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Q&A: My Client Wants Fireworks at Their Wedding. What do I do?
As a wedding planner you probably get a lot a strange, different, or interesting requests from your couples. But what happens when they request something that is illegal? I have seen this several times, and with the summer comes the request for Fireworks. Yes, fireworks are to summer as rain is to Seattle. People look forward to the big firework displays around the area. Being from Georgia where you can buy fireworks literally anywhere and everywhere I have ceased caring about seeing a big firework display. I mean we would just shoot them off in our backyard whenever we wanted to see fireworks. However, here, in the Seattle area. Fireworks…
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What is Wedding Insurance and Should You Get It?
I think it is safe to say that the Royal Wedding kicked offed wedding season this year. So as you plan your own “royal wedding” you may be asking yourself, “what is wedding insurance? And should I get it?” Wedding Insurance, more commonly known as event insurance, generally covers you in 2 ways; either with cancellations or liability. Having witnessed couples devastated after caterers, florist, or DJs fail to show and seeing liability disasters on YouTube videos; being covered for either or both is not necessarily a bad thing. Cancellation coverage typically covers you in cases of extreme weather where you have to cancel your wedding. You can be reimbursed…
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Potluck Weddings: New Trend or Potential Liability
I attended my first potluck wedding last summer. I had never heard of a potluck wedding before that, but I love to cook (and I’m a good cook) so I was excited to show off my culinary skills. I thought this was something my friends invented until I started to see more potluck weddings popping up and I realized this is a new trend. Potlucks are not new however, they have been going on since the beginning of time. People get together for book clubs or Sunday dinners and everyone brings their favorite dish to create a full meal. I remember one of my favorite books as a child was…
