Best of 2010 Awards!
Benek Lisefski • January 31, 2011
Welcome to the first annual WeddingWise awards!
Since we launched a little more than a year ago we’ve accumulated a directory of over 2300 New Zealand wedding vendors from all over the country, collected more than 500 ratings and reviews from real brides and grooms, and helped thousands of kiwis make smart wedding vendors choices. Over this time some wedding vendors have stood out as consistently exceptional and we want to recognise them for their efforts.
We’re honoring the best of the best in New Zealand weddings, as chosen by the public and by our editors. We hope this will begin an ongoing tradition of awards for excellence in NZ weddings that will be coveted by vendors in this important and challenging market.
Congratulations to all of the amazing wedding vendors who are honored here today!
2010 Top-rated Wedding Vendors
This is our most prestigious award which is given to the vendors who stood out in their categories for receiving the highest praise from their customers. These are vendors who have the most number of positive official ratings/reviews on WeddingWise. All 2010 VIP members receive this award as well as any other vendors who had an exceptional number of great reviews in 2010. The winners of the WeddingWise.co.nz Top-rated Vendor 2010 award (in no particular order) are:
- Julie Lassen
- Sean F Joyce
- Rita Townshend
- Chris Mullane
- Ma Shot Pa
- The Piccadilly Flower Company
- My Wedding Flowers
- Smith & Caughey’s
- Beautified by Ashlee Kellett
- A Beautiful Education
- Hannah Bylo mobile makeup artist & hairstylist
- Grace Makeup
- Custom Designed Wedding Invitations
- Paperless Wedding
- Photo Booth Fun
- Aaron Lang Photography
- Emma Hughes Photography
- Jel Photography
- WE Wedding Videography
- Andrea Mahy Photography
- Delphine Photography
- Indigo Moon Productions
- Sandra Henderson Photographer
- Dillon Photography
- Khan Photography
- Bayly & Moore
- Dreamlife Photos & Video
- Kumeu Valley Estate
- Eight Point Two
- Anna Schimmel European Bridal Designer
- Nicola Dawson Design
- Exquisit Weddings
2010 People’s Choice Award
Our People’s choice award is given to the vendors who’s WeddingWise profile pages received the most visitors. Since we get a large majority of traffic from search engines this award is a good indication of which vendor’s products and services are in high-demand or are popular with visitors of this site. The top 10 WeddingWise.co.nz People’s Choice Award winners for 2010 are (in order of most visits):
- Kumeu Valley Estate
- A La Robe
- Nadia Couture
- Duders of Devonport
- Anna Schimmel European Bridal Designer
- Coatesville Settlers Hall
- Castaways
- Karma Designs
- Paperless Wedding
- Aaron Lang Photography
2010 Premium Wedding Vendors
The Premium Vendor award is given to all of the Premium Members in our directory. These vendors have chosen, for a small annual fee, to make their WeddingWise profile pages more visible by coming up first in search results and enhancing their listing pages with extra features like extended text, photos, audio, specials/discounts, and more. The WeddingWise.co.nz Premium Listings for 2010 are:
2010 Editor’s Choice Award
Our Editor’s Choice Award goes to a small collection of vendors who caught our attention and we wanted to honour, even if they did not receive any other awards this year. These are hand picked by WeddingWise editors for their unique contribution to the NZ wedding industry or for maintaining and exemplary level of customer service. The recipients of the 2010 WeddingWise.co.nz Editor’s Choice Awards are:
- Bayly & Moore - We were blown away by their awesome stop-motion wedding videos.
- Castaways - We love this venue. Too bad it was booked for our wedding day!
- Dragonfly - Perfect acoustic duo for summer weddings.
- Gill Stotter Catering - Supreme customer service…nom nom nom.
- Melanie Turner - Exciting to see a new generation of enthusiastic young celebrants.
- Smith & Caughey’s - Gift registry service goes above and beyond.
