You’re engaged now what?
When you begin to think about your wedding day budget, rarely do you include the cost of a wedding planner, even though wedding sites such as Everyday Bride suggest hiring a planner. Ease, benefits, stress relief, and connections are all key components that an exceptional wedding planner will bring to your experience. Wedding planners will do the leg work for you; we know the ins and outs of the industry, location benefits, and which places provide the best guest and wedding party benefits. Essentially, we are the knowledge keepers.
As a bride-to-be, there are many stressors that can present themselves during the months leading up to your wedding. Your mind is trying to pull together the details of your very special day while also navigating familial advice, everyday life, and your growing relationship with your partner. This is exactly the time to hire a wedding planner to get the ball rolling!
What an Exceptional Wedding Planner Can Do For You
An exceptional wedding planner can be your planning partner, your design collaborator, and venue and wedding professional vetting sidekick! Your wedding planner is someone who ultimately becomes your best friend during the planning process, which is why it is very important that you hire the right person for you and your partner.
An exceptional wedding planner keeps you on track with deadlines, updates, and tasks, creating a streamlined system that keeps the couple stress-free. Keeping in mind that a couple will have hired an average of 10 wedding professionals for the wedding day, it is highly important to solicit the support of a wedding planner. Just think, that’s 20 or more inquiries to vet professionals prior to making final decisions.
Your wedding planner will be the resource to coordinate the perfect vendors for you, alleviating wasted time, stress, and confusion. Wedding planners come with a diverse cadre of wedding professionals that could offer perks just by having a relationship with your wedding planner. Your wedding planner attends your wedding-related meetings to be your professional support, ensuring the right questions are asked and avoiding any potential contractual issues.
After you and your wedding planner have planned the details for this magical day, your wedding planner will become the point person for the professionals you hired to execute your vision. As the manager of your wedding day, your wedding planner will relieve you, your partner, family, and friends of any wedding day tasks so that you can be a part of all of the special moments you’ve dreamed of!
How Do You Choose the Exceptional Wedding Planner for You?
Just think, this will be your best friend for the duration of your planning experience. You should look for the qualities that resonate with you and ensure there is a connection prior to hiring your wedding planner.
Here are a few tips for selecting the wedding planner for you:
- Conduct research. Read past client reviews, visit social media sites and websites, and ask for past client referrals
- Prepare questions related to your planner’s expertise
- Be able to articulate your preliminary thoughts about budget and vision
- Actively listen in your initial meeting. Pay attention to how the interaction feels (and don’t be afraid to feel!)
- Think of this as a new relationship; is this the right one for you?
Oh Happy Day!
You’re floating on air, going with the flow because you have hired your exceptional wedding planner! You don’t have to worry about who showed up on time, make any decisions about inclement weather, or wonder where to put the place cards. It’s a happy day because you have hired your exceptional wedding planner!
