With The Premier Bridal Shows around the corner, we would like to offer you helpful tips to consider when attending a bridal show! Bridal shows can be great fun for you, your fiance, and your entire wedding entourage! Use our tips to make your day productive for your wedding planning process.
- Register Online: This will save you time at the door and money. Most shows offer a reduced ticket price if you register online and pre-purchase your ticket. If you do not register online, be sure and register when you enter. Registering allows you to receive special offers, free gifts plus you may win some great door prizes. Register for The Premier Bridal Show in Jackson, Mississippi and in Biloxi, Mississippi – here!
- Create a temporary e-mail: This is especially helpful while you are in the initial planning stages of your wedding. After you are married and no longer interested in receiving special offers or hearing from wedding vendors, you can delete your temporary e-mail. At first, the amount of e-mails and offers you receive may seem daunting. Take the time to read each of them. There are some good deals which might help you stretch your wedding budget.
- Wear your bride sticker or VIP t-shirt: You are the celebrity! Exhibitors look for ways to identify that you are the bride. For you, it means special attention from the wedding professionals at the show.
- Do Your Homework: Go online and see who the exhibitors are for the bridal show. There may be some that you want to focus on and be sure and visit.
- Walk down every aisle, visit every exhibitor: Most shows have the exhibitors scattered around. Collect information on those vendor or services of particular interest to you. There is plenty of time to look at everything when you get home. Many shows give you a bag for collecting the information. Once you are home, organize all the information, brochures and business cards, by category. If you haven’t already made appointments at the show, now is the time. Many wedding professionals book up quickly, so don’t wait too long to meet with your favorites.
- Bring your checkbook, credit or debit card: You may want to book a vendor at the show, particularly if your wedding is a popular date or this is a popular vendor or both. Signing a contract at the show and putting down a deposit (usually 30 to 50%) secures the date and vendor for your wedding. You can take care of the details closer to the wedding (selecting particular food, flowers, music, etc.). Some wedding professionals may give a discount or something extra if you book at the show. If it’s a popular date or vendor, probably not. Remember these are professionals and this is their business. Respect that and respect them.
- If you are attending a large bridal show, come prepared to spend several hours. Make time to attend the fashion show and make sure you visit with all the wedding professionals. Their ideas and information is invaluable in planning your wedding! Plus, it’s fun for you and your entourage!
- Bring your fiancée with you for at least part of the event or for one show. Leave the baby and children at home or with a sitter. Go with your mother and friends later in the show or for another show. Visiting the various wedding vendors twice allows you to really take in everything you need to see and decide. Plus, it helps in selecting the right wedding professionals and the right wedding services for your wedding. You want the wedding services and professionals that are most important to you and the right fit for your wedding.
- Ask lots of questions: That’s why the wedding vendors are at a bridal show. They are there to meet you, to help you and to do business with you. Asking questions helps you determine if you want to do business with them. Remember, you are under no pressure to buy from them or contract with them. Find out as much as you can about each individual exhibitor and the services they offer for your wedding. It has to be a match. And you want to enjoy your wedding and not worry about anything or be upset about something.
Would you like more information about attending The Premier Bridal Show in Jackson, Mississippi or in Biloxi, Mississippi? Visit our website, www.thepremierbridalshow.com for more information.