Day 2 - The Wedding Planner
The biggest hurdle's been successful - she said "YES". Now the road to your wedding day starts. There's bridesmaids and groomsmen to organise, a wedding location to be sourced, the caterers, the flowers, what colour paper will go with the bridesmaid dresses but doesn't clash with grandma's dress that she always wears to special occassions, and on and on it goes.
The next challenge after popping the question is to organise this magnificent day within a limited timespan. The average engagement period is only 16 months (check out more wedding facts) which becomes a pressure cooker as those months disappear.
One option to save some time and stress, and possibly even some money is to employ the services of a wedding planner. To see how they will be able to help you, read on...
If you're wedding planner is any good (NB. take recommendations from others who have employed them for their own weddings) they will be able to make the wedding day go as smoothly as is humanly possible - for a wedding!
Due to their level of experience, they should be able to source the best venues and services at competitive prices. If it's your first time getting married you will have little experience with cost-savings and trying to separate heart decisions from objective financial wisdom will not be an easy task.
Some of the items they will be able to organise, and this depends on what you agree to within their terms of the contract, will be;
- Plan and organise the caterers, or reception centre, including the menu and who will be paying for what?
- Organise a photographer and AV specialist
- Plan the flowers and delivery of them
- Organise the weddings cars or other vehicles to move the bridal party around
- Help you choose the wedding stationery from invitations, order of services and table place names.
- Organise the wedding cake.
There are possibly many other duties that a wedding planner will perform but this will all depend on what's contracted. The more they do - the more it costs.
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Congratulations on your engagement! We are also recently engaged and we've written a bunch of posts on wedding rip-offs/good deals. You're welcome to stop by and learn from our experiences.
Posted by: Her | February 25, 2006 9:16 AM
Thanks Her. I'm not actually engaged anymore - I'm happily married and have been for the past 11 years. This article is hopefully useful advice for those setting out.
I checked out your site. It's great and I'd recommend other readers check it out.
Posted by: Stu | February 25, 2006 3:55 PM