Teachers, getting married?

Yesterday i had the privilige to meet with Ashley & Matt whom are getting married on June 15th, 2012. Upon booking photography, videography, and Entertainment services, they accumalated $500.00 in discounts through our "Give Back" program. I am looking forward to rocking out their wedding this coming June in Ft. Lauderdale Beach, FL with their 200+ guests. Not only am I their "Event Specialist", I am also going to be their MC along with one of our fabulous DJ's.
We provide discounts to those whom make our lives easier and better ie. teachers, police officers, sanitation, those whom served/serving in the military etc...

Elegant Occasions wins Brides Choice Award for 2012

{Coral Springs,FL} – January 30, 2012 – WeddingWire, the nation's leading wedding Marketplace, is excited to announce Elegant Occasions Event Professionals has been selected to receive the prestigious WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2012! The esteemed annual awards program recognizes the top local wedding vendors from the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism within the wedding industry.

While many industry awards are selected by the organization, Elegant Occasions Event Professionals was selected based on its stellar reviews from past newlywed clients. Elegant Occasions Event Professionals is recognized as part of the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire local vendor community, comprised of over 200,000 wedding professionals throughout the United States and Canada. The Bride’s Choice Award recognizes the best local wedding vendors across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, based on their overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is thrilled to honor the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community,” said Timothy Chi, CEO, WeddingWire. “Since the launch of the Bride’s Choice Awards™ program four years ago, thousands of outstanding wedding professionals have been recognized by the bridal community for their supreme service and dedication to the wedding industry. It is with great pleasure that we congratulate Elegant Occasions Event Professionals for their continued professionalism and commitment to enriching the wedding planning experience for engaged couples.”

We are happy to announce that Elegant Occasions Event Professionals is one of the very best within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Project Wedding, Brides.com, Martha Stewart Weddings, and Weddingbee.

We would like to thank our past clients for taking the time to review our business on WeddingWire. Thanks to their positive feedback we were able to receive the WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ for 2012.

For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today at http://www.weddingwire.com/biz/elegant-occasions-event-professionals-coral-springs/aba5f65bd07a9969. To learn more about the Bride's Choice Awards™, please visit http://www.weddingwire.com/.

Elegant Occasions wins The Knot Best of Weddings 2012!

We are proud to report that we have won "The Knot" Best of Weddings again for 2012. The only way to win the best of weddings is to have many happy couples and few if any unhappy couples. After almost 25 years we still maintain the hightest rating for client satisfaction in our local industry.

A big THANK YOU to all our couples in 2011 who made this award possible!

Elegant Occasions wins the Communitas Awards for 2011!!!

We are proud to announce that Elegant Occasions won the Communitas Awards for 2011 for our give back program.

One of only 14 winners of the Community Leadership award level in North America, we were recognised for providing discounts and free services to community organizations like the Boys & Girls clubs as well Police Officers, Firefighters, Teachers, Nurses and Military Personnel. The press release follows... For Immediate Release: COMMUNITAS AWARDS ANNOUNCES WINNERS DALLAS, TX- Communitas Awards today recognized exceptional businesses, organizations and individuals for excellence in community service and corporate social responsibility. The Communitas Awards is an international effort to recognize the spirit of communitas people helping people. Communitas winners unselfishly give of themselves and their resources, and are changing the way they do business to benefit their communities. Communitas winners are recognized for specific programs involving volunteerism, philanthropy or ethical, sustainable business practices. Some businesses, organizations and individuals are also recognized as Leadership winners because of their excellence in multiple programs. A complete list of winners can be found on the Communitas website at http://www.communitasawards.com/. Communitas nominees are evaluated based on the extent and effectiveness of their programs. The size and potential scope of the nominee is also taken into consideration. Winners range from a one-person design firm donating $35,000 in services to help improve the diets of inner-city students- to an online retailer enlisting help from vendor partners to design and create teddy bears for a program that so far has helped cheer-up 20,000 recovery room patients at a Children's Hospital- to a Fortune 500 business that is converting its fleet of cars and trucks to energy efficient vehicles. Communitas Awards is an outgrowth of the pro bono recognition program of the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (www.amcpros.com), a several thousand member group that honors creative achievement and fosters partnerships with charities and community organizations. As part of its mission, AMCP gives grants to community organizations and underwrites a large portion of Communitas expenses. "By recognizing individuals, organizations and companies for their volunteerism and socially responsible business practices, we are hoping to not only bring attention to great programs, but are working with community minded leaders to make the spirit of communitas an essential element of every business," said Ed Dalheim, executive director of AMCP.

Elegant Occasions Wins WeddingWire's Brides Choice Award!

WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce Elegant Occasions Event Professionals has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for Photography, Videography and Entertainment!

Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation.

Elegant Occasions Event Professionals stands among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is honored to celebrate the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire community,” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “With the annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program, WeddingWire has the unique opportunity to recognize the best wedding professionals across the US and Canada.

We applaud Elegant Occasions Event Professionals for their professionalism and dedication to enhancing the wedding planning experience last year.” We are happy to announce that Elegant Occasions Event Professionals is among the very best Photography, Videography and Entertainment compaies within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and Weddingbee.

We would like to thank our past clients for nominating us to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011. For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today at http://www.weddingwire.com/biz/elegant-occasions-event-professionals-tamarac/aba5f65bd07a9969.html. For more information on the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011, please visit www.WeddingWire.com

Bridal Show Special Pricing only for a limited time!

For those of you who attended the Signature Grand Bridal & Quince Show on 1/25/11, the special pricing on Photography, Videography, and Music offered at that show for your wedding, quince or mitzvah will be extended through this Friday 1/28/11. Also many of you won Free DJ's and other valuable prizes which are also only available through this Friday.

If you were not able to attend the show in Davie Florida but would like to receive these specials, call us at 954-722-2223 before Friday!

Will your vendor be in business on the wedding day?

With major businesses closing their doors each week it is no surprise that wedding and mitzvah photographers, videographers and disc jockeys are dropping like flies. It is a scary time to be planning an event in South Florida so how do you protect yourself from a company going out of business and taking all your money with them?

Most important is to make sure you are dealing with a stable wedding service provider. Take the extra time to research their company.

1. How long have they been in business and are they incorporated? Check at http://www.sunbiz.org/corinam.html.
2. Are they licensed and insured? Ask for copies of their documents.
3. Are they behind on their taxes? Find out at https://www.broward.county-taxes.com/tcb/app/ol/licenses.
4. How often have they been sued? Check at http://www.browardclerk.org/clerkwebsite/bccoc2/OdysseyPA/casesearch.aspx?SelectCourt=true&DisplayCitation=no&DisplayType=Civil (make sure you click to do a partial name search to get ALL of the company's DBAs).
5. How is their standing with the Better Business Bureau? http://www.bbb.org/south-east-florida/search.

It may take awhile to do your leg work on a potential company but it will potentially save you hundreds to thousands of dollars and the stress of trying to find another vendor at the last minute.

Also if you are planning an event for more that 60 days away leave a very small deposit so if you do misjudge them you will lose less money! 10% should be fine with most reputable service providers. Remember, the more pressure they put you under to book and put down a large deposit, the more pressure they are under to pay their bills.