it takes two baby | why your wedding vendors should come in pairs

We were at a wedding recently, and I had an epiphany.  Really, it wasn’t an epiphany at all, but I witnessed a real life experience that solidified the reasoning that I have always gone by in our business.  I’ll first start by stating that the couple hired a Day of Coordinator that did not have an assistant on hand for the duration of the reception, and I do not think that the coordinator was present at the ceremony.  Someone in the wedding party forgot to bring a very important item from the ceremony site to the reception, and the realization of such sent the coordinator into a panic.  She could not leave the reception to go and retrieve the item, and she did not have an assistant on hand that she could send out to pick it up either.  All ended well because she managed to reach an off-site staff member by phone, and that person made a run to the store to purchase a replacement for the missing item.

I will not go to an event without an assistant, ever, period!  I always make sure that I have help.  You may wonder why it takes two people to run a photobooth at an event.  And, I have a great answer.  It doesn’t really take two people, but I need an assistant for my peace of mind. I need to know that if I have to walk away for a moment that there is someone there to take care of our clients and their guests.  This also makes it possible for me to devote most of my time to putting the photo guestbook together while my assistant lends a hand to guests and answers questions about how the booth works.  And, if something should go wrong, not that it ever has, I have someone that I can send out to get back-up equipment.  Securing an assistant to work along side me is like an added insurance policy for me and my business.

The moral of this story is to check with your vendors to make sure that they will have an assistant on hand for your wedding.  Two heads are better than one, especially on an occasion like this.  Does your photographer offer a second shooter?  Does your wedding coordinator bring along an assistant coordinator?  If something goes wrong, and your vendor can’t leave, who will she send?  The fact is that you are likely spending more money on this day than any other day of your life, so check all the facts.  Make certain that there will be no missing pieces (or assistants) on your wedding day.

And because every post  is better with a photo, here’s one of me with my assistant, and husband, at our friends’ going away party last Saturday.