Wedding Planner - Yes or No?

 

Help you decide on wedding ceremony and reception sites.

 

Help you select and oversee all the wedding suppliers and vendors you will need (ie caterer, musicians, photographer, etc.)

 

Coordinate communication between and among wedding vendors, suppliers and wedding sites.

 

Serve as a referee, friend, budget hawk, etiquette expert, personal shopper, detail manager and organizer.

 

Coordinate your wedding rehearsal with the officiant.

 

Supervise all the last-minute details of your wedding day.

 

 

Will the wedding consultant commit to your budget and not push you in the direction of things you simply can't afford?

 

Will the wedding consultant devise a master plan mapping out all the little details, from announcements to zebra-striped decor? (This will clue you in to organizational prowess and the willingness of the wedding coordinator to keep you in the loop on every matter imaginable).

 

Can the wedding consultant name the best and most original wedding locations in your area that would be suitable to your wedding size, style and budget?

 

Does the wedding consultant have any questions for you?  They should! In order to determine your wishes, needs, level of maintenance, budget, scope of imagination, etc., your wedding coordinator should have as many questions for you as you do for them.

 

Is the wedding consultant familiar with the best wedding vendors in your area?  Can he/she explain their strong points to you briefly?  Ask yourself, "Does the wedding consultant seem both knowledgeable and passionate?".

 

Can the wedding consultant score you some discounts with any wedding vendors?  Since wedding consultants bring volume to wedding vendors, they will often reciprocate in some way.

 

Will the wedding consultant read over the wedding vendor contract for you? Does the wedding consultant know what the common traps are to look out for?

 

Can the wedding consultant create a wedding timeline that tells everyone involved in the wedding what to do and when to do it?  Ask how he/she plans to do to make sure everyone in the wedding party sticks to said schedule.

 

Will the wedding consultant handle the wedding invitations, from wording and ordering to the addressing and mailing?

 

Can the wedding consultant counsel you on wedding etiquette matters and alert you to hot trends on the wedding horizon?

 

Will the wedding consultant coordinate delivery, arrival and set up times with all involved on your wedding day?

 

Will the wedding consultant be willing to oversee the entire day of your wedding by supervising vendors, troubleshooting emergencies and soothing nerves?  Can he/she share any wedding anecdotes that required him/her to perform the above?

 

Will the wedding consultant be willing to step in as your advocate, conveying your visions and desires to wedding vendors when you don't feel up to the task?

 

Will the wedding consultant help plan and book your honeymoon?