From hello to the last dance.
Seven steps, zero guesswork. Here is exactly what working with Modern Era Weddings looks like, from your first message to the week after your wedding.
- Step 1
Inquiry
Tell us about your wedding through the contact form, the vibe quiz, or a quick email. We ask for your date, venue or city, and a sense of what you want the weekend to feel like. Every inquiry gets a personal reply within 24 hours, and we confirm date availability in that first response.
How quickly does Modern Era Weddings respond to a wedding inquiry?
Modern Era Weddings responds to every inquiry within 24 hours, usually the same day. The first reply confirms whether your date is available and suggests times for a free discovery call. There is no cost and no obligation to inquire, and checking a date never places a hold or commitment.
- Step 2
Discovery Call
Next is a free 15-minute call with a real member of the team, not a sales script. We talk through your venue, guest count, music taste, and whether a single reception or a multi-day Signature Wedding Weekend fits best. You leave the call knowing exactly what a package for your wedding would look like.
What happens on a discovery call with Modern Era Weddings?
The discovery call is a free 15-minute conversation covering your date, venue, guest count, music style, and which services fit, from DJ and emcee to lighting, live musicians, and photo booths. You get straight answers on pricing ranges during the call and a written custom proposal within a few days after it.
- Step 3
Proposal, Contract & Retainer
After the call you receive a custom online proposal listing every service and its exact price, with no hidden fees. When you are ready, you sign the contract electronically and pay a retainer to lock your date. From that moment your date is off the market for anyone else.
How do I officially book my date with Modern Era Weddings?
Your date is officially reserved when you sign the electronic contract and pay the retainer, both handled online from your custom proposal. Until then the date remains open. The remaining balance is split into scheduled payments before the wedding, so there is nothing due on the day itself.
- Step 4
Planning Portal
Once booked, you get access to your online planning portal. It holds your timeline, event details, payment schedule, song request lists, and planning forms in one place, shared between you, your planner, and our team, so nothing lives in a lost email thread.
What is in the Modern Era Weddings client planning portal?
The client portal contains your event timeline, venue and contact details, payment schedule, music planning forms, and song request lists. Couples, planners, and the Modern Era team all work from the same portal, and you can update song requests and timeline details right up until the final planning review before your wedding.
- Step 5
Music Curation
In the months before the wedding we build your music plan together: must-plays, do-not-plays, ceremony and cocktail selections, and the energy arc for the dance floor. Your DJ reviews everything with you on a final planning call so the night sounds like you, not a preset playlist.
How does music planning work with Modern Era Weddings?
You build must-play and do-not-play lists in the planning portal, then your DJ walks through them with you on a final planning call before the wedding. The DJ curates everything else live by reading the room. There is no rigid song cap on request lists, and do-not-play lists are honored absolutely.
- Step 6
Event Day
Your team arrives early, loads in, sound-checks, and coordinates with your planner, photographer, and venue before guests ever see the room. The DJ and emcee run the timeline from announcements to last dance, with backup equipment on site at every single event.
What does the Modern Era Weddings team do on the wedding day?
On the wedding day the team arrives well before guests for load-in and sound check, coordinates the timeline with your planner and venue, and runs every microphone moment from introductions through the last dance. Backup equipment travels to every event, and day-rate billing means no clock-watching or overtime surprises mid-reception.
- Step 7
Follow-Up
After the weekend we check in, share any photo booth galleries or recap deliverables, and make sure every remaining item lands in your hands. Most of our couples come from referrals, so the relationship does not end when the lights come up.
What happens after the wedding with Modern Era Weddings?
Within the week after your wedding, Modern Era Weddings delivers any remaining items such as photo booth galleries and recap media, and follows up personally to hear how the weekend went. Couples who refer friends can use the referral program, and past clients get priority scheduling for anniversary and family events.
Ready for step one?
Check your date and start the conversation. We respond to every inquiry within 24 hours.
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