I am in love with my cater! I've been dealing with the owner of the business, and she's the most professional, helpful, and just plain vendor ever. I've never even met the woman (I'm planning a Tennessee wedding from California), but she's always been quick to respond with useful information, price quotes, and great ideas. Maybe my affection for her has to do with the fact that to save money I chose other venders who aren't in the business of weddings. My photographer, for example, is a dental hygeinist by day, mother by night... so she doesn't exactly respond to my emails right away.
Anyway, when I emailed my caterer a couple of weeks ago to ask her if she had any florist recommendations for me I was elated (seriously, I was excited for a whole week) to find out that she does flowers, too! I told her about my budget, my color scheme, and how many/what kinds of flowers I would need... and she had a price quote ready within a few hours (for well under what I had budgeted)! I fell in love all over again. I mean, this is someone who I know I can trust taking care of two major parts of my wedding. So convenient! Phew!
But today I was going over my budget again to determine how much I would have to shell out when it comes time for my wedding when I stumbled upon an expense I hadn't really factored into my budget. This person who I've entrusted so much of my wedding to will be adding a 20 percent gratuity fee to our bill. When that bill includes food, champagne, china and flatware rentals, linens, AND flowers that's a BIG gratuity. I love this woman who has made my life so much easlier, and I definitely want to show my appreciation for a job well done. However, I need to call her to find out if the gratuity is just added to the food... or to the whole she-bang! Honestly, though, I'm scared to ask. I definitely don't want to seem like a cheapskate and damage the one vendor relationship that really seems to be working for me. I'm going to go re-read all of my contracts!
Has anyone else had similar experiences?
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