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New Engagement Congrats!

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

BIG congratulations to the couples who just got engaged! Here are your top to-do’s (after you call every person you know to spread the good news):

1. Hire your wedding planner - this should be you first step. An experienced wedding planner is a huge asset while you are looking at venues. Decor ideas, logistics and price crunching by an experienced professional will help you find the venue that best fits your style, budget and your vision. At Save the Date Events, we have visited or worked at over 200 venues in Colorado. We tour venues every month to keep the most current venue database for our clients.

2. Decide on the date or month of your wedding - If you are set on a particular date and it is a Saturday in May-September, you will have a more difficult time finding the perfect venue that isn’t already booked. If you have some flexibility with the date, you will have more options available to you.

3. Budget - If you will be working within a certain budget, determine the overall estimate before looking at venues.

4. Get your venue booked - Unfortunately, you aren’t the only couple looking for a wedding venue right now. Over 5000 couples who just got engaged last month will be looking at venues in Colorado in the next few months.

We would love the opportunity to meet with you, hear about your wedding ideas and see how we might be able to assist in creating your dream wedding day. Give us a call today!

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Give a Proper Wedding Toast

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

champagne-toast
5 steps to a successful wedding toast

1. Welcome guests, thank the bride and groom and their parents for the incredible wedding.

2. Tell a short, preferably funny, story such as how they met, how you know them, their engagement story or a funny childhood story about either the bride or groom.

3. Include an inspirational quote about love or marriage

4. Ask guests to raise their glasses for the actual toast. Surprisingly, this often is forgotten.

5. Remember that this is not the moment to mention previous girlfriends/boyfriends of the bride or groom.

Debbie Orwat,
Denver Wedding Planner

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Real Reasons to Hire an Experienced Wedding Consultant

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Finding the perfect venue - Experienced coordinators have worked at MANY venues. We can tell you what will fit your budget, guest count and your style. Instead of spending 20 hours searching for and visiting countless venues, we can talk to you for 15 minutes then give you the top ten venues in Colorado that will work best for you. We can also schedule and tour venues with you. When we tour venues with clients, we help you envision what the space could look like, discuss possible décor elements, consider color schemes that fit with the venue and also determine logistical considerations that could affect the flow of the wedding.

Experience with vendors –We have worked with countless vendors in every category. We have worked with all the major caterers in town and can tell the pros and cons of working with each one, what they specialize in, what their pricing is like and also what inclusions they have. We have had cake from every single bakery and cake designer in town. We can tell you who the best fit is for your style.

Contracts and banquet event orders –Between all the charges, legal talk and details, you may feel like you are reading something written in another language. Experienced coordinators read contracts and event orders on a weekly basis. We can decipher what is included, what isn’t and what is missing. We know which company tacks on multiple extra service charges and which companies are missing key clauses in their client contracts. If you have a hired a vendor we haven’t worked with, we know what questions to ask to make sure the contract and event order is in the best interest of our clients.

Budget – Can brides create a rough budget from an online template? Absolutely. The downside is that it won’t reflect the Colorado wedding market, work with your guest count or take into consideration the style of wedding you want. Coordinators take time to know you, learn what you want, determine what you have already spent and establish what style you want for your wedding. With that knowledge plus our experience in the Colorado wedding market, we give you a real custom budget. For example, if cake and desserts are really important to you, we may budget $1000-$2000. If you want a small cake and a few sheet cakes, $500 might be plenty (those numbers could vary greatly depending on your guest count).

Resources – After years of experience, we can find practically anything you want for your big day. Whether you want a secret mountain venue that isn’t advertised or a band that can play polkas AND top 40, we know where to find it.

Want to hear more reasons? Give us a call!

Debbie Orwat
Denver Wedding Planner

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