{"id":38073,"date":"2017-11-14T13:24:32","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T13:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=38073"},"modified":"2017-11-14T13:24:32","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T13:24:32","slug":"wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2017\/11\/14\/wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding comparison site goes global"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Swansea based wedding website expands to add global suppliers as user base grows following launch<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_38091\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 800px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38091\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/rings.png\" alt=\"Wedding rings\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/rings.png 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/rings-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/rings-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/rings-400x300.png 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/rings-100x75.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38091\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/rings.png\" alt=\"Wedding rings\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/rings.png 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/rings-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/rings-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/rings-400x300.png 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/rings-100x75.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript> Wedding bands are one of the most important choices a couple must make<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Swansea based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparemywedding.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wedding comparison website<\/a> has added more suppliers as business begins to grow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Swansea based wedding comparison website comparemywedding.com is expanding further with the addition of major global partners like The Palm Hotel in Dubai.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The website, which allows brides and grooms to be to compare prices for everything from venues to flowers, is expanding its offering with the goal of providing a complete wedding planning experience. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Customers visit the site and can quickly compare various aspects of their wedding in order to efficiently plan their big day for the best price. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Founded by former wedding photographer Lauren Evans the site takes businesses from all over the UK and aggregates them to create a competitive market place for wedding services. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Talking to Wales Online Evans said:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cwe now have such a diverse and wide range of suppliers consisting of caterers, venues, photographers, videographers, florists, <a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/culture\/duo-reveal-plans-to-jazz-up-more-weddings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">entertainment<\/a>, catering and more. The list keeps growing \u2013 it\u2019s all quite unbelievable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38099\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 800px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38099\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/flowers.png\" alt=\"Flowers being held by many hands\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/flowers.png 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/flowers-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/flowers-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/flowers-400x300.png 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/flowers-100x75.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38099\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/flowers.png\" alt=\"Flowers being held by many hands\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/flowers.png 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/flowers-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/flowers-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/flowers-400x300.png 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/flowers-100x75.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript> Flowers are one of the greatest expenses when wedding planning<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I saw a gap in the market when planning my own wedding,\u201d Evans said in a discussion with Alt.Cardiff, \u201c I was sick of spending hours searching for suppliers just to send the same message over and over. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI couldn&#8217;t remember who had come back to me, or who I actually liked. \u00a0We need somewhere we can find and interact with suppliers all in one place.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The site\u2019s expansion comes after huge popularity during its opening months and further suppliers on a global scale are being added to widen the scope of the business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe site has been hugely popular so far with over 600 people signing up within the first few weeks. \u00a0We have lots of things in the pipeline for the site so watch this space\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the site expands adding more suppliers the company vows to keep making wedding planning easier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swansea based wedding website expands to add global suppliers as user base grows following launch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":312,"featured_media":38099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,201],"tags":[3596,5983,5984],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-38073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-business-home","tag-business-wales","tag-website","tag-wedding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the 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