Planning a Montreal Wedding? Create a Timetable.
Planning a wedding, the timetable I asked myself, “are brides creating a timetable these days?” Recently its seems that DJs are among the last vendors to be booked. We have received calls from clients asking us to DJ their Wedding with less than 4 weeks to spare before their event. In this time-table linked above, the author suggests booking your entertainment or DJ about 6-9 months prior to the event.
In an effort to help our clients, I would like to suggest a few reasons why you might want to consider booking a DJ (especially some of the more competitive Montreal DJs) well in advance of your event. Although I have done it numerous times in my career, as a DJ, I don’t like to just show up and play music the day of your Wedding. The DJ likes to get a feel for your vision for your Wedding, and it takes time and communication to carry that out. We will often speak with the venue or your other vendors to arrange and organize the timeline and flow of events, we spend time collecting and arranging music, we set and take meetings or phone consultations with bride and grooms, etc… If you wait until the last minute to book your DJ, it leaves us little time to prepare your entertainment and to make sure that everything runs smoothly. I’m confident that all of us at DJ-Chico can easily pull off a great Wedding even if we have very little time to prepare for it, but it is so much nicer to have that time to bond with my clients and help them realize their dreams for the perfect wedding.
Furthermore, my services as a DJ are based upon my availability. Many Brides and Grooms do book their DJ well in advance, and they often have the pick of the cream of the crop for DJs and Entertainment Companies that best suit their needs and budgets. Our company only hires very talented and experienced Wedding DJs, but each of their personalities are different. If a client waits too long, they may not find that match with the DJ they’re looking for, simply because the DJ has already been booked.
In certain circumstances, clients wait to book vendors, due to budget issues or other special reasons. We recommend that you speak with us directly if you have special circumstances, and we will try to work with you to help you book and begin working with your DJ as soon as possible, with lots of time to relax and plan for a great Wedding.
If you have an emergency and you need to hire a DJ from our firm because the DJ company you hired backed out on you at the last minute (it does happen, just do your homework before you hire anyone), rest assured that we do offer emergency DJs based on availability. These are talented DJs who can step in and take command of the event with little to no preparation time. Although this is a last resort option, we do offer it and are confident in our ability to excel under those conditions.
I hope you’ll consider the benefits of interviewing and booking your DJ with the 6-9 month rule as a nice starting point. It certainly relieves stress for you and helps give the DJ more time to get to know you
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