Finding Vendors Out of Town Philadelphia PA

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Erica Maeyama-Lee is an event producer with music and lifestyle marketing company and independent record label Giant Step. "It's really a fun challenge to produce things in another city. I'll ask talent I know, D.J.'s I know. I have a vast network of tastemakers in New York. You can always find someone, like a sound company that put a system in a club, to make a good recommendation. I had to produce a few events in Miami. I work with a hotel owner here in New York who also owns a hotel in Miami. I spoke to the director of events in the Miami hotel to recommendan amazing sound company that I recommend to everyone now. I don't look in the Yellow Pages, unless I need to."

Debbie Hodkinson is an event specialist with Marsh USA Inc., a risk and insurance services firm. "Generally, we work with four-star properties. A lot of them have destination management companies. I'll meet with them, see their prices. Then I'll go into the field to find other resources to see if they're competitive. If I find they provide good products, and the pricing is competitive, I generally like to give the business to the hotels. It makes sensethey know our companies. If their property doesn't provide services or their services are not up to our standards, I'll go by a catering recommendationI'll reach out to planners at Morgan Stanley, banks I used to work for."

Jennifer Brunetti is a partner at FBI Productions, a full-service event management and production company whose clients include Volvo, Mercedes-Benz, and Paramount Pictures. "For the handful of times that my network of freelancers hasn't given me what I need, I usually get the production guide for the city I'll be in. Most major cities and areas have production guides that they'll send you if you tell them you're doing an event in their city. Just call the local film office, or go to the Web site of the office of the mayor, and they'll send you one. The guide will have resources for film and event production, onsite management companies, and other [vendors] for planning events."

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