between Variety and After Hours. What made the decision for you (if you used or are using one of the two)?
P.S., We're not going to use an emcee, just a dj.
AwaitingAugust
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used Variety and loved everything about them.
i saw them at a bridal show and they did such a great job that it was a really easy decision for me. They also gave me a great price which helped
MrsCtoBe5512
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we booked after hours, but we are having phil as the emcee. His price was in between two other quotes we got and the other companies (there wasn't a huge price difference). We mostly booked them because of phil's personality and the good feeling we got about working with him. hth
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the reviews for variety really sealed the deal for us. just figured there wouldnt be this many positive words said about them if they werent good. plus ray was a sweetheart and really worked on giving us the best price
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If we were using an emcee, After Hours would be our choice, hands down. Since we're not, I'm really more concerned with the dj himself.
We went to a show last night and one of the emcees was so annoying. When you're using an emcee, personality is a huge factor. In our case, I'm more confused because we're only looking at hiring a dj.
ETA: The emcee to whom I referred was not with either of the aforementioned DJ companies.
MrsCtoBe5512
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yeah if i was only looking for a dj, phil's personality wouldn't have swayed me as much but i do think he is really nice to work with. you could always set up an appt or go to a showcase for both dj's. i'm not sure how often those are but phil had one last month. also phil has a lot of videos of different set ups (live musicians, emcee, etc) so maybe he could email you some videos of just a dj or if the file is too big i'm sure he'd throw it in the mail from you. he's really responsive to email/phone calls.
IMO you have two good companies with great reviews. I know that every wedding decision feels so important but i think you'll win either way you go.
NYtherapist
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yeah if i was only looking for a dj, phil's personality wouldn't have swayed me as much but i do think he is really nice to work with. you could always set up an appt or go to a showcase for both dj's. i'm not sure how often those are but phil had one last month. also phil has a lot of videos of different set ups (live musicians, emcee, etc) so maybe he could email you some videos of just a dj or if the file is too big i'm sure he'd throw it in the mail from you. he's really responsive to email/phone calls.
IMO you have two good companies with great reviews. I know that every wedding decision feels so important but i think you'll win either way you go.
We're going to an After Hours showcase tomorrow.
MrsCtoBe5512
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nice let us know how it goes!
Yankeeelove
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We never met w/ Variety, but we chose After Hours bc we loved Phil, he was professional and always got back to us in a timely manner
smilesjc81
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i used variety at my wedding 3 weeks ago
THEY WERE AMAZING!!! beyond amazing - I couldn't have been happier
danced all night - everyone danced all night
they were fantastic - and they were reasonably priced too ( i was on a tight budget)
I had up lighting too and it looked great
Sal was amazing!
i should add - i DID NOT want over the top annoying I asked them to make sure they weren't crazy. They were great - high energy, but not highly obnoxious LOL
