Why We Don't Enter Wedding Awards...

Last Thursday we were pleasantly surprised although slightly confused to have received an email from Hitched UK to say that we were a Hitched Wedding Award 2024 Winner!

The award represents the highest rated wedding professional in the category for Beauty, Hair and Makeup as reviewed by real couples on Hitched in 2023.    

Is it a Hoax?

You have to be in it to win it right?  As a general rule we have a 'no entry' policy so we were a little apprehensive about the authenticity to start with!

Throughout the year we receive a lot of spam emails enticing us to enter various awards or stating that we've already won one. 

Diving deeper it seems that most organisers require a fee to enter or claim the award and heavily rely on the entrants to canvas for votes from previous clients which isn't really our kinda vibe.

Hair and Makeup by us. Image: Paul Thomas Heath

We'd noticed on Instagram that Paul Thomas Heath a local photographer we've worked with on numerous weddings before was another Hitched UK Weddings award winner, so we got in touch with him to verify whether it was genuine or not.

Having won the same award two years on the trot he kindly explained that it's based on a judging panel who just happened to be our previous wedding clients!  They'd kindly left us 5 star reviews on the Hitched UK website. Thank you! 

​The reviews are based on professionalism, quality of service, flexibility, response time and value for money. 

With over 23,000 wedding vendors on Hitched UK we are proud to say that we have now joined the 'Award Winning' club!

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