It is estimated that the average wedding can take up to 200 hours to plan. Likely, a couple has plenty of activities that already occupy their free time. Not to mention that most newly-engaged couples are stepping out onto unfamiliar territory – the world of weddings! Don’t get me wrong, the world of weddings is ridiculously exciting and full of gorgeous images, scents, fabrics and ideas. But to the untrained eye, important wedding details can be forgotten, go wrong, or be overpaid for.
Planning a wedding will monopolize most of your free time during your engagement. Take it from me. When I decided that I should put my natural creativity and planning skills to work as a Wedding Planner, I became obsessed with all things wedding. I subscribed to four different wedding magazines, countless email newsletters and purchased all the used wedding books from Amazon.com that I could handle! It made me think – with the endless array of wedding ideas, colors, themes, flowers, décor, dances, etiquette, do’s and don’ts out there, how can one couple expect to absorb everything in order to plan one event!
Once considered “recession-proof,” the wedding industry is enduring its share of the economic downturn. While the average cost of a wedding keeps shooting up and up (see picture below), I’m betting that it’s because the price of everything keeps going up. Brides aren’t riding in on elephants or splurging on caviar for their 200 guests. In fact, most couples are cutting down the guest list, eliminating dinky favors, and opting for a limited bar.
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Hiring a wedding planner shouldn’t be looked upon as a luxury, but rather a necessity. With the time and effort that goes into planning your special day, why not leave it to a professional to see that everything runs smoothly. You should enjoy your engagement by getting to know your future in-laws and bonding with your fiancée. You know that you can’t handle it all yourself and you are thinking about enlisting all the help you can get – mother, maid of honor, bridesmaids, sisters, aunts, friends. But unloading your chores onto loved ones can cause tension and stress for everyone on what should be a happy occasion.
A professional wedding coordinator can be counted on to pull together all the last minute details – Who’s moving our flowers from the ceremony to the reception? Does the limo driver know how to get here? Will the DJ know when to cue our song? Does anyone have any aspirin?! Sure, I can’t stop the rain, but I can make sure that your dress stays dry by escorting you with a golf-size umbrella. Leaving your checklist with a trained professional will give you, your fiancé, and your family the peace of mind that this day IS going to run according to plan. After all, it’s your event, so enjoy it!
The skills of a wedding planner, like myself, can be utilized in the following scenarios:
- v Just Engaged, Just Getting Started! – “We’ve just gotten engaged and want to organize the wedding ourselves. But first, we need some help to get our planning off on the right track.”
- v Full-Time Fiancées - “We have full-time jobs and are struggling to find the time to bring all of our ideas together. Please help us coordinate this wedding from start to finish!”
- v Décor, Diamonds and Gerbera Daisies – “Our family and friends can’t spare the time, so we need an assistant to pull all our details together.”
- v Calm, Cool, and Collected – “We’ve already set up most of the wedding details, but we want to make sure that everything is covered on our special day.”
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