Maison Bridal — Planner Representation Network
Partner Onboarding & Assignment Guide
How our network works, how studios are selected and presented, and what happens the moment a studio is chosen for a specific wedding.
A representation network, not a marketplace.
Maison Bridal is a Planner Representation Network operated by The Wedding Business Hub Limited, a UK-registered company.
We work with wedding planners across destination wedding markets, including Europe, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean and America. Planners share upcoming wedding briefs with us, and we research, shortlist, and present a few carefully selected photographers and videographers for consideration.
We are not an open marketplace. We represent specific studios for specific wedding assignments.
Each shortlist stays intentionally small.
We present a few carefully selected studios per assignment based on style, portfolio quality, destination experience, availability, and the specific requirements of the planner and couple.
Being identified as a preferred studio means the planner has independently reviewed your portfolio and selected your studio as one of their top choices for that specific wedding.
A fair, simultaneous process — decided by speed of confirmation.
Once your studio completes the confirmation process:
Consideration becomes a commercial commitment.
Once a planner identifies your studio as a preferred choice, formal confirmation is required before the assignment can be secured.
Planner Confidence
Our planners rely on us to formally confirm studios that are verified and genuinely committed. Once they have identified your studio as a preferred choice, they need confidence that your studio has accepted the assignment before closing their photographer search.
Mutual Commitment
At this stage, the commitment becomes mutual. The planner is putting their reputation behind your studio with the couple, while Maison Bridal is putting its reputation behind your studio with the planner. We therefore require formal confirmation rather than relying on a verbal indication of interest.
Releasing the Other Preferred Studio
The other preferred studio is being contacted at the same time. Once your studio formally completes the confirmation process, the other studio is released and the assignment is secured exclusively in your name.
The Success Fee Is Settled After the Wedding
The Success Fee becomes payable after the wedding takes place. For destination weddings, this may be many months or over a year after selection. We do not invoice the Success Fee before the wedding because the wedding may be cancelled. Because the Success Fee is deferred until after the wedding, a formal commitment point is required when the assignment is secured.
The Mutual Agreement & Assignment Confirmation establishes that commitment.
Mutual Agreement & £200 Assignment Confirmation
Once you confirm your availability and accept the preferred assignment, we issue the Mutual Agreement and £200 Assignment Confirmation invoice simultaneously.
The Assignment Confirmation is required before the booking call is arranged. Once received, we immediately secure the assignment exclusively in your name, release the other preferred studio, and formally confirm to the planner that their photographer has been secured.
The £200 is part of your existing 10% Success Fee — not an additional charge. It is credited in full against the commission once the wedding is complete.
The booking sits directly between you and the couple.
The wedding booking is directly between the couple and your studio. Maison Bridal does not collect the couple's booking payments on your behalf.
You therefore pay 10% in total, never 10% plus £200.
The full journey, at a glance.
What partners ask us before signing.
No. There is no payment required at any of those stages.
After your studio has been identified as a preferred choice for a specific assignment and you confirm your availability and acceptance.
No. It is the first portion of the existing 10% Success Fee and is credited in full against the commission after the wedding.
The planner. We curate and present a selection of suitable studios; the planner independently identifies their two preferred choices.
No. Both preferred studios are contacted simultaneously and given the equal opportunity to proceed. The assignment is secured to the studio that completes the confirmation process first.
After the wedding, according to the applicable Mutual Agreement.
In the rare event that the wedding does not proceed for reasons outside your control, we will either refund your £200 within 2 working days or transfer it towards another suitable assignment.
Where you are selected for multiple assignments, it is highly unlikely that all selected weddings would fail to proceed or be postponed.
Yes. You are welcome to independently verify the company through Companies House.
The NDA is mutual — it applies to both parties equally. It protects confidential information shared through the network, including wedding briefs, planner and couple details, assignment discussions and pricing. Because our assignments involve private client information shared in confidence, confidentiality is fundamental to how the network operates.
Maison Bridal operates as a private planner representation network, not a public marketplace or social-media lead-generation platform. Our work is relationship-based and assignment-specific, with planners sharing briefs privately and selected studios being presented for those assignments. Our company details are independently verifiable through Companies House.
We understand why you may want an independent reference. Our planners come to us specifically for curated, vetted studios, and that curation is the service they rely on. Direct introductions outside the formal process could bypass that network, so we maintain strict confidentiality across all participating parties.
You are welcome to verify The Wedding Business Hub Limited through Companies House independently. Once your studio is onboarded and a suitable assignment is available, we arrange a direct call with the relevant planner and couple.
Ready to be verified?
If this process aligns with the way your studio works, simply reply with the following business details so we can complete your verification:
Once received, we will complete your onboarding and consider your studio for suitable planner assignments.
We look forward to working with you.
We look forward to working with you.
THE WEDDING BUSINESS HUB LIMITED · UK COMPANY NO. 11928418