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Lynnie
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Which came first? Food or Florist?

Lynnie, on November 12, 2019 at 12:21 PM

Posted in Planning 101

If you're not careful, food and flowers can eat up your entire wedding budget!! 💸 Which "budget buster" did you tackle first? Is food already covered by your venue, leaving you time to focus on your florals? 💐 Or are you more concerned with the menu than the mood and decor? 🍽️ Which came first for...

If you're not careful, food and flowers can eat up your entire wedding budget!! 💸 Which "budget buster" did you tackle first? Is food already covered by your venue, leaving you time to focus on your florals? 💐 Or are you more concerned with the menu than the mood and decor? 🍽️

Which came first for you? (Or which will you tackle first?) Booking your caterer or your florist?


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101 Comments

  • A
    Devoted July 2020
    Ali ·
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    Being that I'm doing the flowers (okay I *did* the flowers, food was next. We are having sandwich fixings and fruit and veg trays
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  • Lauren
    VIP February 2020
    Lauren ·
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    We booked the florist first, although, we knew we'd go with a distant family member's catering business all along.

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  • A
    Savvy October 2021
    Ashley ·
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    Florals, I still haven't officially booked my caterer yet
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  • Jill
    Expert April 2020
    Jill ·
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    Food. We are doing our own flowers

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  • Brianna
    Devoted April 2025
    Brianna ·
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    I venue comes with food with the payment so technically that was first
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  • Soni
    Dedicated February 2020
    Soni ·
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    Food is covered by our venue so we didn't have to worry about that.

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  • Crystal
    Devoted September 2021
    Crystal ·
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    Well we set a budget but we did decide on the florist first
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  • Erin
    Expert May 2020
    Erin ·
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    We are working on our caterer right now, but we knew what kind of food we wanted to serve before we booked our photographer!

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  • Arkilia
    Super November 2021
    Arkilia ·
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    Definitely food came first, still haven't nailed down a florist
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  • Tayla
    Dedicated March 2020
    Tayla ·
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    Food! I’m doing my own flowers so that’s on the bottom of the list lol
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  • Cher Horowitz
    Master December 2019
    Cher Horowitz ·
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    Both kinda got taken care of at the same time Smiley laugh

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  • Ashley
    Super November 2020
    Ashley ·
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    Flowers came first for me, just because it's taking us some time to schedule a tasting date so we can try the food before we lock in.

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  • Tamera
    Expert May 2020
    Tamera ·
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    Caterer first. It was super important for me to get that booked early so we wouldn't have to worry about it, but it had to be good food. Haven't booked florist yet, but planning to do bouquets, etc. myself so I am planning on ordering bulk flowers.

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  • Diana
    VIP December 2019
    Diana ·
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    Food!! We knew exactly how much flowers were going to cost. But the food was a very different story!! It only took 5 catering companies to give us exactly what we wanted!!
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  • Hannah
    Beginner October 2020
    Hannah ·
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    Our venue lets us choose our vendors at no additional cost or fee. Food is definitely first in my opinion. We are both foodies so we want to food to be a good experience. It will take up a lot of our budget but we are okay with that. As much as I love flowers they come second.


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  • Kaitlyn
    Savvy October 2021
    Kaitlyn ·
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    Food and bar! Flowers will be done the night before with grocery store flowers
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  • Jasmine
    Master August 2021
    Jasmine ·
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    We haven't hired either yet but it just might end up being food that comes first.

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  • Amanda
    Master December 2020
    Amanda ·
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    Food 100%, I' doing the florals but still food definately
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  • Erika
    Savvy August 2021
    Erika ·
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    Definitely food first! We are currently deciding between two caterers. The food was always one of our top priorities.
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  • Laura
    Master October 2019
    Laura ·
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    I got the flowers first, but didn't hire a florist. I ordered silk flowers on Amazon on Prime Day

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