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Yesterday, I updated my 25 tips to help you make the most of attending a bridal show for 2019. In that post, I encouraged brides to bring a list of questions. If you aren’t sure what to ask, that’s perfectly okay! Here are twelve great questions – some even hard-hitting! – to ask when meeting vendors at your local bridal show.

“Are you available for my wedding date?”
It may seem obvious, but this is the very first question you should ask; especially at larger shows with hundreds of vendors exhibiting. If the vendor is already booked, it’ll save both of you a lot of valuable time.

With the euphoria of your engagement starting to taper off, it’s time to start the planning process towards your wedding day! And one of the best ways to begin the planning process is by attending a local Puget Sound wedding show! A wedding show – also referred to as a bridal show, wedding expo or bridal fair – is a great tool to kickstart the planning of your wedding; even the busiest of brides will benefit from attending one.

In addition to finding creative inspiration from all the great ideas on display, you’ll have the opportunity to meet local wedding professionals in your area face-to-face. It’s a great opportunity to ask questions and learn more about their experience and what they offer. In essence, attending a wedding show is a great way to accumulate a massive amount of information in a very efficient amount of time.

Below is a list of the most important questions to ask a wedding DJ you are considering hiring. They will not only ensure your disc jockey meets professional standards, but they will also help you accurately gauge the DJ’s professionalism, skill set, reliability, personality, honesty, and standards.

A couple of weekends ago, a guest approached me at the DJ booth to inquire if I take song requests. I found this an odd question, because its always been my assumption that wedding DJs do – and should! – take requests. Unlike the bar and club scene where either the establishment and/or myself dictates the music programming, I’ve always encouraged song requests to be made during the cocktail and dinner hours. It is a great way for me to gain insight and understand what this particular group – on this particular night – wants to hear.

Well, it turns out this guest was a serial song requester and bombarded me during the Open Dancing period of the evening with song request after song request. Fortunately, I’m able to have a sense of humor about it and take it in good stride, but it did inspire me to write up this fun little “how-to” guide. So without further ado, here is what to do and what not to do when making a song request at a wedding reception: