Comments on: Flower Friday Advice

By: WedDish

WedDish — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:54:12 +0000

Pam that seems like an excellent strategy. We all spend way to much time writing and rewriting proposals.

By: Pam Archer

Pam Archer — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:03:01 +0000

Am I ever with you on this! Even after explaining why we ask for a budget, they still look at each other and say “We don’t really know. Why don’t you give us a quote for what we have discussed and we can add or cut from there.” What I tell them is that I will calculate their wedding once. Any major changes or re-calculations are at $50 per hour, for a minimum of 2 hours. When you tell them that, they tend to be a little more forthright. Others clearly have no idea how much this part of their budget should be. This is when I give them guidance, according to the number of attendants, average cost per centerpiece, etc.

By: vicki sanders

vicki sanders — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:50:23 +0000

I totally agree! I would much rather know a client’s budget up front…so that during our consultation I would be able to guide them to a look that would be within
their budget, and not let them choose expensive flowers, etc. I spend approximately 3hours after a consultation (a consultation lasts 1 to 2 hours), designing the
look of the event, the type and amount of flowers in each bouquet, arrangement, number of candles,etc,etc….then type and send to a client…only to have them
tell me “we only have X amount of $$ to spend”….OK…so why didn’t they tell me that right off?

By: holly hatam

holly hatam — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:09:17 +0000

I find that my clients usually say they don’t have a budget, until I give them a quote, then the price is out of their budget…we do need some sort of direction!