On Emcees or Wedding Hosts (part 3)

[kami_ni_boi]

i booked our emcee last year and made the downpayment. i asked for the contract before i left the country, but he said no worries he'll be our host. come yesterday i messaged him sa fb saying lapit na wedding namin (on the 26th na),see you! no reply.

then my coordinator called me this afternoon informing me that emcee would no longer host our event because he overlooked our conversation before and thought ours was cancelled and booked another client. i don't know how or why he thought we cancelled.maybe my fault because i didn't follow up about the contract.well i had to work and think not only our wedding. and besides i asked and he gave me his word.

my coordinator said she has a good replacement. pencil booked him and we'll meet him on our final meeting on the 11th. hope everything will work out well. lapit na kami kasi...well emcee will just give my downpayment back. stress lang talaga inabot ko sa kanya.

[babythug28]

^ nakupo sis. sana maging ok na kayo nito ni replacement emcee mo para wala ka ng iintindihin.

[rina_elena]

don't worry sis sis kami ni boi, maganda padin yan, kung recommended naman ng coordinator mo. grabe ha.. nag down ka na, how can he think na canceled kung wala ka naman sinabing ganun? hmm.. i'll take note of that,. follow up, follow up, follow up.

[em-em321]

^^sis kami_ni_boi, kung naisip nyang cancelled, baket di sya nag-initiate na ireturn yung downpayment nyo? wala naman kamong napirmahan na contract so i guess wala din dapat policy na nonrefundable ang downpayment di ba... kakaduda lang. sorry ah, pero nainis ako kung sino mang emcee yan. pwedeng paki-pm sa akin kung sino pls para di ko marefer andami ko pa mandin friends pa ikakasal. hindi mo naman trabaho na ifollow-up, dapat sya mismo mag-initiate non.

[avane]

I suggest you check out her FB account. I'm not her friend and I won't bother to be one but I'm sharing out of concern kasi it's being blown out of proportion.

The issue is not done and she keeps posting in FB. I think she's asking for the bashing talaga. Someone feeds her incorrect information from W@W kasi.

oh, no! i'm planning to book mallory pa mandin. supposed to pay my downpayment by next week. arggggh. kala ko pa mandin makakamove on na ako sa item na to.

[j.adore]

part of her job is to deal with clients - irate or not.

This is so true.

avane, if ever kasi, merong nagging feeling na baka mangyari sayo yun o kaya mananalangin ka na sana ok siya sa wedding mo or you need to be extra nice para wala siya masabi sayo hehe. I'm speaking from experience giving a supplier a chance even if I already saw negative feedback. Payo ko eh, when in doubt, don't!

We can never tell na hindi na ito mauulit given that there are 2 clients (that we know of) with bad feedback. SANA nga wala na kasi it's too much stress for everyone concerned.

[gerozelcangco]

One thing that makes it all the more uncomfortable is that she was bragging about her 3000 clients (and that 2999 of them were satisfied), that she has so many referrals, and even saying something later on about her more than a million pesos annual income from hosting lang. I don't know what people might call that, but I call that arrogance. Just goes to show na hindi siya nanghihinayang to lose a client, and that will make prospect clients fear na baka they wouldn't be taken care of because to Mallory, they'd just be just another client.

No one could doubt naman her hosting skills. I heard her speak na, and she's great, honestly. But you know, in this industry of females who want to be the most important girl even for just a a day, you'd need some courtesy and pag-aalaga and patience if you're a supplier.

Anyways, there are lots of hosts out there. Anyone could be as great as her, minus the attitude. I hope you find the one that suits your needs sisses. I trust that my emcee would do a great job, and will be super nice to us.

[moonstar_004]

where can i find that powerpoint of the conversation? ang hirap kasi mag-member sa w@w. ang tagal.

and i checked her personal fb, parang all i see kasi are her "parinigs".

[babythug28]

pwede ba screenshots dito sa GT para maging fair naman? i can give you the screenshots ng powerpoint conversation. and for those who saw Mallory's post about bride 2's pagbibitaw ng Anne Curtis line, this is the whole context of that. putol yung kay Mallory, making bride 2 looking evil on this side of the story:

sis May i can only think of Anne Curtis' line dun sa part na sinabi mong "magbitaw ka ng bonggang line".

dapat sabihin ni Cyndee: Mallory, I can buy you, your friend, and even pay for a whole year of your hosting gig.

nyhahahaha!

this is the reply from ONE OF THE W@WIES and not bride 2

but what Mallory only posted is this:

Cyndee: Mallory, I can buy you, your friend, and even pay for a whole year of your hosting gig.

kayo na lang magjudge

[moonstar_004]

i wonder what provoked mallory din., just to be fair.

[babythug28]

^ when bride 2 mentioned "may pagkawar freak siya sa FB" dun nagalit si mallory. hindi daw sha war freak, tapos kung ano ano na sinabi =P

[j.adore]

It was bride 2 statement na may pag ka war freak siya sa FB and that may negative comments about her in W@W.

Bride 2 was saying kulang sa lambing yung message ni Mallory upon canceling bride 1 gig. Mallory doesn't think there was anything wrong with it kasi she gave the option to return dp or look for replacement.
Bride 1 did not say anything out of frustration and just got her dp. So Mallory thinks Ok na but she failed to empathize na na disappoint yung client niya. She tried to find solutions so feeling niya enough na yun eh for brides, that's still stress.

Not sure if you can call that as provoking her kasi it was a feedback, from her client nonetheless who had no intention of canceling her if she didn't post so much on FB.
Professionals would have taken that as constructive criticism and addressed the issue directly instead of using social media.

Kung may concerns kayo as her client, she wants na siya yung kausapin niyo. But at the end of the day, she could have done better.

[kami_ni_boi]

mga sis salamat sa support. yun din tanong ko, may downpayment ako sa kanya.at least man lang sana tinanong niya muna ko.para saan yung binayad ko sa kanya diba?and dapat binalik niya agad.anyways, ayoko na isipin.baka blessing narin na di na siya ang host namin.

balitaan ko kayo sis sa 11,and after ng wedding namin.

happy preps mga sis.

[moonstar_004]

i was able to talk to mallory na, and i've read the powerpoint. all i can say is at this point is, i'm retaining mallory as my wedding host.

[ecinaj08_ph]

Hi girls query lang.. is it ok to get the same host for your event? Ive atte :)nded my officemate's wedding last sat, and nagulat ako un host nya isa sa option ko maghost for my wedding. Problem ko lang baka same program ang mangyari, we have same circle of friends din kasi. Should i go or let go? Hehe. TIA! 

[em-em321]

^kadalasan sis iisang programme lang yan sila ang alam ko eh lalo na kung professional host at marami bookings, standard ang programme nila. ang mag-iiba lang siguro eh yung love story nyo. ahaha. kung same ang circle of friends nyo sis at sila din ang guests karamihan, mas okay siguro ibahin mo na lang host. sayang naman kasi eh, baka pati jokes pareho. hehe.

[avane]

avane, if ever kasi, merong nagging feeling na baka mangyari sayo yun o kaya mananalangin ka na sana ok siya sa wedding mo or you need to be extra nice para wala siya masabi sayo hehe. I'm speaking from experience giving a supplier a chance even if I already saw negative feedback. Payo ko eh, when in doubt, don't!

baka di na ako tumuloy sis sa kanya. hindi ako palagay eh. nabother talaga ako dito sa issue na to and how she handled it. more than that, this year na ang wedding ko, ano assurance ko na pag may biglaan na naman sya business trip eh hindi nya idadrop event ko tapos bibigyan nya ako kapalit na malapit na ang date? kaya nga super advanced magbook ng suppliers eh gusto ko maunahan ko ibang brides sa top choices ko. 

[moonstar_004]

^i suggest you talk to her personally first. when i emailed mallory kasi, she preferred to call me so she can explain. mas naliwanagan ako sa series of events. IMO lang naman, i think the situation was blown out of proportion talaga. but if you're really in doubt na, don't. madami naman emcees in the wedding business.

ganyan din kasi ako in all my suppliers, natatakot na 'ko agad basta may one negative feedback. in mallory's case, let's just say napanatag loob ko after talking to her and hearing her side of things.

[avane]

^yeah, actually mas nabother talaga kasi ako don sa part na may tendency sya magcancel nang last minute kesa don sa part na nagpaparinig sya sa fb. hehe. siguro check pa ko iba options muna. then pag wala talaga at available pa si mallory sa event date ko, ibig sabihin meant talaga sya maging emcee ko. haha.

[ecinaj08_ph]

Sis em-em321 thanks for the advice! Actually bothered nga ko kunin pa un service nya after ko umattend nun kasal. Kasi baka meron tendency na me masabi un same guest na umattend sa wedding nun officemate ko. Thanks!