Most venue owners have a recommended vendor list. Almost none of them have an exclusive vendor partnership — and the difference is worth real money and a dramatically better client experience. In this episode, Kinsey pulls back the curtain on the partnership she's had for years with her wedding coordinator at Vista View Events, breaking down what separates a casual referral from a formalized business arrangement.

She covers the moment that pushed her to formalize the relationship, what a real partnership actually protects and provides that a rotating referral list never will, and the core pieces every partnership agreement needs — payment structure, documented expectations in both directions, and term and exit terms that protect booked couples no matter what happens between the businesses.

Kinsey also gets honest about the limits: she started with three vendor partner companies and scaled back to one, a call about her own bandwidth, not a failure of the model. She closes with a simple self-audit to help you identify when/if you're ready for an exclusive vendor partnership at your venue.

If you'd like to see Kinsey's Profitable Partnerships pdf you can do that HERE.

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