It’s time to plan your wedding !

Posted on septembre 18, 2008 by Claire

Once you have decided to get married, you and your boyfriend begin to suffer from stress and strain. Don’t panic ! The most important is to plan your wedding in advance. Weddings on the French Riviera will give you some tips for your wedding schedule.

If you prefer to plan your wedding on your own instead of hiring a wedding planner, you have to take into account this wedding schedule.

Between 12 and 18 months before your wedding, you should :

- choose a date for the wedding day

- find a suitable venue

- know the wedding budget

These points are fundamental to plan your wedding. More over, if you plan to get married on the French Riviera, you must book the venues 18 months in advance. Some venues are really well known ! On the reverse, you may ask a local French wedding planner to find you a wedding venue on the French Riviera that is less known worldwide but very lovely.

Between 6 and 11 months before the wedding day, you will have a lot of work to do ! Indeed, you must :

- book the City Hall

- find the wedding dress

- speak about the wedding contract if it’s necessary

- select the main providers : catering, flowers, hairdresser, transport …

Between 3 and 5 months before the wedding day, it’s necessary to : Continue reading →

My wedding planner advices (2/2)

Posted on juillet 29, 2008 by Claire

Here are some wedding planner advices for my dear readers. As I wrote in my other post about wedding planner advices, I’ll give you some tips to plan your wedding. It’s not only about weddings on the French Riviera !

Once you have found the venue for the wedding, I recommend you to ask for opening and closing times. Some wonderful venues on the French Riviera accept weddings but they don’t want music after midnight. Sometimes, you’ll need to book the entire hotel for 3 nights. On the French Riviera, Le Mas de Pierre or Château Saint Martin do so ! Obviously it would have a huge impact on your wedding budget.

My second tip among my wedding planner advices is to take into account your desire about your wedding. Do you prefer a casual wedding ? Do you want to be closed to the sea if you plan to get married on the French Riviera for instance ? Do you want fireworks ? Do you wish ceremony and celebration in one place ? You should ask the venue for the wedding if they allow everything or what the limitations are.

The third point of my wedding planner advices deals with the wedding ceremony. Do not assume that you can get married where and when you want. There are some laws to abide by especially if it’s a religious wedding ceremony. You have to call the clergyman asap. Continue reading →

French press wrote about Events & Home consulting

Posted on juin 18, 2008 by Claire

I am pleased to tell you that French presse wrote about Events & Home consulting.

The review Residences Décoration wrote a very good article on Events & Home consulting. The journalist highlights that Events & Home consulting is very different from other wedding planners. First, because for every wedding, our team works hard to find the best venue, the best wedding decoration, the best entertainments. Every wedding is customised by Events & Home consulting. We never do 2 times the same wedding on the French Riviera.

Secondly, Events & Home consulting is proud to be different from other wedding planners because we don’t ask a global commission on the wedding budget.

Indeed, it doesn’t make sense to ask 10 or 15% on a wedding budget. If you have 100 guests or 400 guests, catering prices are very different of course. But to be honest, the wedding planners job is quite the same. It’s just a way to make money on you and on your wedding on the French Riviera. At Events & Home consulting, we only ask fees and you pay directly the providers. Our job is to negociate the best price for the best quality. Events & Home consulting is on your side.

Please, if you any comment about bad experience with wedding planner, do not hesitate !