Where do I even begin?
When me and my husband first got engaged, I just knew every married friend we had would throw different suggestions at us. I knew exactly what I didn't want, but wasn't sure what I wanted so me and my mom were shopping around. But finding DW as a one stop shop was the best wedding planning decision we made. When we first met Bobo, we instantly clicked. My mom, husband and I literally chatted with her for 2 hours and we even started trying on dresses for the different shoots that we wanted.
You should definitely walk in with a budget (as you should for every wedding vendor you use) and Bobo will help you figure out what is the best bang for your buck and how the overall package will look. We actually needed their team for 2 weddings so we were glad it was a one stop shop. (We got engaged in February, chinese banquet wedding in July and castle wedding in December - crazy I know for 10 months timeframe.) If you find photographers/videographers, they typically go for 3k each and doesn't include much. But with DW, we got a great package, 2 engagement shoots, hair and makeup, and free dress/suit rentals!! And when I tell you this... ITS A FREAKING STEAL!!!
Hair/makeup - They did my hair and makeup for our two engagement shoots and two wedding days. They also did hair and makeup for our moms, sisters and bridesmaids! Let me tell you how crazy that is because it's sooo expensive outside and their makeup artist did an amazing job! (absolutely love the way my brows came out and they use all top brand products!!!! Fenty, Laura Mercier, Stila, Bobbi Brown, etc) They do ask you bring your makeup if you want your own products. (I brought it all the time and forgot it for my wedding day haha but they were easily able to match my color for my foundation and lips)
Now for dresses/outfits - they offer you rentals for free! We borrowed 4 outfits for our engagement shoots (and had 2 of our own). For our chinese wedding, we borrowed a wedding dress, accessories, chinese gown, qipao, and (groom's) chinese suit jacket. For the castle wedding, we borrowed my 2nd (white) dress and accessories. (If I found DW earlier, I would've saved 2.5k because I had just ordered a custom made dress a week before finding them!!). They even offer dresses for bridesmaids.. but they did not fit my style so we passed on that. Our moms/dads were also able to borrow dresses from them but they ended up finding something else they liked. We didn't have flowergirls/ringboys.. but DW also has outfits for them to borrow.
Photographer, videographer. We absolutely LOVEEEE Even!! He's so funny and down to earth. His personality is just the perfect touch of professional and personable. If you speak Chinese, you're in for a bonus treat with his jokes. We did work with another photographer and videographer who was also very sweet and professional. But we worked with Even for 3 days so we felt like we had more connection with him (and sat in a 2 hour car ride with him for our shoot since I picked a super far place).
Bonuses - we got picture albums and a big picture for our wedding day. It really depends on your package because we omitted some things and kept some things as non negotiable. Their picture albums are so beautifully made and they edit it so you look even prettier haha! We loved our big blown up picture for our wedding day!!!!
Sarah - she's amazing!! She is the person who runs around and does it all. From reminding us about our photoshoots and how to prepare, to steaming and tailoring the dresses, to reminding us how much to tip, to helping us pick out pictures for the album...she is amazing! Truly loved working with her and she even helped with giving me opinions on which dress to choose. There were some dresses that don't fit me or wouldn't look nice.. and she just knew it right away. (I had my mom with me so I had to make sure I tried on the dresses mom picked even tho i hated them LOL).
Bobo - she's a superwoman! She helped me with so many questions that we needed to figure out for our chinese ceremony. I have very modern parents while my husband has a more conservative/traditional family/relatives/grandparents. So there were lots of things we asked Bobo to help us with - tea ceremony, who's names to call, how should we do table seatings, etc. She also helped us with the timelines for both weddings and let us know where we should leave more time/take time out.
My favorite thing about DW besides the price and professionalism is how personable and communicative they are. They were constantly communicating with us in our group chat. We would answer our questions super quickly. They do offer other packages : mc/dj, limo, decoration referrals we didn't use those but did use their photobooth for both weddings. This is a super lengthy post but I would've love if someone wrote this while we were struggling shopping for wedding vendors.. so I'm just passing on the favor. Love the team there!!! read more