Question 1

What are your prices?

Accepted Answer

My prices do vary depending on the services required and the finer details after that, such as the day of the week, timings required and location etc.   Weekend prices: My Elegant Evening Classic Wedding Package, my fees start from £600. My Graceful Dining & Dancing Package starts from £900. My All-Day Musical Perfection Package starts from £1150.

Question 2

What areas do you cover?

Accepted Answer

Although based in Surrey, I am happy to work wherever I am asked.   I have travelled up to Yorkshire for a beautiful wedding, Shropshire, The Cotswolds a few times, in to London, I often travel down to The South Coast and in to The New Forest, or up in to Essex and Hertfordshire. Over the past couple of years, I have been across many times in to Kent and Sussex.   If you would like me to help you with your Wedding Day, then I am happy wherever it may be.

Question 3

Can we meet you before our Wedding?

Accepted Answer

Yes. I would love to meet up with you both as soon as possible!   We could meet up at your home perhaps, or at your chosen venue, or even just for a coffee somewhere.   The best weddings that I have been a part of, have been the weddings in which my clients and I have met up at least a couple of times prior, in order to run through the details and ideas.   If I were to marry again, I would be wanting to meet up with as many of my suppliers as possible......as many times as needed.

Question 4

Could we hire you for our same-sex wedding?

Accepted Answer

Same-sex wedding? Gay wedding? LGBT wedding? There is no such thing!   Any wedding, is simply that.......A Wedding!   It does not matter to me whether you are having a same-sex wedding, or one of those old fashioned mixed-sex weddings. What matters to me is that you and your partner want to get married, and in hiring me, you obviously want THE BEST WEDDING EVER!

Question 5

Do you supply a contract?

Accepted Answer

Yes I do.   After I have heard about your requirements and ideas that you have for your Wedding Day, I will email you with my Firm Quote and Contract Offer.   If you are happy to proceed with my proposal, you can 'electronically' sign and agree the offer, both parties will be sent the counter-signed document.

Question 6

Do you have Insurance?

Accepted Answer

Yes I do.   I hold Public Liabilty Insurance of up to £10million. My policy documents can be forwarded to your venue direct, or to yourself if you would prefer to forward them on.   My electrical equipment is also tested annually (PAT Testing) and should your venue require my PAT Register and Certificate, this can be forwarded on too.

Question 7

How do you take payment?

Accepted Answer

My preferred payment method is via Bank Transfer, although cash and PayPal are options available for you.   I require an Initial Payment and returned Contract Offer to secure your date, and the remaining balance to be cleared at least 3 weeks prior to your Wedding.   You are more than welcome to pay in instalments if you prefer.

Question 8

What music do you play?

Accepted Answer

I can play pretty much any music. My musical library and knowledge is vast. However, each and every person prefers some different music tracks, artists and genres, to the next person. I am here to help you create the Wedding Day that you dream of. That may well be to have your favourite music playing, it may be to fill the dance floor with your closest friends and family.   It is YOUR Wedding Day, and you MUST be able to have a choice in EVERYTHING!   With that, I supply all of my clients with their very own online Music Planning Porthole. Here you can easily choose music via multiple-choice options of artists, track names etc, and prioritise them. You can manually enter details. You can offer this Planning Porthole to some/all of your guests in advance AND have the power to accept/deny their requests.

Question 9

Can we choose any of the music?

Accepted Answer

It is YOUR Wedding Day, and you MUST be able to have a choice in EVERYTHING!   If you would like to choose it all, that is fine. If you would like to choose half of the music, that is fine. If you don't want to choose the music, that is perfectly fine. It is your Wedding. I can be hired to help you in any way you wish.   With that, I supply all of my clients with their very own online Music Planning Porthole. Here you can easily choose music via multiple-choice options of artists, track names etc, and prioritise them. You can manually enter details. You can offer this Planning Porthole to some/all of your guests in advance AND have the power to accept/deny their requests.

Question 10

I'm getting married during the week, will this affect the cost?"

Accepted Answer

Any midweek wedding (Monday to Thursday), automatically receive my Midweek Wedding Discount of £100 on either my Classic Wedding Package, or my White Wedding Package.   Even though my availability is much greater during the week, you can rest-assured that my professionalism and dedication to the success of your Wedding Day will still exceed your expectations.

Question 11

Do you supply Speakers and Lighting?

Accepted Answer

Yes.   The venues that restrict the use of a DJ bringing using their own equipment such as Speakers and Lighting are few-and-far between.   Unless your venue demands the use of their own equipment, I will supply and use my excellent, professional equipment.

Question 12

Can you supply Microphones for our speeches?

Accepted Answer

Yes.   If you would like up to 4x wireless microphones to use for your speeches, I can help you. These will be supplied with brand new batteries, and I can also demonstrate to those using them, the best techniques.   Not only can these run through my own speaker systems, I can also run these through the speaker systems of the venue if necessary.

Question 13

Do you supply Photo Booths?

Accepted Answer

Yes. I have a variety of Photo Booth options available for you. The stylish and very modern Social Media Photo Station The traditional enclosed Photo Booth The stunning Magic Mirror Each option comes with party props and are great fun.   Prices do vary depending on the style, sizes/dimensions and timings required.

Question 14

Do you supply Dance Floors?

Accepted Answer

Yes I do.   There is a huge variety of dance floors available; from the amazing Video Dance Floors, to the very popular and beautiful White Starlit LED Dance Floor. Through the lovely Black & White Chequered style, to the Wooded variety. Whatever you would prefer, is down to personal taste.      Most venues do have their own dance floor, whether it be a permanent fixture or portable dance floor. However, from my experience, I have noticed that the majority of portable dance floors that the venues use, are not particularly well looked after. Some venues don't really need an additional dance floor as they look fantastic already.      Prices to hire in a dance floor vary drastically depending on the style, size/dimensions and timings required.

Question 15

Do you only DJ at weddings?

Accepted Answer

No. My love and passion happens to be helping to create beautiful weddings, but this does not mean that I limit myslef to weddings only.   I often have the pleasure of DJing at adult birthday parties, anniversaries, and more.   I have a few superb clients that hire me to assist them with their annual corporate events, dinner-dance nights and presentation evenings.

Question 16

Do you offer any Armed Forces/Services Discounts?

Accepted Answer

Yes! And I am proud to do so.   As a Veteran myself, I really do look forward to, and enjoy working with serving members of The Services as much as I do with Veterans.

Question 17

Can we use you if the venue already has a resident DJ?

Accepted Answer

If a venue won't let you use the suppliers of your choice, maybe you should think about choosing a different wedding venue.   Why are they demanding that you use their resident supplier? Is it for financial gain? Do they have a conflict-of-interest with their resident suppliers? It is YOUR Wedding Day. You MUST have a choice in anything and everything to do with your Wedding!   Venues may well have a preferred suppliers list, but a preferred list is not a demand. You still have a choice.

Question 18

What will happen if you are ill on my Wedding Day?

Accepted Answer

As a full member of The National Assocaition Of Disc Jockeys, I am part of a fantastic network of Professional Wedding DJs that will pull out all of the stops to ensure that your Wedding Day goes without any problems.

Question 19

We have found a DJ at a cheaper price than yours. Can you match or beat their price?

Accepted Answer

The short answer is NO.   I am dedicated to making each and every wedding that I have the honour of working at, a complete success. There is no other DJ out there that can replicate what I do, in the way that I do them. My prices are exceptional value for money considering the results that I would produce for you.

Question 20

We are looking at having our Ceremony outside. Can you help?

Accepted Answer

Yes. I am pleased to have organised and supplied the music at quite a few weddings that have had the ceremony outdoors.

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