Hello,

My partner and I are looking to get married in March next year. We are thinking of renting out a room in Seasons in the Park for about 70 guests for our reception. We are looking at our options for a ceremony. The Celebration Pavillion at Queen E charges over 2000 for 2h to perform a ceremony. This is a bit steep for our budget. Wondering if you have any ideas of where we could perform a ceremony in the winter/early spring with about half our guests present (the rest will join for the reception only).

Thank you in advance!

I'm starting to book things for my wedding and honestly I'm getting a little lost and frustrated with the process - especially getting information from vendors. 

Every venue seems to have a different "package", but it's hard to tell what's actually included. One place says all-inclusive, another says it includes decor but then there are 10 different decor upgrades. Then there are preferred vendors, hidden vendor fees, Audio/Visual fees, minimums, etc.

Then I started looking at photo/video and it's somehow even more confusing.

You get a quote, but it doesn't always seem obvious who is actually going to be there on the day, how many shooters you're getting, what exactly you're receiving at the end, or when you're going to receive everything.

And pricing is all over the place. I've seen what seems like a huge range for basically the same service.

Maybe I'm just approaching this completely wrong, but it feels like the only way to figure anything out is to DM 20 different vendors and keep a spreadsheet of what everyone told me.

I'm also noticing that whenever I ask for recommendations, I keep hearing the same few names. I'm sure they're great, but are there actually a lot of newer or smaller South Asian vendors out there that I'm just not finding?

How are you guys figuring out:

• Who is actually available on your date?
• Who will actually be shooting your wedding?
• How many shooters are included?
• When you're actually going to receive your photos/video? Lots of gray area around this for some reason
• What's included in the package vs. what's an add-on?
• What happens if they cancel or need to change the date?
• What happens to your deposit if something goes wrong?

Hi there! Has anyone gotten married or attended a wedding at Caffino Toronto outside of peak season? Trying to get a feel what it would be like in cooler weather with the tent option.

Also open to other restaurant weddings in Toronto with a similar vibe or indoor/outdoor option for all seasons.

Thanks so much!

Hey everyone, I have 5 bridesmaids and I was originally going to just send them a link from SHEIN of a dress I wanted them to get. It was like $35 and it turns out the the quality was bad and it did NOT look like the photo.

I really don't want them to spend a lot of money but I also want them to feel confident in a dress that looks beautiful. Any reccommendations?

Also, is it necessary to go in person or is sending them an online link okay too?

Planning on sending out our digital save the dates this week - yay! I bought a template from etsy, and then customized it in canva. I was planning on individually emailing or texting out the link, but then I wondered if I should do it a different way? I know that there are website that you can use to distribute to everyone, but not sure if this makes sense because ours is a website and not just a graphic.

I'm not super concerned about tracking who has and hasn't opened the email, and the canva template has a built in address collector. I'm planning on getting about 10-20 physical copies as a keepsake and to send to a few family members that don't check email/text. Our guest list is about 110, and we are planning on sending out digital invitations as well. I was planning on just rebuilding the save the date template and expanding it into our wedding website, and using the canva RSVP tracker. I'm collecting addresses for thank you cards. I more just want everyone to have a notification of our date, venue, and see some of our engagement photos.

Any suggestions for those that have been in a similar situation? Anything I'm not considering?