Clear expectations make better events.
Review the current CRE8SIT operating policies before booking. Your signed contract and written quote control whenever they contain project-specific terms.
Travel & Hotel Accommodations
- Events 4+ hours require a 30-minute meal break for the team.
- Events 7+ hours require an additional 15-minute break.
- Travel and lodging requirements apply to assigned team members as well as Reese.
Payment & Booking
Retainer / Deposit
The live booking flow uses a standard $250 non-refundable retainer to start the reservation process. Additional deposit requirements shown in your quote or signed agreement still apply.
Payment Plans
Weekly, biweekly or monthly schedules may be offered. Final payment is generally due 6 weeks before the event.
Late Bookings
Events inside the final-payment window can require full or accelerated payment before confirmation.
Cancellations, Changes & Refunds
- Customized orders, retainers and work already begun are generally non-refundable.
- Held event dates and payment-plan obligations are governed by the signed agreement.
- Rescheduling is subject to date availability and may require a modification fee.
- Use the Planning workspace in your Client Portal to request scope, date, location, package or guest-count changes in writing.
- Changing an order after production begins may require repurchase or additional labor/material fees.
Current CRE8SIT fee standards
Signed project terms still control when they differ. These are the current defaults for new requests and new bookings.
Post-contract date changes
$250 flat once 7 days have passed since booking/signature, regardless of how far away the event is. Earlier requests follow the signed agreement and owner review. Any replacement date must be available and approved in writing.
Added guests & wedding party
Guests above the signed agreement: $25 each standard or $30 each with higher-service coverage, after the original count is verified. Added wedding-party members: $50 each for planning or $75 each with rehearsal management. Bridesmaid bouquets $35 each; groomsmen boutonnieres $7 each only when they are not already included in the signed package. All added services require written change-order approval.
Colors & design
Color changes are free before design/purchasing begins. After design starts: $75. Major theme redesign starts at $150, plus replacement materials.
Venue & plan changes
Venue change $200 · added ceremony/reception location $150 · final timeline overhaul $100 · restarted vendor research $100 per vendor.
Extra time & rush work
Extra planning meeting $75/hr · extra rehearsal $150 · rush changes inside 14 days +25% · inside 7 days +40%.
Photography selection
Photographer selection is included. Client Choice: $125 up to 500 proofs, $200 up to 1,000, $300 up to 2,000, $400+ above 2,000. Selections are due in 14 days; swaps after editing begins are $25/image.
Overtime & Additional Coverage
Multiple services running into overtime may each incur their own coverage charge. Coverage begins at the agreed time even when the event itself starts late. Media overtime is charged per active coverage team/role; extra operators and second shooters are separate when required.
Other Vendors & Event-Day Cooperation
- Tell CRE8SIT in advance if another vendor will perform the same contracted service.
- Clients must accurately disclose outside planners/coordinators and vendor responsibilities.
- Photography/video/content teams need a workable shooting environment without conflicting direction or interruption.
- Hostile, abusive or unsafe behavior toward staff can result in service termination under the signed agreement.
Décor, Venue Setup & Design Interpretation
- Décor service does not automatically include unloading, unfolding, moving or arranging venue furniture unless written into scope.
- Unexpected venue labor may create additional labor charges when the room is not in the agreed condition.
- Inspiration photos are creative references; exact item-for-item replication is not guaranteed.
- Final design depends on venue, package level, availability, guest count, setup time and budget.
- Onsite approval by the client/designated contact is treated as acceptance of the setup; later changes can incur added labor/material costs.
Photography, Video & Creative Work
- Photography packages include the stated minimum final gallery, not every shutter click. Unless Client Choice is purchased, CRE8SIT/RCC selects the strongest images for professional editing.
- Clients do not automatically receive RAW photo files, every frame taken, test shots, duplicates, missed-focus images, closed-eye images or other rejected working files. Unedited video footage is also not included unless a written package/add-on specifically says otherwise.
- Client Choice adds a professionally culled, watermarked proof-gallery workflow so the client can select which included images are edited. Current pricing appears in the fee standards above and the Service Upgrades area.
- Client Choice selections are due within 14 days. If selections are not submitted, CRE8SIT/RCC may select the final images so production can continue.
- After final selections are submitted and editing begins, replacement selections are $25 per image.
- RCC editing follows the color, contrast, skin-tone and storytelling style represented in the current portfolio. Requests that change the agreed artistic style or require extensive subjective re-editing may be quoted as additional postproduction.
- Video packages include only the revision round(s) stated in the package. Additional creative revision rounds are $250 each unless the signed agreement states otherwise.
- Requested family-group combinations, must-have details and scheduled moments should be submitted before the event. RCC will make reasonable efforts to capture them, but no package guarantees every guest, expression, moment or requested shot when timing, venue conditions, cooperation or event flow prevents it.
- Standard delivery targets are up to 8 weeks for final wedding photography and up to 12 weeks for final wedding films unless the signed agreement states a different schedule. Rush delivery is a paid upgrade when available.
- Proof images are review copies, not finished deliverables. Final usage/copyright terms remain governed by the signed agreement.
- Coverage begins at the contracted arrival time even when the wedding or event runs late. Shot planning depends on venues, key details and participants being ready at agreed times.
Shipping, Delivery & Rush Work
- Customized production/delivery timing begins after required payment and approvals.
- Shipping and tracking information appears on applicable invoice detail pages.
- Rush orders and rushed photo/video deliverables can carry additional fees.
- International or expedited shipping is quoted separately when applicable.
Service, Safety & Conduct
CRE8SIT plans for professional team coverage and reasonable contingencies, but venue problems, outside-vendor failures, unsafe conditions and circumstances beyond our control can affect service. Team safety comes first. The client is responsible for helping ensure guests, family and wedding-party participants do not prevent the team from performing contracted work.