Anyone else having trouble finding vendors?

2022 is predicting to be a big year for weddings since a lot of couples postponed because of COVID. I luckily didn’t have any trouble finding vendors but I booked most of them end of last year or beginning of this year for that reason. I’ve not heard from a few vendors on here but then I just went with someone else. I would try as many as you can that are in the area, but anything with wedding attached to it is expensive. I hope you can find what you’re looking for!

View Quoted Comment I started looking last month for an October 2022 wedding and everything for the wedding is being used for the reception too. Just seems odd that I got radio silence from every vendor now. Thanks for the advice though

I never got answers if I messaged through here. I always found it easier to get names of vendors here but then reach them through the info directly on their website

View Quoted Comment I tried that and still no response. Only two answered through their websites and both were out of budget.

We actually found a number of vendors on Instagram. Do a search for “yourcityweddingvendors” and there are lists of vendors used. Many are less expensive than the ones recommended by WW.

The only way to contact vendors is go to their official website and look for contact info (phone/email)

View Quoted Comment Thank you so much

I've stayed away from WW and other similar websites when searching for vendors. I've found it a lot easier to just do a quick google search of what I'm looking for in my area. If they have a website, reach out to them on there, if not, see if they have any social media outlets like Facebook and Instagram.

Since so many weddings were postponed due to the pandemic, 2022 is going to be a busy year for the wedding industry, meaning vendors are swamped right now. So reach out and be a little patient with them, but have backup options just in case your first choice falls through!

Also, unfortunately some companies don't respond to smaller events. Have you mentioned when your reached out that your event was more intimate in size? That could possibly be one of the issues.

View Quoted Comment I mentioned that to all of them. Some vendors were okay with it but the two I really liked all of a sudden one went radio silent weeks later and the other was out of budget.

It depends on the look you’re going for- but for 20 people it might be cheaper to buy your own tent... we had our wedding in our own backyard and used family tents (also family stereo for music and friend photographer, uncle cooked...).
Our wedding cost about $2000, because we used a lot of family and friend resources.

View Quoted Comment How did you like that ? We are planning a wedding , it’s now $20,000 and I don’t know if we should move forward or not.
Seems so expensive.

View Quoted Comment We're planning to do ours in my fiancé's backyard with the exact same things but every rental place just for the stuff we actually need wants almost $3,000.

View Quoted Comment Weddings are SO EXPENSIVE. I lived my little backyard wedding. It was intimate and memorable. My big ticket items were my dress (350 including alterations) and the cake (300 including some extra sweets).
We have a lot of photographers in the family and my BiL used his stereo to play Apple Music. An uncle cooked the burgers we got at BJs. Sides were done by the grocery store. Tents and tables and chairs were ours/parents. We didn’t do much in the way of decorating except for my cake table. We spent money on yard games that we can use for years to come. The flowers were wood and my SiL gifted/crafted all the arrangements we needed.
We said we didn’t want to spend the money, so we didn’t. We said no to the requests to invite more people. We wanted to spend money on our house and dogs... not on a single night with people we’re not going to really talk with much ever again. It wasn’t easy going to big beautiful weddings ahead of mine thinking how it won’t be as pretty. BUT- my guests loved playing games. They loved having food that was simple and made well. They loved that they knew everyone who was there. I loved wearing my dress and eating my cake in it. I looked fantastic. The bridal party looked fantastic. I didn’t have panic attacks over vendors and I was able to just meld the flow of the planning into my day. It was perfect. You just have to want it and embrace the simple.

View Quoted Comment It also depends a lot on the quantity of things (chairs/tables). And what do you actually need? Are you actually going to have people who wanted to dance? We didn’t so we didn’t get a floor. We used chairs and tents from family. We didn’t rent a thing. We even had offers from the neighbors who weren’t invited to use their tents. I’m sure you know people who have what you need. You need to be willing to ask.

Check with area churches/community centers, I know where I grew up, a lot of churches rented out tables and chairs for events in the community. It may be more cost effective than a rental company anyway