San Antonio Bridal Extravaganza

I already had a solid idea of what I wanted and had already booked some vendors, so about 50% of the vendors at the Expo weren't options for me. I highly recommend going if you have no decisions made yet; I did get some good honeymoon and makeup advice.

I went to the Bridal Extravaganza in January after getting engaged in December. They had TONS of booths to choose from and had a great variety of vendors. It took both me and one of my bridesmaids to split-up (like 2 booths next to each other) just to get all of the information! This is where I found my main wedding venue. I went home with three big bags full of information from different vendors as well as had a VERY full tummy from all of the cake and food that they had at the show. It saved me a ton of time. It would have taken me a year full of appointments to be able to see all those venues, taste all the different catering choices and gather so many different options. They also offered some great prizes and incentives for being there. At one of the booths I ended up getting 2 free tuxes, free shoes, and $50 tux rentals! Some brides also won anything from free venues to free honeymoons, photography packages, wedding coordinators, etc. I was very pleased and felt that it was money very well spent.

I absolutely loved this event! It was extremely helpful for ideas. We were able to sample cakes, view photography samples, meet with wedding coordinators, see live musicians.. and much more. You even get "money" , technically coupons, to use with many of the vendors that are present there. It is a great time to compare multiple vendors without having to take time day after day to meet with each individually. This is an event I would recommend every bride and even the groom to go to.

The extravaganza was very helpful in kick-starting our planning. I proposed in December and some friends on my fiancee's got us tickets to the event in January so timing was perfect for us. We were able to go and get lots of ideas as to what exactly we wanted to do for our wedding and came home with tons of vendor information such as venues, caterers, videographers, photographers, honeymoon locations, place settings, linens, dresses, tuxes, accessories… and the list goes on forever. It was very organized and set up so that the event would accommodate the large crowd of people there. I really enjoyed all of the food that was provided in order to sample all the different caterers. In addition to just liking to eat, it was a great way to decide what kind of food we wanted and give us some great options of caterers to start interviewing. We have some friends that are also getting married that went as well and they won a free photography session. Overall, it was a great event that gave us the insight we needed to start planning.

Many vendors for the San Antonio area, and a great place to get ideas and information. I wasn't very pleased because many vendors were aimed at a fairy-tail wedding, which I'm not interested in, but it was still very helpful