Comments on: Wedding tax

By: Ragdoll

Ragdoll — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:27:16 +0000

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.

By: Kit

Kit — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:40:37 +0000

Just as sometimes offbeat brides need to deal with traditional grooms, here we see an offbeat groom with a traditional bride. I feel sorry for his fictional ass.

By: Lara

Lara — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:03:53 +0000

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!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:31:34 +0000

Jess, What can I say? Great minds think alike. LOL

By: Jess

Jess — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:59:38 +0000

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.

By: Me

Me — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:19:07 +0000

Wow, decorate your own cupcake?!?!? Rachel, can I come to your wedding?

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:08:41 +0000

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.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:57:28 +0000

The wedding cake one is funnier–exact same concept but more over-the-top. Same stereotypical bride demand at the end, but it seems funny to me because it is so extreme. Someone posted it over on the offbeat tribe: http://youtube.com/watch?v=gimiDBAK2wA

By: Heather Gilson

Heather Gilson — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:27:56 +0000

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…

By: Me

Me — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:25:40 +0000

I've read this advice (about saying it's for something else) in several places, but I've had some trouble following it. For one thing, I'm the worst liar. For another, I think many vendors are "on" to the whole say-it's-for-something-else thing. For example, I went to a bakery and asked if they could do large numbers of cupcakes:

Me: I have a special occasion coming up, and I was wondering if you can do, say, 100 cupcakes.

Bakery Lady: Is it for a wedding?

Me: It's just a party.

Bakery Lady: Well, yes, we can do that. If it's for a wedding, for example, we can do different decorations… etc.

Luckily, the price was great anyway, but I could not convince this lady it wasn't for a wedding. Maybe it's just because I should have said a particular event (like a retirement party), but I just couldn't bring myself to do it somehow. Sigh.