Is it rude or wasting a vendor's time to ask for an estimate 5 months before you are ready to book a wedding that will be happening in 2016?
Should I be upfront about not being ready to put a deposit down?
The estimate is for venue and catering and full bar service from all the same vendor.
Re: Requesting an estimate from a vendor....
I'm the fuck out.
As PPs suggested, be upfront with vendors and if you get a response like this, ask them to provide the quote for a wedding they recently did with same number of guests, day of week, season, time, etc. If they still refuse, thank them for their time and inform them that since you need to start building your budget now and you have no idea how they might fit into it since they won't provide you with any helpful information, unfortunately you won't be able to consider them as a possible venue from this point further. I bet you get some price quotes
Thanks ladies, I just edited my email and sent it.