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Archive 2008 · How much % do you ask upfront?

Chris Cooke
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p.3 #1 · How much % do you ask upfront?

liza wrote:
50% with the final balance due 30 days prior to the wedding.
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Oct 07, 2008 at 11:17 AM

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p.3 #2 · How much % do you ask upfront?

Ivo Kwee wrote:
Do clients actually cancel? I wonder what percentage. If that happens, do you really keep all that $500?

I've had a cancel, and my policy is this: The deposit is non-refundable. But if I do happen to be able to book that date with another client, and get a deposit from the second client, then I will refund the original bride's deposit.

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Oct 07, 2008 at 11:53 AM

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p.3 #3 · How much % do you ask upfront?

$400 for all packages to hold the date, balance two weeks prior. I like to feel like I'm getting paid when the wedding date comes around.

Oct 07, 2008 at 12:50 PM

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p.3 #4 · How much % do you ask upfront?

I should edit my post but I figured I would just add mine again: But I did not go into detail last time.

500 to book, the balance is then split into two payments
90 days prior
14 days prior

Oct 07, 2008 at 01:35 PM

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p.3 #5 · How much % do you ask upfront?

RedWhiteandRed wrote:
$500. No matter the size of the contract.

werd

Oct 07, 2008 at 02:57 PM

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p.3 #6 · How much % do you ask upfront?

50% with balance due 30 days prior to the wedding date.

Oct 07, 2008 at 04:41 PM

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p.3 #7 · How much % do you ask upfront?

A poll would have been cleaner

Make it worth your while: 50% retainer, 50% due 30 days prior.

When you have 4-8 inquiries for the same date, every date becomes more valuable. Replacing it in case of cancellation results in loss of income.

/asim

Oct 08, 2008 at 09:53 AM

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p.3 #8 · How much % do you ask upfront?

Half to book the date, the other half 2 weeks prior.

Oct 08, 2008 at 06:17 PM

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p.3 #9 · How much % do you ask upfront?

25% at time of signing the contract, 50% on or before 3 months prior to the wedding, 25% upon delivery. If contract is signed within 3 months of wedding, 75% is applicable.

Oct 08, 2008 at 08:12 PM

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p.3 #10 · How much % do you ask upfront?

1500 at booking. balance due 30 days before wedding.

Oct 08, 2008 at 09:10 PM

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p.3 #11 · How much % do you ask upfront?

50% to reserve, the rest by the day of the event.

Should I be making them pay the remaining balance before then?

Oct 08, 2008 at 09:18 PM

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p.3 #12 · How much % do you ask upfront?

Italo Campilii wrote:

! Man you're complicated..

Reading is fundamental

Did you not see anything else in my reply?

Oct 08, 2008 at 10:07 PM

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p.3 #13 · How much % do you ask upfront?

I do 50% & the contract signed in order to reserve the date.
Remainder by day of the wedding.
(Any destination wedding reservations (rooms/tickets) & travel costs 8 weeks before wedding date, at lastest.)

~gyl

Oct 09, 2008 at 01:37 AM

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p.3 #14 · How much % do you ask upfront?

Those deposits; are they the same as retainer - nonrefundable fees?

Oct 13, 2008 at 08:40 AM

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p.3 #15 · How much % do you ask upfront?

non-refundable 50% with balance due 30-day prior to event

Oct 15, 2008 at 11:24 PM

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p.3 #16 · How much % do you ask upfront?

The guy who shot my wedding did a payment down It hink it was 400$, but then the rest was due the day of the wedding.

Oct 15, 2008 at 11:27 PM

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