Being a wedding planner can definitely be a challenging job. They want to do all that they can to make sure that the bride they are working for has the wedding of her dreams! But what happens when a client’s behavior makes a wedding planner regret ever agreeing to work with her?
Virtual wedding planner Laura Fragoso Hiller (@laurafragosohiller) shares a story about the time she had to fire a bride!
“I feel bad because we’re 6 months away from her wedding, but I don’t feel bad enough to keep working with her,” Laura said.
Laura was helping a bride in Atlanta, Georgia, plan her wedding and get all the details sorted out with her. The bride was running out of time to find a photographer for her wedding, so, feeling overwhelmed, she reached out to Laura to ask if she could find a suitable one for her.
Of course, Laura gladly agreed to help out and made sure to understand the bride’s ideal aesthetic for the photos before diving into her research. The photography style that she wanted was very specific and unique, and she also requested that there be 2 photographers and full-day coverage. Laura made it her mission to find the bride the perfect candidate.
Laura did a ton of research to find a wedding photographer in the Atlanta area that fits the bride’s aesthetic and budget and asked potential companies for their availability. Before she knew it, she found the perfect photographer for this bride. However, things would not go as smoothly as she had hoped!
Laura shared the photographer’s information with the bride, and after thanking her, the bride said that she would give the candidate a call to make sure she approved of this choice.
One day, Laura received a call from the bride, who was clearly pretty annoyed and angry, saying that they needed to find a new photographer as soon as possible. Laura was obviously pretty confused, wondering what could have happened that made the bride come to this decision. So, Laura asked the bride what went wrong.
The bride goes on to say that the photographer’s portfolio was good and matched what she was looking for but that his second shooter was his husband. Still confused about what the issue was, Laura asked if they were rude to the bride in any way. The bride admitted that the photographers were friendly and nice to her but reiterated to Laura that the second photographer would be his husband.
“I’m over here dumb as [heck], no thoughts going on up here, and I’m like, I don’t understand the problem,” Laura said.
The bride goes on to explain to Laura that because the photographers were gay, she didn’t think it would be appropriate to have them at a family event, sharing that the husbands’ marriage was going against her values. She even tried to call Laura out, saying she was shocked that she would even suggest these photographers to her in the first place.
“If you spend any time researching me or if you spend 2 seconds on my TikTok, you would know that I would never see that as a problem,” Laura shared.
The bride then demands Laura find a different photographer for her wedding. Instead of allowing this homophobic behavior, Laura declined and told the bride to look for another wedding planner!
“Let this be a warning to anyone thinking of hiring me, I’m not a homophobe, and I don’t want my clients to be,” Laura concluded.
Can you believe that someone would decline to receive beautiful wedding photos just because they didn’t approve of the photographer having a husband? Good for Laura for standing up against this type of hateful behavior!
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