Bay Area Wedding Fairs

I attended several of these shows, and by far Bay Area Wedding Fairs was the best one. They were very organized, and had cool prizes. The grand prize contained 10,000 worth of a photographer, dj, photo booth, make-​up etc. Which would have been nice to win! There is a fashion show, where they display dresses and let others participate in hilarious contests! But all in all I met vendors face to face, and I even booked one on the spot. Perfect place for future brides and grooms! Go in there to have fun, taste good food, and screen the vendors to see whether or not they’d be perfect for your wedding ;)

This is a wedding fair hosted at several locations. The one I attended was in Hotel Kabuki in Japantown San Francisco.
11 AM — 4 PM
Enter the main hotel entrance. 1^st impression I was happy to see they were formal enough to set up large signs leading you to the check in table. The nicely-​suited man was helpful and friendly. You walk down the stairs to find 3 – 4 different sized rooms of tables, all advertising their goods:
–photography/​photobooth
–venue
–catering
–invitations
–dessert stand
–makeup /​hair
–products, some not very related to wedding planning
The BBQ stand was the most impressive/​fun, offering ribs and beef/​pork shooters.
The invitations were pretty and the man was kind (not pushy).
The smores stand offered samples. It was a lovely touch.
The free photobooth was fun and provided you 2 sheets of your photo strip.
Fashion show was a highlight, glad they featured confident plus-​sized models.
All the others were VERY sales-​driven and would keep talking talking talking and push you to sign up for sweepstakes, contests, «free vacations,» things you don’t need. I have been to other fairs with more relaxed vibe but the vendors at this one were toooooo pushy.
$ 10 pp regular admission if you buy tickets the website. If I had known it was going to be so sales-​driven, I would not have bothered! Groupon offered a discount, for somewhere around $ 7 pp.