10 Things The Wedding Industry Won’t Tell You…#5
Posted on Feb 19, 2009 under Secrets Of The Trade |5. “If it’s for a wedding, it’ll cost you 30% more.”
You might have suspected that a wedding costs more than any other kind of similarly scaled event. You would be right. Diane Warner, author of “How to Have a Big Wedding on a Small Budget,” tells of a bride-to-be who wanted to test this theory for herself.
“She called a service in San Francisco, asked for just what she wanted, and they gave her a bid,” Warner explains. “The next day, she had her fiance call and bid on the same items for a party. He got a lower price.”
In researching Bridal Bargains, Fields and his wife spoke to several florists who told them that if they get the sense a bride has big bucks, they’ll suggest exotic or out-of-season flowers.
”If you’re wearing a big diamond ring or your fiance is a doctor, it seems you suddenly have to fly in orchids from Hawaii,” he says.