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How To Choose A Wedding Florist

So it’s time to find your wedding florist. Now, we don’t know about you – but outside of wedding planning, we’d say most people’s experience with flowers is limited to buying the odd bouquet from the supermarket or flower shop. So with everything posies to pergolas to consider, how should you choose your wedding florist? … Continue reading

Wedding Planning Tips from Wedding Florist Yasmin Downing

If you’re looking for some top wedding planning tips, there’s nothing like the expertise from a real wedding professional. We spoke to Yasmin Downing, the passionate florist behind Yasmin Downing Floral Design, who specialises in combining modern elements with timeless tradition to create the perfect aesthetic. In her own words: “Since opening a dried flower … Continue reading

4 wedding traditions that are getting ditched when couples get hitched

Here are 4 outdated wedding traditions that wedding suppliers should scratch off the list when working with 2017 / 2018 couples.The wedding suppliers tick list is changing as we near 2018…As wedding suppliers, we all have very different stories to tell when it comes to catering to the unique tastes and preferences of the soon-to-be-wedded … Continue reading

Supplier Stories: Insights from Award-Winning Wedding Florist and Blogger Thoughts of You Flowers

Welcome to this week’s Supplier Story! ‘Supplier Stories’ is an original Bridebook Business article series, where we go behind-the-scenes and into the wedding world through those that know it best – the experienced and talented venues and suppliers across the UK.So whether this is your first story or 10th, enjoy as we look into the industry … Continue reading

Sarah & Lee in Bobbington, West Midlands (Rustic + White)

Sarah and Lee had the most amazing and fun wedding in the stunning Floral Rustic Barn and Country House. Even gale force winds didn’t get anyone down! Blakelands Country House is a historic venue set in ten acres of beautifully kept gardens, paddocks and lakes. Its rustic look offers a truly charming setting for a … Continue reading

Bridebook Wedding Awards 2019 Supplier Winners!

Couples and wedding professionals across the country left over 25,000 reviews and testimonials for their beloved wedding venues & suppliers. After careful consideration and a thorough evaluation of this year’s entries, the 2019 Wedding Award Winners have now been crowned in their respective categories! A massive thank you for all those who participated, and a special shout-out to … Continue reading

How To Choose Your Wedding Flowers

Whether you’ve found your dream florist or you’re still considering options, it’s time to talk wedding flowers. And from buttonholes to bouquets and ceremony flowers to centrepieces, there’s a lot to talk about. So here’s how to get started choosing your wedding flowers. 1. Have A Colour (Or Two!) In Mind Have you chosen your … Continue reading

Bridebook.co.uk Wedding Awards 2017 Winners!

We couldn’t be more thrilled to announce the Winners and Highly Commended suppliers of the Bridebook.co.uk Wedding Awards 2017! With so many incredible and talented suppliers across our Bridebook family, picking the final winners was difficult to say the least. So we’d like to extend our sincerest warm wishes and thanks for all of those … Continue reading

How to use your reviews

Reviews aren’t easy to earn so once you’ve banked them you should be making the most of them and leveraging them in different formats across different mediums. Getting the most out of client reviews is simply a case of knowing how to use them; that is, where to feature them and how best to let the … Continue reading

How to network with wedding suppliers

Networking with other wedding professionals is one of the cheapest and most impactful ways to earn leads and secure bookings from engaged couples.With that in mind, do you think you are doing it often enough or well enough?Networking is something that comes naturally to some and fills others with dread. But don’t be fooled; being confident is *not … Continue reading

19 Questions To Ask Your Florist

Flowers, flowers everywhere! Choosing the flowers for your wedding is so much fun – gorgeous blooms, wonderful scents, how could you not love it? But take note, picking a florist is like choosing another person to marry – there must be trust and a shared vision. To make sure you find the right person, we’ve … Continue reading

5 tips to guaranteeing wedding show success

Can you believe we’re already reaching that period when wedding bookings begin to slow but the number of national and local wedding fairs begin to ramp up in anticipation of 2018 / 2019 bookings?The smartest wedding pros will already be signing up to showcase their unique supplier services at wedding events from September through to … Continue reading

12 Tips of Christmas for festive wedding professionals

We’re dreaming of a white Christmas. And with that, we’re also wishing for a successful snowy season for you and your wedding business.But why rest your dreamy head in the wintry clouds when you can create your own winter wedding success and secure seasonal bookings? Introducing the 12 tips of Christmas.On the twelfth day of Christmas … Continue reading

15 Wedding Trends from Pippa Middleton’s Wedding

It felt like the whole world was watching Pippa’s big day, with brides-to-be in particular keeping their eyes peeled for any extra inspiration. Thankfully, Bridebook.co.uk, the UK’s leading wedding planning app and website, has done all the leg work and compiled all of the new trends Pippa has set into motion in the wedding world … Continue reading

The Bridebook.co.uk Wedding Awards 2018

The Bridebook.co.uk Wedding Awards 2018 are here! Whether you’re a fairytale castle or an alternative wedding dress designer, a self-trained florist or a french pastry chef, you’re all eligible to be recognised for the incredible work that you do in the British wedding industry.The Bridebook.co.uk Wedding Awards 2018 gives all of our venues and suppliers … Continue reading

The Bridebook.co.uk Wedding Awards 2017 Shortlist!

We are thrilled to announce The Bridebook.co.uk Wedding Awards 2017 Shortlist! With over 180,000 votes cast by thousands of clients and Bridebook.co.uk couples, this amazing list is packed with some of the UK’s very best wedding suppliers and venues – truly the cream of the crop!These shortlisted suppliers will go through to the next and … Continue reading

How Much Does a Wedding Cost? The 2024 UK Average

Want to know how much the average wedding costs this year? Introducing Bridebook’s UK Wedding Report 2024: our annual wedding industry study revealing year-on-year changes. This year was our biggest and best yet: we surveyed almost 6,000 married and engaged couples (2,000 more than 2023), representing a mix of regions and demographics, to find out … Continue reading

The Bridebook.co.uk Wedding Awards 2019

Working in the wedding industry is hard. Early mornings, even later nights. Swollen feet, increasing competition and ever-changing social media expectations. So why do we do it? We do it to create. We create moments, pieces of art, experiences, memories. We create MAGIC! The Bridebook Wedding Awards are a chance for us celebrate and honour … Continue reading

How Savvy Wedding Suppliers use Instagram to get Bookings in 2017/18

If you’re not already present on Instagram or you think you could be doing something better, these are just some of the ways in which wedding venues and suppliers can see a dramatic uplift in online engagement through relatively little effort. Ever heard of the saying “a picture paints a thousand words”? Well, this statement rings … Continue reading