Vendor business cards?

Re: Vendor business cards?

• sarawifenow member

  

  March 2015

  First, I always am hesitant to "hire" family and friends. I would make sure to have some kind of written agreement.

   

  Now to your actual question, I think it is weird to do this. You wouldn't do it with normal vendors would you? I guess you could put it on your wedding website if you have one.

  

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• KatWAG member

  

  March 2015

  Please don't leave business cards out. If someone is interested in learning more about your DJ, they can ask you.

  

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• redoryx member

  

  March 2015

  Ashh71 said:

  Hello!
  
  My fiance and I have started planning our wedding and we have already booked a few of our family and friends as vendors (photographer, DJ, baker). My question is, would it be tacky for us to display SOMEWHERE business cards or contact information at our reception? Considering they will be working our wedding for free, I feel as though this is one way we could show our appreciation, if we could generate some more business for them. Thank you for your thoughts!

  
  
  Just, out of curiosity, they all offered to do this for free, yes? Like, you offered to pay and they said no, they'd be happy to do it for free.

  That being said, leaving out business cards is kind of tacky in this setting. If someone wants to know, they'll ask.
  

  

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• maeday2 member

  

  March 2015

  I think this is super weird. 

  
  

  I would not advertise for any of my vendors, even if they were family or friends. 

  
  

  Their advertising should be through their work. As a guest, if I felt the services provided were great, that'd be enough for me to book them for any future needs. 

  

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• thisismynickname2 member

  

  March 2015

  Are they professional vendors normally? Seems like it, if they have cards. I'd take care to write awesome reviews for their services on the normal sites (Yelp, Knot, Wedding Wire) after they've fully performed their duties. 

  
  

  And it's super nice of them to do things without pay, but PP has a point- get their normal contract anyway. Get stuff in writing. Mixing business with pleasure can be dicey and everyone needs to be protected. 

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• novella1186 member

  

  March 2015

  A wedding is not a business function. Do not leave business cards or other advertisements out for guests to see. Bad idea. 

  

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• Ashh71 member

  

  March 2015

  Thanks for all the input. We definitely plan to have everything in writing. They are reputable vendors for sure. I wouldn't skimp on quality for cost, but I know they will do a good job. And redoryx yes they offered to work for free. I really couldn't bring myself to ASK for free services. Perhaps putting a "Thank you" to them on our wedding website is a better idea.

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• lovegood90 member

  

  March 2015

  No I wouldn't do this. I also would not make your friends work your wedding, unless they offer first and you pay them their going rate, as well as have a written contract like any other vendor.

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• ashley8918 member

  

  March 2015

  No.

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• MandyMost member

  

  March 2015

  I hired a friend of the family to be my wedding photographer (she's a professional, I paid her [although I'm sure a great rate] and we're not close enough that she would have been invited to the wedding). I've given her plenty of shout-outs on Facebook, and make sure I tag her company when I post a wedding picture. I also used her for engagement photos, and made sure to give her credit on my wedding website where we posted the pics, too. 

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• Cookie Pusher member

  

  March 2015

  We had a few friends contracted to be vendors at our wedding (bagpiper, officiant, DJ, and photographer). None of our non-friend vendors displayed their business cards (though I'm sure they had them to hand out if someone asked), so why would our friend vendors expect to do any different? Like @MandyMost, we always tag our photographer any time we post a pictures from the wedding. Our bartender actually asked for our piper's contact info because he likes being able to recommend good pipers to his other clients, so we put them in touch with each other. I've put reviews up online and given their contact info out when anyone asks who we used. That's the most you can do without making your wedding look like a bridal show.

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• theartistformerlyknownas member

  

  March 2015

  Lots of people asked for our vendors' contact information because they did such a great job. Leaving cards out was unnecessary.

  
  

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