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Disclaimer: I am getting married soon, in SF. The Brief is a great idea, but it needs to pass some QC before being bid on. At the time of your vendor selection

by abakker 11y ago

Disclaimer: I am getting married soon, in SF. The Brief is a great idea, but it needs to pass some QC before being bid on. At the time of your vendor selection for a standard wedding, you don't know what you don't know. Its tough to choose well when you are not sure what to optimize for. I suggest a LONG list of questions to answer to get the details on how the wedding should proceed. 2nd. Venue selection has a lot to do with which vendors you can use, since not all will travel to all locations, and not all venues have all the amenities that some vendors need (big driveway for shuttle bus, commercial kitchen for caterer). My experience with vendors is that they all communicate in different styles, and mostly poorly. Compared to office work, their typical responsiveness by email/voice/text is irregular (and unnerving). Maintaining responsiveness standards would be the single biggest benefit I can imagine for making the process better. Many of the best vendors from your wedding may not be wedding vendors - Uber/Chariot both put together better cost comparisons for transport to/from my rehearsal dinner for guests than did most of the dedicated transit companies that specialize in weddings.

vishalkgupta 11y ago
Thanks for the thoughtful comments. We're experimenting with on-boarding. We're doing "Wedding Consultations"- phone calls and walk through a clients ideas for each vendor. And also a wedding brief, which is that long list of questions. We're experimenting with something a bit more visual vs words. Love for your to give our current version a try and give us feedback! Locations: While we haven't really said it on the site, we're highly focused on NYC weddings (where weddings are 2x the cost of average weddings). The interesting thing here is that most vendors are willing to travel within the 5 boroughs. Vendor responsiveness is a huge issue from what we've heard. One of our metrics on the vendors will be responsiveness. Similar to Airbnb hosts. Best vendors not being pure wedding vendors. It's a point well taken. We're currently focused on the silos covered by small, disparate vendors, and providing solutions for those vendors. A client may not book all vendor types through us, but we will be the grease between the friction that exists with the old school vendors. Thanks again for your thoughts, love for you to give it a try. Even if it's just to provide more feedback!

by abakker 11y ago

vishalkgupta 11y ago

Thanks for the thoughtful comments. We're experimenting with on-boarding. We're doing "Wedding Consultations"- phone calls and walk through a clients ideas for each vendor. And also a wedding brief, which is that long list of questions. We're experimenting with something a bit more visual vs words. Love for your to give our current version a try and give us feedback! Locations: While we haven't really said it on the site, we're highly focused on NYC weddings (where weddings are 2x the cost of average weddings). The interesting thing here is that most vendors are willing to travel within the 5 boroughs. Vendor responsiveness is a huge issue from what we've heard. One of our metrics on the vendors will be responsiveness. Similar to Airbnb hosts. Best vendors not being pure wedding vendors. It's a point well taken. We're currently focused on the silos covered by small, disparate vendors, and providing solutions for those vendors. A client may not book all vendor types through us, but we will be the grease between the friction that exists with the old school vendors. Thanks again for your thoughts, love for you to give it a try. Even if it's just to provide more feedback!