Description
Wedding businesses have an unusual cash problem. You hold a date for a year or more, turn other couples away, and often spend money on stock, hire or freelancers weeks before the wedding. If your payment terms are vague, you end up funding your clients’ weddings yourself, then writing uncomfortable emails asking where the balance is.
This kit gives you a clear, professional system for getting paid, from the first deposit to the final balance.
What is inside
- Why your payment structure matters, and how to match income to your real costs
- Three common structures explained: deposit plus balance, milestone payments, and instalment plans
- A fill-in schedule for each structure, plus guidance on setting your own numbers
- A one-page payment policy to complete for your business
- A 15-point invoice layout checklist and invoicing habits that get you paid faster
- A payment tracker for each client and an all-clients overview
- A reminder rhythm, six reminder email scripts from friendly heads-up to final notice, and a phone script
- Payment received and revised plan emails
- What to check with your accountant and what to check with your lawyer
Who it is for
Wedding planners, stylists, florists, celebrants, photographers, makeup artists and any wedding supplier who takes deposits and payments over months. It suits you whether you are setting up your first payment terms or tidying up a system that has grown messy.
What changes
Couples know exactly what they owe and when, so payments arrive on time more often. You can see every client’s balance on one page. And when a payment is late, you already know what to send and when, so you can follow up calmly instead of putting it off. The kit does not supply legal wording. It helps you decide what you want and take the right questions to your own advisers.
What’s inside
- Three fill-in payment schedule structures
- One-page payment policy
- 15-point invoice layout checklist
- Per-client payment tracker and all-clients overview
- Six reminder emails from friendly to firm
- Late payment phone script
- Accountant and lawyer question checklists
