You can probably guess what I am talking about, because it's always on the "10 Bridal Mistakes You Don't Want to Make" and "The Biggest Wedding Regrets You Can Avoid."
I'm talking about wedding videography.
About a month before our wedding, everything was in place. We had chatted on and off about hiring a videographer and decided that it just wasn't necessary. I mean, we were only going to watch it once, maybe twice after the wedding, right? So how much of a waste would that be?
How silly of me to let that thought even cross my mind when I had told hundreds of my own brides to avoid that single, common mistake. But I guess that's just one thought that comes with being a bride?
Most of you are thinking, "Okay, okay. I'll hire a videographer IF I have money left over in my budget." Sorry to break it to you, but the majority of weddings go far over budget so you can throw that idea right out the window. You would never hear a bride say, "I am going to serve dinner only if I have budget leftover" or "I'll hire a photographer if I have a couple extra thousand dollars to spare," would you?
You wouldn't.
And just like any other vendor that is considered a necessity, videography should be to. And it should be accounted for within your budget from the beginning so you, too, don't have to join the millions of brides who somehow fall into that thought pattern.
Why is it that videography gets saved for last -- saved for the remainder of the budget? I don't have an answer for you there but I can tell you that I am so glad we hired one. No, we haven't watched the video every day since we tied the knot three years ago. We've probably watched it 10 times or so, to be completely honest.
