[Pete Sneathen]

Include the number of meals your videography company needs in your contract. Also, don’t forget the three secrets to effective and successful wedding videography…communicate, communicate, and communicate. If you are meeting with the bride and groom at their ceremony faclity prior to the wedding day, remind them of the meal arrangement and why (as explained previously). Ultimatly, the meal is to ensure maximum wedding day coverage. If you are not meeting with the bride and groom prior to the wedding day, make sure to communicate with them via phone to discuss any details of the day, you can remind them at this time as well. Try to meet or call the bride 3 weeks prior to the wedding date, as most caterers requier a minimum of 2 weeks notice to add meal counts.

One last tip, communicate with the bride. Let’s not pull any punches here. The day is more focused on her than anyone else, and for most brides, this is a day she has dreamed about for a long time. She will remember all of the details of the wedding day. The groom will only remember the details of the bachelor party. Then again, there are exceptions to every rule. I recently did a wedding for a bride and groom, where the groom was a City Planner for Detroit Michigan and the Bride was a bank teller with a very high energy level / ADHD. I was able to qickly identify who was the planner in this relationship, and it was not her.

Good luck.

Pete