How we shortlist our exceptional local wedding professionals.

Planning a wedding involves days spent contacting suppliers and checking credentials. With up to 20 services to book, that’s around 40 hours of research - with no guarantee you’ve definitely found the right people. Particularly as reviews don't always tell the whole story - and independent studies indicate up to 30% of reviews may be fake or manipulated.

The good news is, we’ve done most of the work for you! We thoroughly assess wedding professionals and limit listings to just 16 per category per county.

Round One
As a starting point, wedding professionals must have at least three years’ experience and be able to answer ‘yes’ to one of these questions:

Wedding venue preferred supplier?

Wedding awards finalist?

Over 25 five star Google reviews?

Round Two
Wedding professionals then complete our thorough assessment, which is scored on:

Experience, Reputation, Professionalism, Reliability, Compliance, Communication, Values & Standards.

For your peace of mind, our unique assessment process ensures we only shortlist the most exceptional, local wedding professionals.

Our transparent, quality-driven process means every shortlist reflects our core values - fairness for professionals and trust for engaged couples.

WE ONLY LIST EXCEPTIONAL LOCAL WEDDING PROFESSIONALS with no pay-to-rank prioritisation

It's really important to remember that with other directories higher ranking positions have to be bought. This doesn't mean they're the best options - it just means they've paid more to be at the top.

From 3rd December 2025 we’re launching our first listings covering these categories and counties:

Cakes, Caterers, Décor, Florists, Hair & MakeUp Artists, Live Music (Day & Evening), Photographers, Registrars & Celebrants and Videographers.

Berkshire, Cambridgeshire, East Sussex, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex.

More categories and counties will be added in 2026.



WEDDING PROFESSIONALS


The top 8 applicants in each category in each county get listed free.

To find out more about joining The Wedding Shortlist add your email below.
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