FAQ
How is your Wedding Styling service different from a Wedding Planner’s?
We provide a total creative solution for your wedding; Wedding Planners focus more on the planning, logistics and scheduling requirements of your entire wedding. Most Wedding Planners have excellent project coordination and management skills (which are invaluable for large or complex weddings) but may not possess the creative nous and artistic flair that we provide, so we often work in tandem with Wedding Planners, and their clients (and vice versa) to ensure that our clients benefit from our respective and complimentary skills and expertise.
What do you typically charge for styling a wedding?
Because we don’t view your wedding as a “package deal” our service is highly personalised and tailored to your unique needs. You may choose to simply hire the items you need from our online catalogue, collect them from us yourself on either the Thursday or Friday immediatly before your wedding and returning them to us no later than Tuesday the following week. This is called Dry Hire. We have no minimum order value for hire items so you may only need one piece. The hire price of each item is shown in the catalogue and includes GST. Or, you may prefer to have us deliver the goods to your venue and collect them afterwards of your venue is happy to set them up for you. We will calculate the delivery and collection charges based on the distance we are required to travel and the size of the order. Where you require us to style your wedding, the fee structure for our services will vary based on the complexity and detail of the creative solutions, products and services you require. We are very respectful of your time and money and will always ensure we stay within your budget for both.
How do your services work?
Firstly, we will meet with you for an initial – obligation free – consultation, during which we will discuss your ideas, inspirations and vision for your wedding. We use this information to build a design concept that takes into account your budget and overall preferences. We strongly encourage you to bring any clippings from magazines, images, objects, colour swatches, etc. which appeal to you (even if you don’t know why) – all of these things help us better understand you, your personal style and how you want your wedding to look and feel.
From that original meeting we will then create for you a personalised quote detailing all the elements involved. Our quotes are valid for 21 days and are fully itemised which gives you greater control over your budget and the overall outcome you are hoping to achieve. This gives you an opportunity to make any revisions necessary before we finalise the order.
Additional meeting times including site visits are charged at $85.00 per hour.
When you are satisfied with the final wedding design concept, we go to work to prepare everything for set up and installation, then after your wedding, we’ll be there to pack down, leaving you free to enjoy your most important celebration without any concerns!
When will you charge me for your services?
Once you have returned to us a signed Order Acceptance Form a deposit (40% of the total order value) is required to secure our services and your chosen products for the date of your wedding. The remaining balance (plus or minus any changes you make along the way) will be due seven (7) days prior to your wedding. The cost of any breakages or damages will be brought to your attention when we pack down following your wedding and will be invoiced to you within seven days. Payments may be made by direct deposit to our bank account and we do accept payment by Credit Card (Visa, Mastercard and American Express). Please note that all Credit Card transactions will incur a surcharge of 1.5% for Visa and Mastercard and 2.5% for American Express cards.
What services are included in your service fees?
You can choose as much or as little service and product as you need and can afford. Some clients opt for a full service solution while others prefer to do more themselves by just having a design concept created or hiring some or all of the decorator items they need. We would be very happy to meet with you at our studio for an obligation free consultation so that we can better understand your requirements and then provide you with a number of options and price structures, after that it really is up to you as how much service and product you need and can afford.
What experience do you have?
Collectively the team at The Styling Company come from a very wide range of artistic and creative fields, as well as having practical experience in retail, IT, hospitality, travel, television, film, PR and general management. This diverse background has helped us achieve the success we have enjoyed since our business evolved to encompass Wedding Styling in January 2008. Visit our Gallery to see the results of our work over the years.
What areas and locations can you service?
We are based in Sydney, and regularly style events at some of Sydneys most sought after locations. We are happy to discuss your requirements for events outside the Sydney metropolitan area. Additional fees will apply.
