Your Real Wedding Story

This form can be completed in TWO STEPS.

STEP ONE

I. YOUR FACTS

Your Names (Please provide your birth names) (*)

Your Wedding Date

Ceremony Location

Reception Location

Reception Contact Name

Gown Designer(s)

Tux Designer(s)

Bridal Party Attire Designer

Makeup Artist (and Salon or Company name)

Hair Stylist (and Salon or Company name)

Florist

Cake

Photographer Company

Photographer Company Contact Person

Photographer Phone

Photographer Email

Did your Photography Co. also create your wedding film-video? (*)

YesNoSeparate CinematographerNo Cinematographer

Cinematography Company, if used & if separate

Band or DJ?

BandDJBothOther

Music Company Name(s)

Other vendors you'd like listed:

II. YOUR PROFESSIONS

Your Profession

Your Spouse's Profession

INTERMISSION

Now that you’ve completed STEP 1 (10-15 minutes) — Your Facts and Your Professions — Scroll Down, add your Contact Info and click “SEND.”

STEP TWO — SHARE YOUR WEDDING STORY & SUBMIT

Then, when you’re ready, start STEP 2 below — (30-45 minutes). If needed, open the form again. (https://manhattanbride.com/real-wedding-online/) and once more, add your Names at the very top. Then scroll down, complete sections III and IV — Your Romance and Your Photos — and please also add your Contact Info at the bottom once again. Now you’re all set! Click SEND.

Once we also receive your photos, we’ll create your Real Wedding feature and email it to you for your review!

III. YOUR ROMANCE

We can get your story through your written comments. (Note: don’t be concerned about spelling or grammar; our seasoned editorial staff will edit lightly for clarity and flow — your voice and story always remain yours. You’ll see the final format for review.)

We'd like to include your comments on:
1) How you Met, Your First Date, & The Proposal
2) Why you Chose Your Venue
3) What it was like Working With Your Venue & How They Helped add that "Special Something" to your Wedding (please name who you worked with)
4) Your Ceremony
5) Your Cocktail Hour (include favorite dishes & any special requests)
6) Your Ballroom Décor & Dancing (include the ballroom details &/or ambiance that attracted you to the venue)
7) Dinner, Your Wedding Cake, & Desserts (include favorite dishes & any special food requests)
8) Your Personal Expression Of Thanks to all who helped. (Venue personnel, Vendors, Family, Bridal Party, &/or Guests)

Please provide no more than 750-1000 WORDS (3-4 pages) ... with SPECIFICS about your Menu, Decorations, Special Wedding Day Events, and the Name(s) of those you worked with at the Venue, plus, if you wish, the Name(s) of those you worked with at any of your key Vendors. Please start typing your story in the text box below, which will expand to include all your comments. (NOTE: To Avoid Losing Data and to Save Your Progress so you can complete your comments in more than one session, please KEEP BACKING UP your story in a separate document.)

IV. YOUR PHOTOS

If you have your photos and rights to use them, please select a total of 24-48 photos, about 4-8 photos from each category below. (Otherwise, please request your selections from your photographer.) Please use our easy Drag-Drop-and-Send dropbox: https://spaces.hightail.com/uplink/ManhattanBrideDropbox.

*We will select photos for your article from the ones YOU or YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER send to us, so please make sure we receive only photos you want to be considered for posting on our website.

Please select 24 - 48 color photos AT YOUR VENUE (4 - 8 photos from each category below:)

1. Bride & Groom

2. The Bridal Party

3. Candid, Fun, "Personality" Shots ... dancing, playing, cutting the cake, etc.

4. Bridal & Family Portraits

5. People Enjoying the Venue ... guests and/or the couple in the ballroom, the venue’s ceremony space, on the grounds

6. The Ballroom & Its Décor ... wide angle showing full ballroom, table shots

Note: Please select shots taken at your wedding venue. (We may also use shots at picturesque locations near your venue, but please send no more than 5-6 of non-venue related photos.)

V. CONTACT INFO

We look forward to presenting the magic of your special day and we'll send the article back to you for review and any corrections you might want.

Your Email (*)

Your Phone Number (*)

Comments, questions, or special requests:

After you've completed STEP 2 (YOUR ROMANCE and YOUR PHOTOS) - once more, add your NAMES at the very top and, again, also add your CONTACT INFO just above. Then click SEND. Thank you for Sharing your Wedding Story!

PROBLEM SUBMITTING?

Having published over 1200 Real Weddings over the past quarter-century, we’ve seen about 4% run into problems when submitting. It’s caused by spam blockers, plugin or theme conflicts, caching problems, JavaScript errors, server or host restrictions, and/or strict or outdated security settings.

1.) If you’re having a problem submitting, please send STEP ONE (10-15 minutes) your Facts and Professions sections, as a document or as screenshots, to [email protected] Please write: “Real Wedding” in the subject line.

2.) For STEP TWO (30-40 minutes), please send Your Romance section as a separate document, or directly in the body of an email, to [email protected]. Again, please write: “Real Wedding” in the subject line.

3.) For sending your PHOTOS, our dropbox sidesteps any problems and will always work: https://spaces.hightail.com/uplink/ManhattanBrideDropbox.

As the Editor-Publisher, Rick Bard is available for any comments or questions you may have. Contact him at [email protected] or 917.526.8467 (If he’s not able to answer, please leave a message).

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