A little sketchy...

ellebelley · May 2011

I had a consultation with a wedding coordinatior and everything went awesome. Her prices were decent and I met her at a bridal show.. We met face to face and it was a free consultation and after a couple days my fiancee and I decided we want to book her. I emailed her telling her this and listing what I wanted in our package and a new contract. She said for me to mail her the contract ( she attached it in an email ), with the deposit. Is that normal? I am not comfortable sending a deposit of $400 through the mail, with my contract. I felt a little sketchy, so please let me know your input. Thanks

audreyjem · May 2011

I've mailed my deposits to every vendor... maybe go with a money order if you feel uncomfortable? I've used personal checks though, and it's been fine.

Ambie106 · May 2011

That's how I am handling a lot of my deposit... I am using my personal checks and so far so good... I do put my check in a smaller envelope though because some envelopes you can see right through....

Mona8 · May 2011

I prefer doing contracts in person, but most of my vendors are about an hour away so I actually just did my florist contract last month via mail (she e-mailed the contract, I let her know changes I wanted made, she sent it back with changes, and then I mailed it to her with the deposit). I e-mailed her to verify that she had received it, and when I didn't hear from her, I called to double-check (apparently it takes mail a while to get to the area so she had just received it that morning).

It was a bit nerve-wracking at first when I didn't know if she had received it, but once I called to be sure it was fine. I also have my bank statements to verify that the check was cashed. As long as you have the contract and verify that the vendor receives everything, then I think it's fine. That being said though, I get really anxious about something going wrong so I think I'll be doing them in person from now on if I can.

leahstinson · May 2011

same here. we have had to send deposit/checks to our photographer and wedding coordinator so far.

ellebelley · May 2011

Okay, thank you... Definitely just getting into the swing of things with booking vendors, so great advice ladies! Thank you so much!!!

klw0022 · May 2011

Yeah we had to do the same with some of our vendors

S0095042 · May 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_may-2012-weddings_little-sketchy?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:f0ca0bc1-9255-4120-8042-b40e7f3e99c5Discussion:6337b049-727e-452b-80f1-9e2671517021Post:f601d324-213f-4aa8-887a-a772b1a8fa6b">Re: A little sketchy...</a>:
[QUOTE]I've mailed my deposits to every vendor... maybe go with a money order if you feel uncomfortable? I've used personal checks though, and it's been fine.
Posted by audreyjem[/QUOTE]

<div>We also did several of our deposits this way, but as said in PP, go with a money order if that makes you feel more comfortable...or ask her for another meeting...</div>