{"id":12104,"date":"2019-01-30T21:48:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T21:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/?p=12104"},"modified":"2025-03-21T21:47:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T21:47:17","slug":"how-to-survive-after-the-2019-todays-bride-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/todays-bride-show\/how-to-survive-after-the-2019-todays-bride-show\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Survive After the 2019 Today&#8217;s Bride Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"font-family: karla;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class='et-dropcap'>P<\/span>hew!<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2019 Today's Bride Show<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is over. Sound Precision Entertainment had a jam-packed weekend meeting tons of brides, and we can't wait to help you plan your wedding! Now that the show is over, you're probably more than a little overwhelmed. Most likely, you have rolls of photos, piles of brochures and an inbox full of emails. So how do you sort it all out?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: karla; font-size: 12pt;\">Follow our post-show tips to ensure you get the most from the show:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: ephorigenic; font-size: 24pt; color: #cf2026;\">1.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: della-respira;\"><span style=\"font-family: karla; font-size: 24pt;\">Don't Rush<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: karla; font-size: 12pt;\">Take your time to sort through the information you brought home from the show. You don't need to do it all at once. Take 30 or 60 minutes a day to look through the materials. Set aside the vendors, ideas, photos, etc. you like best, and trash those that you definitely won't use.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"et-fb-mce-line-break-holder\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\n<p class=\"et-fb-mce-line-break-holder\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: karla; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: ephorigenic;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; color: #cf2026;\">2.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: ephorigenic;\"><span style=\"font-family: karla;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: karla; font-size: 24pt;\">Organize your top picks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Once you've whittled down the information, make piles for each type of vendor. Whether it's a business card, a full-color brochure or a picture of a head table, place flowers in one pile, venues in another, etc.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"et-fb-mce-line-break-holder\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\n<p class=\"et-fb-mce-line-break-holder\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><span style=\"color: #cf2026; font-family: ephorigenic;\">3.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: karla; font-size: 24pt;\">Contact your vendors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: karla;\">Most couples choose the ceremony and reception locations first, as their availability often affects the rest of the wedding. Then you can move on to DJs, photographers, bakers and other vendors. As you did before, review one pile at a time. Decide which vendors to contact, and be sure to mention any ideas you have from the pictures or brochures you placed in the pile. File your second-string vendors away for now. You don't want to toss them just in case your favorite vendors are unavailable or do not meet your needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"et-fb-mce-line-break-holder\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\n<p class=\"et-fb-mce-line-break-holder\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: karla;\"><span style=\"color: #cf2026; font-size: 24pt; font-family: ephorigenic;\">4.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: karla;\">Begin making appointments<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: karla;\">You should set appointments with the vendors you are most serious about right away. While many vendors offer deals that are valid only at the bridal show, some will extend those deals beyond the show. When booking your appointments, be sure to mention that you met them at the bridal show, and ask if these deals are still available. The closer to the bridal show you make your appointment, the better chance of receiving the deal!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"et-fb-mce-line-break-holder\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\n<p class=\"et-fb-mce-line-break-holder\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: karla;\"><span style=\"font-family: ephorigenic; font-size: 24pt;\"><span style=\"color: #cf2026;\">5.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: karla; font-size: 24pt;\">Don't forget to check your email<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-family: karla; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you followed our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/todays-bride-show\/the-ultimate-bridal-show-survival-guide-cleveland-todays-bride-edition-2019\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ultimate Bridal Show Survival Guide: Cleveland Today's Bride Edition 2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (and we hope you did!) then you set up a separate email address to give to wedding vendors. However, if you didn't, don't worry! You can create a separate address now and forward the emails. That will make it much easier to sort through wedding and non-wedding messages.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"et-fb-mce-line-break-holder\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\n<p class=\"et-fb-mce-line-break-holder\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: karla; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; color: #cf2026;\">6.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: karla; font-size: 24pt;\">Tie up any loose ends<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: karla;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you didn't get a chance to visit a vendor at the show, or you think you may have forgotten something, don't sweat it! You can visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/todaysbride\/todays-bride-shows\/?lp=true\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to check out pictures from the show, which might help jog your memory. You can also still view the exhibitor list <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/todaysbride.com\/bridal-shows\/january-26th-27th-wedding-show-ix-center\/#exhibitors\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: karla;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information, contact SPE at (216) 870-4513 or <\/span><a href=\"mailto:scott@spedj.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">scott@spedj.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phew! The 2019 Today&#8217;s Bride Show is over. Sound Precision Entertainment had a jam-packed weekend meeting tons of brides, and we can&#8217;t wait to help you plan your wedding! Now that the show is over, you&#8217;re probably more than a little overwhelmed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[49,37,12,25,26,32,33,30,16,53,11,62],"class_list":["post-12104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-todays-bride-show","tag-capture-cleveland","tag-cle","tag-cleveland","tag-cleveland-dj","tag-cleveland-wedding","tag-cleveland-wedding-dj","tag-cleveland-wedding-entertainment","tag-cleveland-wedding-venue","tag-sound-precision-entertainment","tag-todays-bride","tag-wedding","tag-wedding-videographer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}