I didn't post here very often but picked a lot of vendors based on the reviews I read so I thought I would share mine in case it helps anyone:
Venue - Glen Foerd Mansion: A+
Everything was amazing! The food was excellent, they were very well prepared. I had a personal bridal attendant who brough my husband and I all of the cocktail hour food so that we were able to try everything while still talking to our guests. We had a few minor problems during the planning process but everything was always resolved the way that I wanted it to be and the day of ran so perfectly that it negated any issues we had during the planning process. It was the perfect venue.
Florist - Natures Gallery Florist: C+
This was a hard grade to decide to give. My centerpieces were perfect. I loved them - they were exactly what I had wanted. I had only stems of calla lillies and we negotiated based on how many were to be included. She told me I would need 15 to get the look I wanted so I upped the budget for 15. When I arrived the certerpieces were full and beautiful but each one only had 12 flowers. Gabrielle was offended when after the wedding I asked her to refund me the three flowers per centerpiece. The ceremony flowers were also exactly what I had hoped for with the exception of the "carpet of rose petals" I had been shown a picture from a different wedding at my venue so I could get an idea of what it would look like. Mine looked nothing like that. There were so few petals it looked accidental like maybe someone dropped a few roses on accident. My big disappointment here came from the bridesmaids flowers. My colors were pink and orange and I wanted each bridesmaid carrying a bouquet of only one type of flower, each girl alternating pink and orange, with no girl having the same type of flowers. The bouquets were very small for their price and one of them was purple. We had to call when I saw them, and she made a new bouquet in pink to replace it but in the mean time we had to make our own bouquet using left over flowers from the rehearsal dinner for the photos. Upon arriving at the venue and seeing the new bouquet we all decided that the one we made was better. I was really excited about the flowers and think my flower budget was pretty high and while the quality and presentation of the flowers we got was amazing all in all there were some unnecessary disappointments.
Photography - Firefly Photography - A+
I loved Kathleen. We hit it off from our initial meeting. She was great at reaching out to me and contacted me to confirm everything well in advance of the date. The day of she was ontime and worked with our tight schedule. We wanted to do all photos beforehand at several different Philly locations and did not want to take any photos during cocktail hour. She got everything done and was fast and efficient. During the reception I didn't even know she was there. I can't recommed them enough.
Videography - Claire Pruitte Video - A+ (pending video)
Ray was fantastic. He called me the week before the wedding and we went through all of the details. I was nervous to have a videographer because at prior weddings they had seemed very invasive. I told Ray my concern and I didn't even know he was there until he came up to me at the end of the night to tell me he was leaving. I am so glad we had a videogrpher.
Transportation - THG Transport - C-
I guess that you get what you pay for. I went with them because they were the cheapest option and we had substantial transportation needs. We used them three different days during our wedding weekend. They were rude and disrespectful to deal with the entire planning time. When I booked I gave them my credit card from a deposit. When it was time to pay the balance they claimed they never charged the card for the deposit. When I asked for a few days to pull my credit card statements and confirm the charges weren't made (I made the reservation 6 months in advance and mastercard needed 24 hours to pull the backed records) they sent me the rudest string of emails about it. Then I had to call and email them three different times to give them the day of schedule. The day of they were ontime and the buses were nice and clean but the drivers were incredibly rude.
DJ - SilverSound DJ Mike Mandato -
We really liked Mike and SilverSound. Our wedding guests aren't big dancers and I was surprised by how many people he had on the dance floor. He played all of the songs we wanted and was a great MC. He remembered all of the little things that I had asked him to do during the wedding. It was seamless.
Hope this was helpful to some of you planning!