How To Find The Best Vendors for Your Party

If you're in the events planning business or a party blogger like myself, you'll most certainly have a 'little black book' of precious vendors and party contacts. 

But if you're not in the “biz”. What then? How do you find reliable, efficient and amazing vendors, services and independent businesses to help you with your party planning or event?

Whether you're planning a wedding, a milestone birthday party, a corporate event or simply looking for a specific artisan or professional in your area — a reliable and efficient party vendor or business can make or break a party!

Sure, you can scour the web and find a tons of addresses online. But how do you know for sure that they are going to meet your expectations? Wouldn't it be great to have a list of reliable party professionals, all recommended by your friends and family, at the click of a mouse? 

Well, guess what?! Now there is! 😍

This is why I'm SO glad I recently discovered Recommended!

Recommended is a FREE online platform that focuses on the power of personal referrals, and making it  easy as possible to give and receive them. 

Whether you're looking for a wedding planner, event photographer, caterer, florist, baker, cake decorator, cookie designer, DJ or emergency plumber, you are sure to find the right business or contractor for your specific needs.

I've already recommended some of my favorite party planners Like Sarah Sofia Productions, Fern and Maple and Mint Event Design to name a fab few. These are all wonderful, high-skilled and reliable party professionals that I often work with, and I'm more than happy to recommend!

The main advantage of Recommended vs. similar online platforms, is that it offers no advertising to businesses, no paid search rankings and no favoritism in the listings. They simply help customers find the best businesses in a radically new way —  only the most highly rated businesses and services are listed

Plus, when it’s people you know that are making the recommendations, those businesses rank even higher for you, because they’re coming from people you trust. “The result is happy customers referring great businesses, and deserving businesses attracting more customers.”

But they don't stop there! Recommended helps businesses, freelancers, contractors and professionals showcase customers’ praise, get discovered by new customers, and sell their services online — for free!

Their platform is so simple to use (tried and tested!) which allows you set up your profile really quickly and get more business, not just web traffic, as customers can book services directly.

As a listed business, you'll get a dedicated profile page with a sleek, responsive design and your contact information and social media links front and center. 

Plus, you'll have the ability to message customers directly, to collect deposits and payments, to showcase your recommendations, and share your best work with a beautiful portfolio of unlimited images, videos and documents.

The best part? You need no technical knowledge and even the SEO of your page is automatically taken care of. Yay!

AND, did I mention there aren't any ads or promo blocks from competitors or other service providers on your profile page?! Double yay! 😊

Ready to recommend? It's so quick and simple, honestly! 

Plus, each time you recommend a business or professional, or invite friends to do the same, you’ll get cash credits to be use when booking a service through Recommended. How cool is that?! 

Find out more and get started here.

Recommended are currently running an awesome sweepstakes, so if you recommend a parent-friendly business you could win a $450 worth Parents' Care Package (including massage, urban sitter credit, dinner for two and home cleaning!!)

Find out more and enter here.

Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by Recommended but all opinions are my own. Thanks for supporting the brands that support this blog!