Cool wedding planning resources I made.

We’re coming up on Engagement Season (Thanksgiving through Valentine’s Day) and that means venue tours.

Here’s the list of questions I ask as a professional planner.

But before you tour venues, maybe do this instead?

It takes 15 minutes and makes a great date night.

It took me a long time to figure out that I sell days of the week.

That matters to you because it greatly influences why wedding vendors charge what we charge.

“We’re so amazed of you always and even made a joke that anxiety is anxious of you!”

And other nice things my clients said about me this season in handwritten cards and online reviews.

Cool wedding planning resources other people made

“Don’t dress up as a bride on your wedding day. Don’t dress up as a groom on your wedding day. … Dress as the most elevated, authentic, peacocking version of yourself.”

Thanks to my mother-in-law for this excellent article about wedding fashion.

Prenups don’t come up enough in wedding planning.

So I was interested to learn about Neptune, which connects people with lawyers to get prenups. If you’re in the market, mention my name (“Elisabeth Kramer”) in the “How did you hear about us?” section of the Neptune contact form and you’ll get $100 off a prenup between now and Friday 12/6/24.

A southeast Portland venue is offering a discount now through December 2024.

It’s 15 percent off a room rental at The Melody Event Center. Just mention this newsletter entry. (The Melody also offers nonprofit discounts as well as multi-event discounts.)

Psst — Per my code of conduct, I don’t take kickbacks or other things of value for my referrals.

Wedding vendors, this is for you

If you’re reading this the same day I sent it (October 30) come join an in-person meet-up for wedding vendors in Portland, Oregon.

I host these quarterly with the intention of providing a free, not-gross space for wedding vendors to talk to their coworkers outside of a wedding.

(Seattle, there’s a meet-up for you next month.)

Weddings take a lot of work! For a little extra help, consider:

• asking me a question for free

• using this gallery of free resources

• reading these articles

• reading my book

• renting my brain for an hour

• hiring me to coordinate