Organization: Everyone has their own definition of organization, mine may differ from yours, that being said, it is important for your wedding professionals and you to be on the same page. They should be able to pull up a file that has all your information on it and be able to talk to you about your event without getting it confused with others. Feel free to ask your wedding professionals how many events they will commit themselves to in a day, for a cake designer or florist having more than one, or even multiple is pretty normal; for a venue ( unless its gargantuan in size) its not. Also you shouldn't have to continuously remind your wedding professional about details that you have already talked about, nor should you have to wait a week before getting a response on an email or phone call.
Don't misconstrue this and feel that if your wedding professional doesn't get back to you within a few days that they aren't good enough, please remember that they are very busy and sometimes forget ( they are human) or are very busy. You also should get clear and concise answers from them when you ask a question, if they aren't sure a simple " let me check and get back to you" is sufficient, just make sure they actually get back to you.
Remember that these people are a part of your wedding and you would like everything to run smoothly so double checking to make sure you understand pricing, verbiage on invites ect is perfectly acceptable. What is not acceptable is calling the wedding professional every day, or every other day, " just to confirm.....again" or to change something over and over. Each wedding is different and special, and your wedding professionals will treat it as such, but being overbearing makes the job much more difficult. Its also great to ask many questions to keep yourself and the wedding professional on the same page and in an organized union, just try to condense them all and write them down. Also a good tactic is to write down the answers to the questions as you are chatting to make sure that you remember what is said. Keeping a binder with a separate tab for each wedding professional can be very helpful as well, there is no need to buy the expensive "wedding planner binder" for $50, you can easily make one yourself and be able to write down the things that you think are important and noteworthy. Hope this sheds some light on the organizational side of things, please feel free to ask questions and comment! Do you have any suggestions to share?
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