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Are Bridal Trials Necessary?

Part of my job as a Wedding Planner is to create the perfect wedding day experience, and that includes making sure you feel beautiful and confident on your wedding day.  Getting a Bridal Trial is often overlooked as an unnecessary expense, however, I highly recommend that you include this in your budget.

This is why for today’s blog, I have asked Pamela Price from Priceless Beauty,  a good friend and Professional Hair and Make-up Artist to explain the Importance of including a Bridal Trial.

This is what she had to say:  https://priceless-beauty.com/bridal-trials-101/

Pamela in action.  Photo Credit:  Shotlife Studio

Her talented work includes working for well-known TV programs such as Breakfast Television, CP24, E Talk, Omni News, Sun TV, Rogers TV, YTV, and ET Canada.  As well as been featured in Oxygen, Lifestyle Magazine, Asian Woman Magazine, Fitness Star Magazine, TandM Magazine, The Toronto Sun, along with several online publications.

Because Pamela is such a good friend of ours, she is offering a free Consultation to all of Alfresco Wedding Planner’s followers,  simply by mentioning this post.

You can contact her here: https://priceless-beauty.com/contact/

Photo Credit:  Shotlife Studio

Guest Blog by BridesMaid.ca: How renting your bridesmaid dresses will make your wedding planning easier

You rent your groomsmen suits, your tables, your decor… the list goes on. So why not rent your bridesmaid dresses too? There are so many benefits to renting and the best of all is that it will make your life WAY easier when wedding planning mania is in full swing. Though the memories will last forever, one thing that won’t are the bridesmaid dresses. Here are a few ways that renting your bridesmaid dresses will make your wedding planning easier.

It will save you tons of time
Looking for a simple and stress-free dress shopping experience? Renting is made for you! You and your bridesmaids are busy people who don’t want to dedicate an entire day to dress shopping – and potentially still not pick anything! Say goodbye to the long trips to various boutiques and appointments at a tailor for alterations. At BridesMade, the whole process takes place online and can be completed in under 30 minutes. Plus, your bridesmaid dresses will be dropped off right at your doorstep! You can throw a remote bridal party fitting, and you don’t even have to worry about cleaning and storing the dresses after the fact. Learn all about how convenient the rental process is here.

Save your BFFs money
The average cost of buying a bridesmaid dress is enough to give any bridesmaid a scare. Not to mention that most women will be bridesmaids several times in their lifetime. Bridesmaids end up having to shell out a pretty penny to stand next to their BFF at the altar! By choosing to rent your bridesmaid dresses instead you can save each girl up to 60% off traditional retail prices, while still getting something that everyone adores. What’s not to love?

Your bridesmaids will LOVE you
Being a bride can definitely be a stressful time. Trying to juggle all of the planning, while keeping everyone important to you happy… it can be exhausting. That’s why suggesting your bridesmaids rent their dresses will automatically give you bride brownie points and keep your stress to a minimum. Your bridesmaids want the best for you, and you want the best for them too. Most bridesmaids really only wear their dress once and would love to save money and closet space. They will totally appreciate you thinking of them.

Do yourself and your bridesmaids a favour and make your wedding planning easier by opting to rent your bridesmaid dresses instead of buying them! Brides and bridal parties everywhere are making the savvy switch to renting, all while having peace of mind that precious time and money is being saved.

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BridesMade