Wedding tax

Hilarious! Totally agree with you about the comment at the end though! Kinda ruins it.

I'm actually in the process of shopping for my wedding dress, and I've been quoted much cheaper prices when I've asked for the same dress but told the shop I'm a bridesmaid… I'm wearing a short one and most styles come in a wide range of colours! Top tip!

Love it! That was pretty funny! I am sure this happens often. Although wedding flowers, cakes, photos are much more time consuming and are given SPECIAL attention by most vendors (hence it may cost a little more) I think you really have to pick and choose which vendors you lie to. If the details are important for your wedding day then I think you should be upfront with your vendors. If you don't really care too much about the details, then pinocchio away…

I'm glad I'm having my wedding on Halloween, which offers up the perfect reason for the party. I plan on lying my butt off to vendors. Fortunately though, most of my wedding is DIY including the Decorate-your-own-cupcake bar.

Rachel, I thought I made up that idea! Awesome! Some people have been trying to convince me that it's too much mess and bother, but I'm adamant.

If I were hiring vendors I would absolutely lie my ass off. "Family function" "business affair" "Producing a play in which there is a wedding scene so we need wedding-esque flowers" …but we have completely eliminated all need for vendors so that leaves no one to lie to. Oh well!

This is an old post , I know ,so I'm a tad late , but for everyone else like myself, who is reading this for the first time-
As a florist I know for a fact that this happens. I work for myself (I'm the small budget queen) But in shops, the usual labor charges are 10-20% , but for weddings , they charge 20- 40%. It wasn't just in the shop I worked in either. There is a florist trade magazine , that only floral shops and few independent florist can get called Florists Review. It has specific formulas for how to charge weddings , what to do if a bride is bugging the heck out of you and how to persuade brides to chose costlier flowers. It's quite sick, but 90% of florist use it as a monthly bible. Do some research of your own before you go to a florist. Remember to add around 30% of the total cost(delivery, labor, etc) of flowers and supplies , and say to your florist that you've received that total as an estimate from their "rival" florist. It works almost every time.