Wedding Blog

The Weddingbee boards are really giving a voice to so many brides, and I couldn’t be happier!

Many brides are posting about problems with vendors, and we definitely want to encourage that. The wedding industry doesn’t really have any real effective self-policing organizations, so it’s up to us brides to stick together. Vendors know they have to listen to us, because Weddingbee board posts often come up during Google searches.

With great power comes great responsibility though! I want to share some guidelines that I’ve developed when talking about vendors.

Please keep in mind that if you name your vendor, they will often read find and read your post!

• If you want to vent very specific angry and emotional thoughts, it may be best not to name your vendor. Then you can say whatever you want, without worrying about who is reading it.

• If you do name a vendor, please write posts in a factual manner and avoid inflammatory statements. This protects you from charges of libel! Weddingbee is unlikely to be sued, but posters have much less protection - especially if the vendor can figure out who you are.
• Finally, please give the vendor a chance to respond and/or take action - either on the post, or through email or telephone.

I think that most Weddingbee threads handle vendor posts responsibly and fairly. But I was a bit disturbed by a recent thread that crossed the line. I definitely don’t want to take sides in any dispute, but it’s never appropriate to talk about “destroying” a vendor. If you share what the vendor has done in an even handed way, then our readers can make their own, informed opinion.

I love how Weddingbee and the Boards are so pro-Bride, and that is never going to change. And I couldn’t be more excited by how much power is in the hands of the modern-day bride. But please bear in mind the awesome responsibility on all of us to use that power responsibly and fairly.

If you have any thoughts on how we can be fair to everyone involved, please share them below!