Saying No to a Vendor

No reason to feel bad! It’s all part of the industry that they’re in. depending on where you feel like you’re at with them you can either stop responding or send a nice email saying you’ve decided to go a different route and thanking them for their time. Personally I think the email is a better way to approach the situation but do whatever feels right to you.

I feel the extra say way abput firing out officiant. He was really nice, but one of my bridesmaids is a

View Quoted Comment Thank you! I just don’t want to have to have him question me after I say that haha

Opps accidentally relied without finishing what I was writing. One of my bridesmaids is a Jehovah's Witness and he was going to include a bunch of religious stuff in our wedding which we didn't want because my fiance doesn't believe in God and because of her religion she couldn't be in the wedding if he was officiating so we picked some else and I still need to fire him. We also had paid him anything. I am just going to try as nicely as possible explain why we can't go with him anymore.

I just had to do this with a bunch of photographers and it made me feel so bad!! I just told each of them that it was a tough decision but I decided to go with someone else. Then I thanked them for their time. So far all of them have replied wishing us well and thanking us for the honesty.

Good luck! One of the first people I turned down was super awkward. I ended up finding better deals and I looked deeper into their reviews and found some pretty bad things. I also thought their pictures were too amateur for the price. They got my phone number and texted me several times and they also found me on Facebook (idk how) and messaged me. I was even more turned off from their business after this and turned them down. They asked why I didn't pick them and told me they had shot multiple weddings at my venue before. It made me so uncomfortable.

It’s part of the business and if he is a true professional he will understand.. write a nice email stating you are choosing another designer but appreciate his time and hope him well. Good luck!

I sent an email thanking them for their time and let them know that we would be moving forward with another vendor. It was so hard!!! However, I figured they were more use to it than I was... :/

Simply don’t reach out to the vendor. If the vendor contacts you again, simply say “it was a pleasure meeting you, but we aren’t a good fit.”

Simply say we found someone that was a better fit for us. Thank you anyhow.

I had to fire our original photographer. When we were booking with him, I had similar feelings you're describing and I pushed them aside and booked with him anyway because I felt bad saying I didn't want to book with him (stupid lol). Well it ended up being just as bad as I thought and I had to fire him which was worse than just telling him he wasn't the right fit to begin with. Moral of the story, you have no reason to feel bad and you should definitely just tell him you are going to be looking into other options.

Not at all. You won't be the first or last to tell them no. Just let him know that you found someone that will be a better match for you and will be going with them but thank him for everything he did for you.