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It depends how deep I got with them, if I just casually spoke to them than no, if I've had a sit down and used some of their time than I think that is very polite to do.
Yes, I also sent regards to a reception venue, florist, and a cake baker as well. I did not tell them who I was going with, just that I found another vendor and would not be using their services. I just think it is courteous to let them know.
I haven't, although I would if any of them contacted me to ask. I figure they aren't counting on my business if I haven't signed with them or given them a deposit, and I haven't wanted to add more tasks to my to-do list. ;) But I think it's a nice thing to do.
Yes, I've sent everyone an e-mail and let them know that I won't be using them. I met with several florist and I just wrote: Thank you for your time meeting with us, we've found another florist that better suits our budget and style.
If you want people to treat you with respect, you've got to treat them with respect and I think it is very important to thank people for their time.
That is a really nice thing to do! I was actually wondeirng about this myself... I agree with marigold though, I would tell them if they asked, but I think they do enough business that they're not sitting around waiting for me to call them.
I didn't just because I had to contact certian vendors in order to find out prices and some were way out of my price range and I was a little annoyed that they coudln't just send me their pricing info in the beginning, but that's another story. But to be honest the only category of vendors that I contacted more than one was the reception venue, we knew we wanted a hotel and since we're OOT, we came down one weekend and visited like 5 of them. They all followed up with me and I told them thanks but we decided on another one.
Just seems like common courtesy that if you've actually sat down with them and used their time (not just a quick hi and bye at a bridal show or something), then yes, it is polite to send a regrets email.
-Bella
As a vendor: If you sit down and have a consultation with them, a quick email or whatever your main means of communication with them to say "Thank you for your time, but we've gone another route" MEANS SO MUCH! Seriously, on vendor boards one of the biggest thing (especially newer vendors) gripe about is: "why don't people say anything?"
Us more seasoned vendors are used to it, but to be honest, I think that's really sad. I spend 30-60+ min. meeting with my potential clients and we're usually laughing and having a great time discussing the wedding... so while I've come to expect that I won't ever hear back from those going another way... I always LOVE getting the emails saying so from the couple themselves.
It's courtesy... and now that I'M planning my own wedding, I'll be letting anyone know. Then again, I pretty much know all my vendors so I won't have to "shop" as much for them :-)
So, Yes, Please just send a quick email/note.
i voted normally no, but did let a few vendors know that we had booked with someone else. one photographer was a friend of a friend so i defonitely wanted to keep that friendly...and also i had a photographer email me back after the fact so i responded that we had already booked just so she knew we weren't still looking.
I have been. For example I requested information from a photographer and she continued to follow up with me, however I chose someone else, primarily because the first photographer was OUTRAGIOULY priced. I thought that they should know, so they could review their pricing structure and maybe alter them to fit our current economic state.
Think about it, if you went on a job interview and didn't hear anything, you'd be wondering what hapened, did you say something wrong, what happened, you'd want some FEEDBACK. I think everyone deserves constructive critism, some people need to be told they do a great job or have a great business and others need a big piece of humble pie.
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After we have chosen our vendor for each item I have let the others that we met with know of our decision (not who we went with but that we chose someone else). I just sent out my 'regards' email to our cake people and was curious if anyone else does this.