How exciting, you’re getting married and you have enough money to hire someone to do all the planning for you! All you have to do is sit back and make some decisions from looking through a few catalogues with them.
Not necessarily so, if you’ve made the mistake of hiring someone associated with wedding planners, not an actual wedding planner themselves. Be sure you find out how much involvement your wedding planner actually has with planning the special day, and how much of it they will farm out to someone else, at an extra cost to you. Your wedding planner should be able to provide-not provide a list for you to choose from, but actually provide- the florist, the DJ, order the flowers, make the appointment for your dress fitting, as well as the groom and his buddies tuxedos.
Once you’ve found someone to work with, the first thing you should expect them to do is sit down with you and your fiancée and ask a lot of questions. If they are good at what they do, they are trying to get the perfect feel for both of your likes and dislikes, and will want to take planning your wedding as personally as you are invested in it yourself. Now you know you’ve found the right wedding planner.
Expect to make the decisions regarding vendors-your planner will get your thoughts on what you’d like to see happen for the perfect wedding, and then they will match your likes to several vendors, presenting you with several choices. After you’ve chosen which florist or music to go with, they will contact the florist and do the ordering for you. All you should have to decide on is the budget-they should’ve worked out an entire budget during the first interview-and what kind of flowers you want. The role of the planner is to present you with a few alternatives which match your individual style, and then take your decision and run with it.
Another aspect of what you can expect from a professional wedding planner is that they will look over any contracts-for food, the band, etc-and advise you as to which contractors are the best bets for your money.
Now you really can sit back and relax, as much as a new bride ever does! Your wedding planner will be there from early morning the day of the wedding to long after you and your new honey have driven off together. They will ensure that everything from the first flowers placed perfectly to the last scrap of streamers are off the ground at the end goes perfectly as planned.
Most women (and men) have very busy lives today, why spend any extra energy you have worrying over who to hire for what when you can alleviate most of the stress associated with a wedding by simply hiring someone else to do it for you. You won’t have to worry if you’ve forgotten anything; the wedding planner knows all the little ins and outs of making your wedding day as special as you’ve ever dreamed it could be.