ABIA Weddings is Australia’s largest wedding review platform, helping couples connect with trusted wedding vendors by displaying over 500K real wedding reviews and recommendations. From wedding venues, planners, photographers, entertainers and transport specialists, ABIA showcases the best wedding professionals across Australia. Explore ABIA’s Wedding Planning Inspo to get all the tips and tricks to help you with your wedding journey.
Proposal was perfect, the ring is on and you’re buzzing with excitement…..what now? With so many tasks to complete and details to be worked out, planning a wedding can seem overwhelming. But, if you give yourself plenty of time, seek support from professionals where possible and manage your priorities, then wedding planning can truly become an enjoyable experience.
Budget is usually the first and most important consideration, ABIA recommends setting your wedding budget and the number of guests as early as possible so that you don’t fall in love with a wedding venue or vendors that are out of your price range or can’t accommodate the size of your wedding guest list.
Work out what is most important to you, write a list of your “must haves” and “nice to haves”. Whether it be an emphasis on food & wine, lavish styling, a cute church reception, an epic band, cinematography or so on. Working backwards from what is most important to you will allow you to budget accordingly. ABIA has a huge collection of highly rated vendors to suit all budgets, comparing a variety of vendors will provide you with a much clearer picture of what your wedding is likely to cost you.
The short answer is….the sooner the better! Some couples spend months – or even years – carefully selecting their wedding stylist, floral designer, or celebrant while others can bring their wedding dreams to life much sooner. Factors such as the season, day of the week and location all can impact greatly on how much lead time you may require when planning your wedding. Regardless of how long or short your engagement is, ABIA recommends locking in your venue as soon as possible, with popular wedding venues booking out 12-18 months in advance.
In general, you should hire your wedding planner or coordinator and book your wedding venue as early as possible - at least a year in advance. If your venue doesn't have on-site catering, this is also the time to start researching your options. Next, book your MC, photographer, videographer, and your wedding band or DJ. After that, focus on finding the perfect stylist, florist, caterer, and cake designer. Transportation, photobooth, personal favours are all best booked months in advance.
Choosing wedding vendors and services is very much about personal preference but knowing that your wedding vendors are trusted and highly reputable is critical to ensuring your dream wedding runs smoothly. The professionals you work with should make you feel comfortable, not stressed. Planning your wedding should be fun and exciting, and the best wedding vendors and service providers will be as enthusiastic about your Big Day as you are.
Browse our wedding directory of thousands of reviews, view inspiration and connect with vendors on ABIA. Ask prospective wedding vendors plenty of questions and be confident enough to walk away if you feel overly pressured to sign a contract. Your goal should be to find wedding professionals who can guide you toward the options that make your wedding ceremony and reception perfect for you.
TERMS OF USE
PLEASE READ THE TERMS OF USE STATEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE.
These Terms of Use ("Agreement") outline the terms and conditions (the "Terms") applicable to your use of the products and or services of ABIA Weddings Australia Pty Ltd ("ABIA Weddings Australia" or “ABIA"), available at www.abia.com.au (the “Site”), as well as any other websites owned, wholly or in part and/or operated wholly or in part, by ABIA Weddings Australia. By using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read and understand and agreed to be bound by the following terms and conditions of use and ABIA’s Privacy Policy, which govern ABIA Weddings Australia’s relationship between wedding vendors, engaged couples, wedding couples and any third parties in relation to the use of this website, platforms, systems and functionalities provided by ABIA.
If you do not agree to these the terms and conditions below or privacy policy, please do not use this Site.
ABIA reserves the right to amend these Terms without notice. All modified terms and conditions shall take effect immediately and will be binding once they have been posted to the Site. Therefore, ABIA encourages Wedding Vendors, prospective engaged couples, married couples and all other third parties to review the terms and conditions.
This Agreement may not be modified, amended, and/or changed by any persons other than representatives of ABIA Weddings Australia.
WEDDING INDUSTRY PLATFORM AND ONLINE MARKETPLACE
THIRD PARTY TO TRANSACTIONS: ABIA Weddings Australia is a platform and online marketplace for the wedding industry. ABIA Weddings Australia is not a wedding product or wedding service provider, wedding vendor or an agent representative. ABIA Weddings Australia facilitates an online marketplace whereby users which include engaged couples, wedding couples, wedding vendors and other third parties offering products and services related to Weddings and or Engagements and or Honeymoons, can communicate for the purpose of exchanging goods and services for Weddings and or Engagements and or Honeymoons. ABIA Weddings Australia is a platform for the booking process and is strictly a third party to the transaction.
RATINGS, WEDDING AWARDS AND ACCREDITATION FACILITATOR: ABIA Weddings Australia facilitates a platform for wedding couples to rate the products and or services of the wedding vendors once they have utilised the particular product and or service and for wedding vendors to receive client ratings provided by their engaged couples for the purpose of gaining industry accreditation with ABIA Weddings Australia and eligibility in the Annual Wedding Industry Awards.
WEDDING DIRECTORY: ABIA Weddings Australia facilitates a platform whereby engaged couples can list their wedding details to for the purpose of connecting with wedding vendors in the exchange of products and services for their Wedding, Engagement or Honeymoon.
ABIA WEDDING VENDOR DIRECTORY
ABIA Weddings Australia facilitates a platform whereby wedding vendors can list their business details for the purpose of connecting with wedding vendors in the exchange of products and services for a prospective Wedding, Engagement or Honeymoon.
RATINGS SYSTEM
The Client Ratings consist of the opinions provided by wedding couples who have used the products and or services of their wedding vendors for the Engagement, Wedding and or Honeymoon and a calculated score based on the criteria of: Quality of Product, Quality of Service, Value for Money, Attitude of Staff, Number of Client Ratings and Best Vendor of The Day. ABIA Weddings Australia does not make judgments on the accuracy of the opinions, ratings, comments, testimonials or statements provided by any of wedding couple and merely facilitates a platform for the purpose of displaying and calculating the scores using the aforementioned criteria.
Rules of providing ratings and reviews:
ABIA Weddings Australia is provided with a court order finding that the review is defamatory, inaccurate or unlawful
The rating or review was provided for a wedding vendor that did not provide products or services for that particular wedding
PRESERVING THE INTEGRITY OF ABIA
The Ratings System, Accreditation System, the Vendor Directory is based on the ability for wedding couples to accurately and honestly rate and review the products and or services of their wedding vendors and for other wedding couples to evaluate those ratings and make voluntary decisions upon the collective ratings and reviews provided by the only entity entitled to rate and review the products and or services of their wedding vendors; their Engagement, Wedding and or Honeymoon clients. Thus, in order to preserve the integrity of the Ratings System, Accreditation System, the Vendor Directory, wedding couples and wedding vendors commit to the following:
ABIA ACCREDITATION AND AWARDS ACHIEVEMENT
The Awards achieved by a wedding vendor and or ABIA Accreditation afforded to a wedding vendor does not provide an assurance of the quality of product, quality of service, value for money, attitude of staff, or the ability for the wedding vendor to supply the product and or service as agreed to or as describe and does not ensure that the wedding vendor will not make failures or omissions and therefore ABIA Weddings Australia cannot be held liable on the basis of ABIA Accreditation or Awards achievements (including but not limited to: ratings and wedding awards) provided to the wedding vendor or any other affiliation with the wedding vendor which may be perceived as endorsing the wedding vendor. Engaged couples should use ABIA Accreditation, ABIA Awards, Ratings and Business Profile as one step in their wedding planning process and the engaged couple should not make a decision on entering into an agreement for products and or services with a wedding vendor solely based on their affiliation with ABIA and the engaged couple must make further investigations and undertake independent research before entering into a transaction with a wedding vendor listed with or associated to ABIA Weddings Australia.
AUTHENTICITY OF ACCOUNT AND REGISTRATION
By registering with ABIA, engaged couples and wedding vendors acknowledge that the details they have provided are authentic and legitimate and understand that ABIA Weddings Australia will pursue legal action against any persons or wedding vendors who create false, duplicate, unauthentic, unsolicited accounts or otherwise false accounts for any loss or damage incurred by ABIA Weddings Australia, any wedding vendors and or any engaged couples and or wedding couples.
MESSAGING PLATFORM
1. Engaged couples, wedding couples and wedding vendors agree to use the messaging platform solely for the purpose of communicating the exchange of goods and services related to the prospective Couple’s Engagement, Wedding or Honeymoon.
PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
b) copy, duplicate, recreate, refabricate, frame or mirror or otherwise incorporating any part of ABIA site, its platforms, systems, infrastructure, programs and or structure into any other website without our prior written permission from an ABIA representative
f) attempt to or successfully modify, translate, adapt, edit, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any part of ABIA site, its platforms, systems, infrastructure, programs and or structure
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK AND RESTRICTIONS OF USE
1. ABIA website, its systems, platforms, information, content and merchandise contains copyrighted material which is owned and propriety of ABIA Weddings Australia Pty Ltd. This material includes, but is not limited to: trademarks, Award Plaque, Award Logo, Accreditation Logo, Accreditation Certificate, Testimonial Certificate, or any other merchandise bearing ABIA branding or in relation to the ratings system, the wedding directory, campaigns, functionalities and infrastructure used to provide ABIA website and the system, inventions, potentially patentable business methods, quotes, phrases, HTML code and or computer code and or scripts, algorithms used to calculate the Awards ratings and Accreditation ratings and listing order on the vendor directory (which collectively is ”Intellectual Property Content”), all of which, unless otherwise pursuant to a third party license (such as: Branding License or Franchise License), is the sole property of ABIA and ABIA retains all appurtenant rights, interest and title thereto.
2. ABIA further claims ownership rights under the copyright and trademark laws in relation to the design, layout, look, appearance and graphic function of ABIA website, system, Brides And Grooms competitions and social media accounts.
3. ABIA further claims ownership over trademarks, trade names, service marks, domain names, site names, titles or other indicia of ownership (collectively the “Marks”) owned by ABIA, including but not limited to: ABIA Weddings Australia, ABIA, (Partners of Perfection), ABIA Wedding Awards, Partners of Perfection, Victorian Annual Wedding Industry Awards, New South Wales Annual Wedding Industry Awards, Queensland Annual Wedding Industry Awards, South Australian Annual Wedding Industry Awards, Western Australian Annual Wedding Industry Awards, Australian Capital Territory Annual Wedding Industry Awards, Northern Territory Annual Wedding Industry Awards, Tasmanian Annual Wedding Industry Awards, ABIA Award Winner, ABIA Award Finalist, ABIA Winner, ABIA Award Runner-Up, ABIA Award Third Place Finalist, ABIA Finalist, National ABIA Award Winner, National ABIA Award Finalist, Designer of Dreams, National Wedding Industry Awards, Brides And Groom Campaign, BAG Campaign, Brides And Groom-to-Be Campaign, VOWS, Vendors of Wedding Services, ABIA Accreditation, ABIA Membership/Partnership, ABIA Accredited, ABIA Appointed, ABIA Approved, ABIA Ambassador, ABIA Hall of Fame, ABIA Member.
4. ABIA Weddings Australia expressly reserves all Intellectual Property Content, copyright, trademarks and Marks in all documents, information, graphics and materials related to ABIA and we reserve the right to take legal action against any persons who modify, copy, distribute, transmit, upload, share, display, perform, reproduce, duplicate, amend publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell or re-sell any information, software, products, or services obtained from or through this Website, email communications, newsletters, documents, information or materials provided by or obtained through ABIA, its representatives or affiliates for the purposes of sale, commercial gain or the use by any third party, unless:
a) If you have entered into an agreement with ABIA Weddings Australia for the purchase of a branding license. In this instance, the agreement entitles your business to use: ABIA Weddings Australia Awards logo in its original form (only if achieved and directly provided to your business by ABIA), Membership/Partnership and or Accreditation logo in its original form only if achieved and directly provided to your business by ABIA, Membership/Partnership and or Accreditation Certificate in its original form only if achieved and directly provided to your business by ABIA, for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of the agreement, in so far as to promote your Accreditation and Awards achievement.
b) If you have purchased any materials and or merchandise bearing ABIA Weddings Australia branding and or logos, including but not limited to: Awards Plaque, Awards Certificate, Accreditation or Membership/Partnership Certificate, Accreditation or Membership/Partnership logo, Certificates, Posters, Flyers, Email Signatures, newsletter Templates and Graphic Designs.
5. In the instances where you have entered into a branding license agreement with ABIA, or you have purchased any materials and or merchandise bearing ABIA Weddings Australia branding and or logos and or insignia and or indicia and therefore have been given the express right to use the specific intellectual property content, copyright, trademark and or mark, you agree that you will not use the aformentoned in any manner that may intentionally or unintendedly cause loss and or damage to ABIA, and or cause harm to the reputation of ABIA or diminish the value of ABIA and understand that ABIA reserves the right to pursue legal action against any persons who does so.
CONTENT PROVIDED BY YOU
1. By providing content to ABIA, including but not limited to: images, videos, logos, phrases and quotes, you expressly represent and warrant the following:
a) you are the owner of the content with all appurtenant rights thereto and that any persons, businesses or entities connected with the content have granted you permission to publish, distribute, reproduce and distribute the content for advertising and or marketing and or promotional purposes; or
b) you legitimately hold a world-wide, royalty free, perpetual, irrevocable, sub-licensable, non-exclusive license to use, publish, distribute, reproduce and distribute the content.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
1. By using this site, wedding vendors, engaged couples, wedding couples and or third parties absolve ABIA Weddings Australia from liability resulting directly or indirectly, wholly or in part of using the Site, facilities, platforms or affiliations of ABIA Weddings Australia and waives any legal action against ABIA Weddings Australia.
2. It is the responsibility of the wedding couples to ensure the products and services, information, material and content available on this site and by ABIA or any material, data or content made available by a third party source or external link or offline advertising which is affiliated to ABIA, meet the requirements by the wedding couple.
3. The wedding couple cannot hold ABIA responsible for any inaccuracies, errors, omissions, failures or falsehoods, even I such content encouraged, influenced or caused the wedding couple to connect with and or make a transaction with the wedding vendor.
4. ABIA Weddings Australia is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any of wedding vendors, wedding couples, or any other third party, affiliate or representative.
5. Although ABIA Weddings Australia attempts to keep the Site, its platforms and systems safe and free from malicious bugs, use the site, platforms and systems at your own risk as ABIA takes no liability for any damage or loss incurred by visiting or using any part of ABIA site, system, platform or link.
6. ABIA Weddings Australia does not guarantee the Site, its platforms and systems will always be secure, safe, without error and or will function without disruptions, delays, failures or omissions.
7. As ABIA website, platforms and systems include sensitive information including but not limited to financial details and personal details, it is the responsibility of the wedding vendor, wedding couple and any other third party to keep your account secure.
8. ABIA Weddings Australia and its employees are not responsible for any claims of loss or damage resulting from use of the system and therefore will not be held liable for any consequential, indirect or direct damages arising wholly or in part from any users connection with ABIA, the site, ability or inability to use the systems, platform, program or affiliated event or campaign or competition or coupon or booking, or any consequential loss or damages of any kind arising from any decision made or inaction or action taken by you, or a representative, or a third party in reliance of the information or content contained on the site, platform, program or affiliated event or campaign or competition or coupon or booking, whether in an action for breach of contract and or any other tortious action or whether from errors, omissions, falsehoods or failures in the directory, awards, system, accreditation, message platform, inaccuracies of listings or wedding vendor listing or any other product or service provided by ABIA.ABIA’s liability and any liability attributed to its employees, wedding vendors, engaged couples, wedding couples and third parties is limited to $100.00 notwithstanding the failure of essential purpose of any remedy.
INDEMNITY
By using this site, and or making decisions based on information and or content which is affiliated in any way to ABIA and or entering into agreements based on the information or content related in any way to ABIA, wedding vendors, engaged couples, wedding couples and third parties absolve ABIA Weddings Australia and its employees from liability resulting directly or indirectly, wholly or in part of using the Site, facilities, products or services or platforms or affiliations of ABIA Weddings Australia and waives any legal action against ABIA Weddings Australia and agree to indemnify and defend ABIA Weddings Australia and its employees from any claim and or demand including reasonable legal fees, or liabilities including but not limited to any losses, costs, harm, damage, whether direct or indirect or consequential, made by or arising out of, whether wholly or in part, the use of ABIA site, facilities, products or services or platforms or affiliations.
NO WARRANTY
ABIA, its employees and wedding vendors provide the site, products and services “as is” without any warranty of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for any particular purpose. ABIA Weddings Australia gives no warranty that the documents, products or services or tools will be free of errors, or that defects will be corrected, or that our website or its server is free of viruses or any other harmful components. Whilst we, at all times endeavour to have the most accurate, reliable and up-to-date information on our website, we do not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the result of the use of any document, product, service, link or information on ABIA website or as to their correctness, suitability, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise. It is your sole responsibility and not the responsibility of ABIA Weddings Australia to bear any and all costs of servicing, repairs, or correction. The applicable law in your state or territory may not permit these exclusions, particularly the exclusions of some implied warranties. Some of the above may not apply to you but you must ensure you are aware of any risk you may be taking by using this website or any products or services that may be offered through it. It is your responsibility to do so.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
ABIA Weddings Australia may provide links to other websites, advertisements and information relating to wedding vendors and or third parties on the website, directory, platforms, systems or email communications.
ABIA Weddings Australia takes no responsibility for any of the content, data and or information located on the linked and external websites or for any loss or damage incurred by following or landing on the link or external website.
ARBITRATION
Should you wish to pursue a non-legal dispute regarding ABIA, wedding vendors, engaged couples or wedding couples you may bring forward your dispute via email to: info@abia.com.au.
JURISDICTION
This agreement and ABIA website is governed by the laws of Queensland and Australia.
Should you wish to pursue a legal dispute, you must make such submissions to the courts of Queensland.
UNENFORCEABLE TERMS
Should any term, clause or condition in the Terms of Use or Privacy Policy be deemed illegal and unenforceable by any State or Territory, then that term, clause or condition will excluded and be considered as never to have been included in Terms of Use or Privacy Policy in the State or Territory it is deemed to be unenforceable and illegal. Any excluded term, clause and condition shall not have bearing on the legality and enforceability of any other terms, conditions or clauses or the legality and enforceability of the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. However, should the clause, term or condition be deemed legal and enforceable in any other State or Territory, it will continue to be part of this agreement in those particular States and Territories and will remain legal and enforceable.
Engaged Couples and Wedding Couples
REGISTERING AN ACCOUNT
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
WEDDING VENDORS
RATING WEDDING VENDORS
RATINGS, REVIEWS, COMMENTS & TESTIMONIALS
YOUR COMMITMENTS
By registering, you are making the following commitments:
WEDDING ACCOUNT TERMINATION
Wedding Couples
What information ABIA collects
Obtaining Consent
How your information will be used