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I am maxing out at 5. So far, we have gone to 2 tastings; one was way out of our budget, even with revisions, the other one is awesome and seriously a top contender, so far. One that we would love to go with is right with our budget, but doesn't do tastings. Another one we are going for a tasting on October 9th, and the last one I will be calling back later this week to see what they can offer us. The last caterer just had a death in the family, so I am giving her some time to recover before I call her back. She doesn't normally do tastings, but has agreed to for us. I hope to have finally secured a caterer by the end of October. We are running out of time.
The caterers that I don't go with, I just email them thanking them for their time, let them know what a pleasure it was to meet with them, and let them know that although we were very impressed, they are unfortuneately still out of our budget.
depends on how many caterers or venues you are interested in. For us... not one other venue compared with the one we eventually booked, so we did a tasting with only them... it was phenominal... and then we booked, no need to do other tastings...
we only did one - the caterer we used. We loved them and told them that day we wanted to hire them. I of course would have loved more free food but couldn't do that to anyone else!
We only went to one. If you love them, there's no reason to waste your time or theirs. If you don't, I would keep going until I found the one I loved.
This might be a dumb question, but do you have to pay for a tasting? If so, how much do they usually run?
We only did one, but our caterer was amazing, and put us at ease immediately. He was by far our easiest choice of the entire process.
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I know you should only schedule a tasting with a caterer if you are seriously considering them...so how many caterers do you think are too many?
Also, after doing tastings and making a final decision, how do you tactfully thank the caterers you do not choose for their time and effort? (I have had several caterers send me multiple revised proposals because I am picky about food and also trying to cut costs everywhere possible).
I just feel badly for taking up peoples' time and especially going in person to eat their food just to let them know I will not require their services...*ugh*
Advice please and thank you!