Hotel Room Blocks: Part 1

You’re engaged, hopefully hired a planner, found the perfect venue, and now what?!? There are plenty of vendors to start booking, but one piece that tends to get overlook and yet so important, the Hotel Room Block!

For those that have a lot of out of town guests, this is crucial. Just like venues, hotels start contracting their room blocks a year out, way before you can even make room reservations. If you plan on getting ready at the hotel, I highly recommend requesting a suite or a big space, like a boardroom, to make things comfortable. Some hotels are very limited based on their capacity, events in house, or other room blocks in-house during that same time. Securing your hotel room blocks early on is key (no pun intended).

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Planning Your Wedding: My Top Money Saving Tips

I think we can all agree that planning any event whether it’s a wedding, birthday party, family gathering, or work event has just gotten SUPER expensive. The cost of goods, staffing, materials keep rising and inflation is not helping. The end result - prices tends to be way over what most initially estimated. Let’s discuss ways to SAVE money.

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From Concept to Reality: How to Design Your Dream Wedding

Designing anything can be overwhelming. Even as a wedding designer, I sometimes find it difficult to conceptualize how I want my decor to be. Tools like Instagram, Pinterest, Google, blogs, and magazines are helpful. However, when envisioning your wedding, you must consider all the different factors: type of venue, photographer, atmosphere, dress code, budget, and season you are in. Truthfully, I have a love-hate relationship with these sites. As much as I welcome the inspiration, and honestly, too much of anything can cause your head to spin. However, using them to dive into the process is very beneficial.

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