, that's kindof a red flag, or it would be to me. I don't believe in texting for business related things, too flip, it's different for personal things. I would email, and if you don't hear back in a few days, go ahead and call.

I think it's ok to check in since you haven't spoken in a few months. Maybe ask if you'll need to send a shot list and if so, by when. Check in with something wedding related.

I'll probably check in about a month before. My DJ let me know we probably won't talk until around August. We booked her way back in August of last year. I did hear from her in October. My photographer we booked in October and we last heard from them in December after we did engagement pics. I shoot an email to my DOC/venue every once in awhile with questions. Bakery we met with in April. Florist I stop in every once in awhile with payment. So yeah, will contact them al again in August to make sure everything is good To go

I talk with my DOC FB messenger and I am friends with my DJ on FB so I see all the events he does and his great reviews. I have talked with my wedding cake baker a couple of times via email about my cake topper, and a couple other things.

I have not spoken with my caterer, MUAH person, or photog since I booked. We have contracts. I will have my MUAH trial in August as we agreed upon and I will touch base with all my vendors around the same time.

I do email the venue about once a month with a question. They are great about answering promptly too.

I haven't reached out to any of my vendors for a few months. I just fired my last planner and got my new planner who I LOVE anddd she is the one who is getting in contact with everyone just to introduce herself. Oh, the only vendor I reach out to is our graphic designer, but she messed up our STDs timeline, and now she is messing up our invite timeline. My planner told me lets just use someone else, no point in chasing her down. I get she's busy, but when I pay you and we sign a contract I expect your services. When we discussed our invites she gave me a few options and said she'll be out of town until the 30th, but as soon as she gets back she'll start working with me and guess what!?! I haven't heard from her. It's pretty much the same thing as with our STDs, she was going out of town and when she got back she would start working on them, except I paid her before she left and still didn't work on them until literally the week they were set to be done. I am soo glad we didn't do a proposal for our invites because I would have paid that and history would have probably repeated itself. It's a shame because she does AMAZING work.

When I did reach our to her I would just send her a friendly email... "Hi XYZ, I hope you are having a great week. I just want to see how the Save the Dates are coming along. Do you need any additional information from me? If so please let me know. Thank you and I look forward to hearing back from you! Warmly, me" Well, they would go somewhere along those lines. My venue contacts me via email to ask about tastings, but I'm just CCd with my planner, so I really don't say much. Just agree on a timeframe, now we actually have to pick a date! My MUA/HS vendor reached out to me I think in April asking if I needed anything and to start thinking about a trial, we came up with July, which reminds me I should get on that soon!

I haven't talked to my DJ since November! I have soo much work to do with music and I haven't started. We also need to get him to do a walk through with us for uplighting and we are going to do a little bit of drapping between the bar area/room and main room to dress it up, so he needs to see the space, so he can know exactly how many lights he'll be needing to achieve the ambiance we're going for and how much material for the draping.

Sigh. So much to do and soo little time! It's flying by and I feel so blah and not at all looking forward to making any wedding related decisions, but I think I am going to have to really soon.

I talk to my planner a couple times of week but he's in charge of coordinating all my vendors so I don't need to check in on them.

@FutureMrsChang That sucks about your invites. I'm a graphic designer too and all my design software is also installed on my traveling computer so even when I'm traveling I can do client work.