When looking for a wedding consultant to help you plan your wedding, you will find that there are basically two types of wedding consultants. One is the independent consultant and the other is the store affiliated consultant. There are benefits and drawbacks to each.
A store affiliated wedding consultant is one who is employed by a store, a bridal salon, a wedding hall, or other type of business related to the wedding industry. The advantage of this type of a wedding consultant is that since they work with an organization that has most likely done hundreds or thousands or weddings that there are very few requests that they won't be able to handle.
For most normal weddings, they will be able to provide you with everything that you need. The disadvantage of using this type of wedding consultant is that they have a slight conflict of interest. They are more prone to recommend the products that their store personally sells and the vendors and services with whom their store has a professional relationship which means that you may not always be getting the best possible deals available. In addition, if the wedding that you envisions falls outside of the typical or norm, they may not be the best equipped person to satisfy your needs.
An independent wedding consultant works for you, not the store. Ideally there will be no conflict of interests. She will be knowledgeable with the ability, within your budget, to customize your wedding to your exact specs. If she has been in the business for a while, she will have plenty of contacts with photographers, florists, and other service providers and be able to get you good deals.
The drawback of an independent consultant is that you are dependent on that one person. With a store affiliated wedding consultant, if for some reason the consultant is incapacitated, the store will be able to replace her with another consultant. If your independent consultant is incapacitated, however, you will either have to go through the trouble of finding a new consultant or take over the planning of the wedding yourself.
It is good to keep in mind, however, that regardless of if you hire a store wedding consultant or decide to go with an independent consultant, you are still, ultimately, the person in charge of planning the wedding. Your desires are still paramount and the goal of the consultant is to come as close to fulfilling your desires as possible. If you find yourself in constant conflict with your wedding consultant, it is time to do a reappraisal and possibly change consultants.
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