I'm new to the posting thing, so a little about me first. Me and my fiance got engaged May 31st, 2010 and we are set to wed on 10/23/10. Yay!!! Tyler is my best friend and I couldn't have asked for a better man to become my husband.
So the wedding is going to take place in an old historic hotel in Eureka, CA. My fiance is from Eureka and I've lived here 8 years. It means a lot to us to get married at the Eureka Inn. It was closed for 5 years and now it's newly reopened. My parents are paying for the wedding but we are on a fixed budget but of course it will be absolutely beautiful.
I'm learning really quickly about the importance of picking the DJ and all the questions to ask. Long story short, I signed a contract with a DJ and paid $100 deposit and I'm not getting a good feeling about the guy and I'm wanting to switch DJs but to switch would mean to lose the $100 deposit and pay a different DJ $150 more for the event. I just get such a better feeling about the other DJ. He is very professional and has everything digital. He provides a personal website to set up the details of my event and list the songs we want, where as the other guy is using CDs.
The part that has really been the problem for me is that the DJ I signed the contract with says he wants to take up a whole wall and he said he typically takes up the wall where I want the head table to be. Well obviously I told him that isn't going to happen. I just haven't decided what to do yet and we are at 40 days until the event. I need to either bite the bullet and lose the $100 or try to voice my concerns with the DJ we've got and cross my finger on him actually doing a great job. I really need references. My wedding planner actually got him for us but she isn't from the area so she just went off of what he said to her and didn't really ask for references, which looking back was really silly. I know $100 doesn't seem like much but when you are on a budget it all adds up. I just need to hear from other brides on this one.
