What should I expect from a floral quote?

Do you have anything in writing that states what exactly you are getting? If not, I would ask for an individual breakdown from your florist and save a copy. My florist gave us an overall quote, but we had filled out a form together with the details of what we are getting.

Why not just call to see how they came to that number. The only thing they can say is no, then just take your business elsewhere. Eta spelling

No... that's not the norm. Of the two florists I most considered, one of them included a breakdown of how much each item would cost to arrive at the total; the other also included specific stem counts of what florals would be used for each bouquet and arrangement. Nothing but a total price seems odd.

My florist gave me a written proposal detailing each bouquet, centerpiece, etc that stated what exact flowers would be in them, the number and price. Once we agreed on that, we signed a contract. I would make sure you get exactly what you're getting in writing.

I received two quotes from florists and it gave a breakdown of everything we talked about (e.g. Ceremony arch, centerpieces, bouquets, etc.) then they listed the cost per item multiplied by the number I estimated needing to give a total of each line item, then a total, tax, and set up fee, grand total. This is better because when you submit final numbers you'll know exactly how much your quote will change.

Maybe they have like a minimum and a lower range of flowers in the same price? Idk that's not normal, someone only having 2 bouquets shouldn't be paying the same as someone with 10... I'd ask for an itemized lost

Nope. Not normal at all. My florist gave a very detailed breakdown from specific type of flower in the bouquets, centerpieces, etc. to the number of centerpieces, bouquets needed.

Get an itemized breakdown of the flower types, # of bouquets (count of flowers in each one, e.g. 12 for Bride, 6 for BMs), # of bouts, # corsages, # of bouquets/centerpieces as well as price.

Keep this with you and bring with on wedding day. Our flowers were delivered and we were missing 4 corsages. I was able to show the floral person the breakdown of our quote and they went back and quickly made and brought us the corsages.

Our florist had a very detailed break down of what flowers, color and containers we wanted along with what color the hand tied ribbon should be around the bouquets. It had a break down of all of the bouts and what color for FH/ Groomsmen/ Dads and a breakdown of the delivery fee.

No, it should be itemized. And get anything that is important to you in writing before you sign or pay anything...like floral type, color, etc. Even if it's a package deal, you should receive some sort of itemized contract of exactly what the package includes.

No. It should be itemized and very specific about what you are getting and price break downs. I would call them and ask for a more itemized copy.

Ask them for a breakdown. All the quotes we've gotten were itemized.

Definitly ask for a breakdown and see what's included. So far I've only called one florist and they told me exactly how much each item was and then gave me an estimated total based on what i told her i wanted

So, I emailed them on February 8 to request a more detailed quote. I didn't expect a response last week because of Valentine's Day. As of today, I had not received a response to my email, so I called during my lunch break to make sure they received the email.

The woman I spoke with (the floral manager) wanted to know why I wanted the breakdown, and if I am price shopping. No, I'm not price shopping. I just want to make sure that I'm being quoted for the items we discussed. Not to mention that I'm not going to be the person picking up the flowers on the afternoon of my wedding, so I want to be sure that whomever DOES go, knows that I'm supposed to be getting X of this, Y of that, and they are supposed to feature orange tulips, yellow roses, no centerpieces at all, etc. I don't want to send someone and have them pick up white roses and yellow lilies because they didn't know any better.

She's going to try to get it to me tomorrow, but they've been SO busy with Valentine's Day, that she and her assistant manager both had to take two days off work this week to recover, and they each worked more than 60 hours last week. Which I kept trying to tell her that I understood, and I appreciate that... But I hadn't even received a "We received your message, and will get back to you by February XX. Thank you for your patience." For all I knew, my email was lost in the wild.

She made me feel like I was being completely unreasonable with asking for a detailed quote... "Well, we go through the order list when the items are picked up and everything is labeled and we check it off to make sure you get what you ordered." Yes.... but if the person I send to get the flowers wasn't in the meeting, and I don't have a detailed quote so they know what they are supposed to get, how will they know that the stuff you have on your list is accurate?

I am out of state next week for business, but I'm going to be looking more seriously at finding another florist! I don't think what I'm asking for is unreasonable! And it's not like I called them on February 15 demanding an update! I called to confirm that they received my email....