Wedding Festival @ Suntec: 19 - 21 Feb 2010

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Our experience as follows.... (groom in green, bride in blue)

We went to the bridal fair on Sunday (20th Feb) and was quite traumatised by the way some of the bridal studios tried to persuade us to go to their booths. We priortised what we wanted - an ala carte kind of package, which means we wanted something that does not include a photoshoot.

Over the weekend, we decided to take a peak at the Wedding Festival at Suntec City. Due to our conflicting schedules, such a show is a rare chance so off we went.

The very first impression we had when we stepped into level 3 is that they were extremely pushy. It was as though we were bait for sharks and they keep coming onto us, trying to get us to sit down and view their photographs and talk to them. Perhaps it was because it was late and there were only a few customers left so we had the "privilege" of so much attention.

I must admit that I wanted to run off asap because there was a lot of pressure. I was quite pissed as well. Addy wanted to look at some of the portfolios to get more ideas of the dresses so we'd better not waste the chance.

Sattine

We went over to Sattine and had quite a good impression of them. They are not very pushy and the chief photographer Kenny was able to capture our interest. Personally, I was quite attracted to the gowns and liked one EG very much! It was yellow and had another pink outer veil material on the outside - a mixture of two colours.. thought it suited our theme as well - cute and childlike :P

Kenny from Sattine was nice and his recommendation was really non-obligatory. Didn't use tactics like emotional blackmail and stuff. It is sales people like that will make me consider going back at all. 

Guys like me will think more of whether there is value in the packages. Well, Sattin's package does seem quite reasonable given that they throw in like the ROM portion and suits for the dad's etc. Their range of off-the-rack gowns seem quite good as well. Well, now we just have to decide whether to pay a bit more and go for customized or just do the off-the-rack thing. 

Yes, the yellow evening gown with the pink organza overlay is really nice!

WhiteLink

We also went over to Whitelink. But since they did not have any ala carte packages, we did not stay long. Quite a few overseas locations for photoshoots though. Locations include Korea and Krabi.

Whitelink was ok only. When they heard that we got our photography package, their interest level dipped. Probably it was my black face that resulted in their reaction as well.



Overall, we think wedding fairs are the best place to go only after you have decided roughly which boutiques you would like to sign up with. Main considerations are cost, expertise and designs. Wedding fairs often resort to hard sell tactics and make you sign up on the spot with their offers. If you have decided roughly what you want, you can drive a harder bargain at the wedding fairs.


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