Pros and Cons of Hiring Friends
How Well Should You Know Your Vendors?
If you’re on the fence about hiring friends as vendors for your wedding, then you might want to weigh the pros and cons. With your busy schedule and all of the time put into planning the wedding and your wedding budgets, hiring friends is a great way to spend time with them and to include them in the process. However, there could be a better job to hire them for. A friend who is a caterer could provide food for the wedding. Is your friend a florist? Maybe she could design your centerpieces. If your friend is an experienced bartender, you could hire him to tend bar at your wedding. However, if you hire a friend for certain jobs such as catering or tending bar, he is stuck working your wedding rather than enjoying it. Refer to the pros and cons below for further guidance on this subject.
Pros
- Your friend might be willing to give you a discount as a wedding gift, however it would be rude to ask for this.
- By hiring a friend you are contributing to the success of her business.
- Instead of playing Russian roulette with unknown wedding vendors, you can rest assured that your vendors are trust-worthy.
- If you hire a friend, she may put some extra effort into her job since it’s for someone she cares about.
- Just the act of involving friends and family in your wedding is a win-win situation for everyone.
Cons
- If your ideas clash with your friend’s then it may be difficult to ensure that everyone is happy on the big day.
- When you hire a friend or anyone to do a job there isn’t a 100% insurance that the job will get done correctly, or the way you envisioned. If your friend doesn’t pull through the way you hoped, it could cause a rift in your relationship.
- The friend you hire will be working instead of enjoying your wedding.
Planning your wedding can be fun and stressful, so the most important thing to remember when doing so is that you make decisions that relieve stress, rather than add more. Have fun!
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