How it works
Planning a milestone means making forty decisions with incomplete information. Handled fixes the part where you cannot even find out what things cost.
Search what is actually available
Filter by service, city, date and budget band. Every profile shows a starting price and the days the vendor is free, so you can rule people out in seconds instead of waiting three days for a reply that begins “it depends”.
Save a shortlist you both agree on
Star anyone worth a second look and come back to it whenever you like. No account needed — and if you sign in, your list follows you to any device.
Send one brief, get real quotes
Write your details once — date, guest count, budget, what matters — and send them to your whole shortlist. Every reply comes back in writing, in one place, so comparing them is a five-minute job.
Rough timings
When to book what
A guide, not a rule. Popular dates move faster; a Tuesday in February moves slower.
12+ months out
Venue and date
Everything else keys off these two. Lock them before you fall in love with a photographer who is busy that weekend.
9–12 months out
Photo, video, music
The categories where good people take one booking per date. This is the tier that sells out first.
6–9 months out
Catering and bar
Late enough to know your guest count roughly, early enough to get a tasting in the diary.
3–6 months out
Flowers, cake, beauty
Seasonal work that is better decided closer in, once you know the palette and the weather you are planning around.
Questions
For hosts and for vendors
If you are a vendor
Creating your account and listing your business is free, and Handled takes no commission on anything you book — card payments go straight to your own Stripe account. Create your vendor account.
Yes — a starting price at minimum, so the people who get in touch already know your range. You keep full control of the quote itself.
Only clients who booked through Handled can leave one, and you get a right of reply published alongside it. We remove reviews that are abusive or that turn out to be about a different business — never ones that are simply unflattering.
Any time, from your dashboard. Booked out for the season, or short-staffed for a month — unpublish and your profile stops receiving requests without losing its reviews, photos or bookings.
Start with whatever you are stuck on
Most people arrive knowing one thing they need and nothing else. That is enough to begin.