Top 6 Reasons Why You Need to Hire a Wedding Planner

Your wedding day is one of the most magical days of your life! From being wrapped up in love to smitten this next chapter of your life, it truly is your special day. But as a wedding professional, I know that nothing can ruin your special day faster than unforeseen stressors! Whether your bridesmaid spills something on her dress moments before walking down the aisle or a vendor not getting your flower order right, having a planner to handle all tasks from A to Z will make all the difference on your day.

Here are 6 of the top reasons our clients hire us:

1. We can help keep you within your budget and handle any legal contracts!

Regardless of the size of your budget, a good planner can help you make the most of it! We can stretch your budget because we know how to weigh out your best options and present the one that makes the most sense for not only what you want but for what fits within your constraints. Even small decisions can add up to big savings in the end. Planners are “a little more aware of what’s in contracts,” which can prevent a novice bride from overlooking some important fine print. On a less tangible level, planners can act as an objective third party and an intermediary- negotiating rates with vendors and handling sticky situations where etiquette is involved.

2. Planners will fight for your wedding vision and keep everything on track!

In addition to helping couples’ stick within a budget and supervising sticky details like legal contracts, the most important perk of a planner is having someone who'll ensure that your wedding vision is brought to life. A big difference between your vendors and your wedding planner is that many vendors tackle more than one wedding per day or per weekend, whereas a planner is focused only on your special day and will push to make sure everything goes according to your unique plan. On the wedding day, you want someone who knows what you’re envisioning and will do everything they can to carry it out as intended.

3. Wedding Planners know how to keep things CHILL.

From a vendor's perspective, working with a wedding planner instead of directly with the bride or groom or their parents can keep things streamlined and stress-free. Especially as the wedding day gets closer, a vendor would rather bother a planner to iron out last-minute details than worry an already-stressed couple directly.

4. Planners can score you serious vendor discounts!

Sometimes discounts don't appear on paper. If we call our lighting guy and on the wedding day, we don't like what he's brought, you can be sure we're going to have him add extra lighting and you're not going to get charged for it. We are repeat business whereas a soon to be couple is not. Through creating longlasting relationships with vendors that aim to please the wedding planners in hopes of acquiring to retaining business thrown their way. Since they have planned many weddings over their career, pros will have connections that your average bride will not. They also have an immense about of knowledge and recommendations when provided with a guideline of what you’re looking for. This will not only save you time but money as well.

5. Planners can handle ceremony-to-reception flipping.

Full and partial planning packages aside, a wedding-day director is ideal, if you can wing it, especially if your celebration involves complex orchestration like flipping the ceremony space in a short time period so it's ready for the reception. It is so important to have somebody who can bring in vendors who are familiar with the space and experts in their given field.

6. Planners can help you coordinate the entire day (as opposed to just one aspect).

Even if a venue offers an in-house coordinator, couples are advised to remember that that person will likely only be coordinating the specific details that venue is responsible for providing, like food or the space itself. They will not be focused on helping you juggle all the little details that will make your special day so special. And juggling details is the last thing you and your fiancé want to worry about on your wedding day.

At a hotel or a venue, they see a wedding every weekend or two a weekend whereas your wedding planner wants to make sure this is your wedding. So having someone help you understand how to celebrate that is so important. Even so, full wedding planning assistance may not be practical or even possible for everyone. Maybe you have event experience yourself, your fiancé is a whiz with spreadsheets, or your budget just won't allow it. After you've booked your major vendors, you could still decide to consult a planner midway through the process as most planners offer partial or customized packages. Some brides are really creative, they're going to be able to do their print material on their own because they're a designer or their best friend is a designer. Some people have a vision and are great at decorating and are going to be able to manage their design, but a lot of brides have no vision, haven't been dreaming about their wedding forever, and don't know how to pull together a high-end wedding. So every couple is different in terms of what they need help with. For help with headache-inducing minutia, such as designing a seating chart, confirming information with vendors, and proofreading your invitations, planners are great.

They can map out a schedule of events for the wedding day itself, and act as a wedding-day director to make sure all parties involved stick to it.

Interested in looking further into how we can help with your wedding planning? Send us an email to see how we can help make your dream day come to life!