Jeff asks:
I share my ceremonies with my couples using Google Docs. Every once in awhile I have a venue coordinator or wedding planner request access to the document, to which I normally deny access by kindly emailing them directly asking if I can help them out with anything specific. I kind of feel like there’s no reason for them to need to see the ceremony or have access, especially if it’s a venue I’ve been at a bunch of times. I would never request access to their day-of timeline they’ve created, that’s their business…
I also don’t love sharing an entire ceremony with someone who I don’t really know. I mean, really, my style and delivery are what couples hire me for, not reeeeally the words in a ceremony, but if I’ve spent all this time writing it, I don’t feel like I need to just hand it over to anyone who asks, especially someone in the local wedding market.
What do you think? Tell ’em to take a hike or ease up a bit, Jeff, and share away?
Obviously Josh is of no use for this question, because he doesn’t write a ceremony script, so this is Sarah’s view only!
Absolutely agree! I give my couple a copy of the final ceremony (along with the certificate) and that’s it. A venue could only possibly want to know your timing – but if they are professional they should be able to run with what you do anyway.
Venues – no – but there are other vendors that can really benefit from having the ceremony in full before the day. If I am working with a videographer and they are doing Same Day Edit for that wedding, I will always contact them and send them the full draft, before the day. As my ceremonies are largely story-telling ( the opposite of you ,Josh !) it can really help them to create a story flow for their video, which has to be created in a very short time.
I totally agree Robyn, but hopefully in that case the videographer is explaining to you exactly why they need it, rather than just an airy fairy “send me your script please” as I suspect Jeff is getting from his venues! PS: Same day edits? That sounds exhausting!