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Lynnie
WeddingWire Administrator October 2016

Vendor Recommendations: Modern or Traditional?

Lynnie, on April 23, 2019 at 11:05 AM

Posted in Planning 102

How did you find your wedding vendors? The internet has obviously revolutionized the vendor search process, expanding your knowledge past word of mouth recommendations from friends and family to an online world of real weddings, price comparisons, and newlywed reviews! Today, nearly 80% of...

How did you find your wedding vendors? The internet has obviously revolutionized the vendor search process, expanding your knowledge past word of mouth recommendations from friends and family to an online world of real weddings, price comparisons, and newlywed reviews! Smiley star

Today, nearly 80% of couples consider reviews very important in deciding whether or not to hire a vendor. Did you find your wedding vendors through traditional word of mouth recommendations, or did you do your own searches online?


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102 Comments

  • Heather
    Dedicated July 2020
    Heather ·
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    Both! I use wedding wire of course and reviews are very important! I’ve also asked around a lot, especially my friends who are in the wedding business, such as my future sister in law.
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  • Becca
    Super August 2019
    Becca ·
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    Modern. Technically I found my venue tho through word of mouth (my boss recommended it since her daughter will be getting married there a few months after me), but we did a lot of research on it after she recommended it and looked at reviews
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  • K
    Expert February 2020
    Kristina ·
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    Modern, we have done everything pretty much online searches, however some of the vendors we looked at we did find at wedding shows.

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  • Mandi
    Master October 2020
    Mandi ·
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    Traditionally modern.
    I didnt use any sort of site to find my vendors.
    But I did choose many of them due to seeing photos on their social media pages.
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  • Ana
    Dedicated October 2019
    Ana ·
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    A bit of both! Found our venue and makeup artist through word of mouth but so far everything else online and reading reviews on weddingwire, the knot, and google reviews.

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  • Adara
    Devoted October 2019
    Adara ·
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    I guess both. Some were via internet, some were from bridal shows we attended and some were from just seeing local businesses in out area. I tried word of mouth but was not impressed.

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  • Katie
    Dedicated April 2021
    Katie ·
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    About 50/50. My venue was online. Others vendors Im going to investigate based on word of mouth
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  • Samantha
    Dedicated October 2022
    Samantha ·
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    Modern the internet is my best friend so are apps like this
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  • Hannah
    Dedicated June 2020
    Hannah ·
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    Online mostly!

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  • Natalia
    Expert October 2020
    Natalia ·
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    Modern. We saw one venue that was told to us, but that is where his mom and step-father got married. It was nice, but I much prefer the ones I reasearched by myself.

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  • G
    Dedicated July 2022
    Genevieve ·
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    WeddingWire and Google ALL THE WAY! 😂
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  • M
    Legend June 2019
    Melle ·
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    Both! My DJ photobooth person was both a recommendation and I happened across his ad at the same time
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  • Elizabeth
    Expert September 2019
    Elizabeth ·
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    Modern, we searched everything online and are planning everything online and via phone calls since we live in a different state.

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  • Stephanie
    Savvy September 2020
    Stephanie ·
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    Modern. I definitely found vendors through wedding websites, facebook, Google, etc.

    Our ceremony will be at my church, so I guess that's more traditional lol

    I did ask for input regarding our reception venue. I've heard of it, but never attended an event there, so I wasn't sure how the food was. The place itself did look really nice and the manager is nice Smiley smile

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  • Erin
    VIP September 2023
    Erin ·
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    No one I know in Colorado has gotten married, so I'm doing my vender searching online and going off of reviews.

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  • K
    Savvy October 2019
    Karen ·
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    My boss recommended it.
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  • Chelsie
    Devoted May 2020
    Chelsie ·
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    We used alot of vendors that other people used in the past.

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  • Jessica
    Expert February 2020
    Jessica ·
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    Modern. I did most of the searches on my own, I had a few recommendations I looked into as well though.

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  • Ashley
    Super November 2020
    Ashley ·
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    Both. Our venue has preferred vendors so we used their list.

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  • Anna
    VIP October 2020
    Anna ·
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    I’m not having many vendors. Friends/family are doing food and flowers. My hair person has been a friend since high school and I started going to her myself last summer. I guess the one that I really had to look for was photographer. I did use online searches but I also felt comfortable trusting her because I realized a few of my friends/acquaintances had used her for portraits.

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