Choosing the right destination wedding suppliers is absolutely essential if you want your reception to be the wonderful day of your dreams. Of course, with a destination wedding, things can be even more complicated. You may not even know our beautiful region of Provence and you may not speak French, which can make things seem very complicated. But only on the surface 🙂 We tell you more in this article
Choosing suppliers – the basics
There are a few essential points to bear in mind when choosing your destination wedding suppliers.
The first of these is that not all reception venues in France operate in the same way. Some venues impose their own service providers or offer complete packages, organising your wedding from start to finish. On the other hand, other venues will let you choose the suppliers for your wedding entirely. Of course, between these two extremes there is a whole range of other possibilities. So we strongly recommend that you don’t book any suppliers without checking with your reception venue what is and isn’t possible.
The next two criteria to take into account are, of course, the availability of suppliers on the big day and your budget. These two criteria can easily narrow down the field of possibilities for some brides and grooms. So it’s important to establish all this as soon as you start your search.
More subtle criteria for choosing destination wedding suppliers
In addition to these three points, there are certain elements that we have learned in our ten years of experience accompanying our brides and grooms at Château la Beaumetane in Provence. However, these are not necessarily well known to young future brides and grooms who are looking for service providers for their wedding.
There are two points I’d like to make here that I think are also essential to the success of your wedding.
The first is that you need to feel comfortable with your suppliers and that they inspire confidence in you. This will make all the difference to your preparations and to the big day itself.
Secondly, although all wedding professionals can work with any other wedding supplier, if you choose a team that is used to working together, the day will be that much smoother for everyone. The videographer and photographer will be able to understand each other more easily. Not only will this be more pleasant for you, but the quality of the work produced will be all the better for it. This is just an example. However, this principle can be applied to the interactions of all your wedding suppliers.
I hope you’ve found this article useful. In any case, happy preparations!
