A wedding advisor is the one person responsible for planning, budging, organizing, coordinating, and monitoring every aspect of the special day and associated events. It is quite common for a professional special day coordinator to manage bridal showers, pre-special day parties, rehearsal, ceremony, reception, and even assisting with honeymoon plans.
Hiring a professional special day coordinator is quite popular today. While it may not be essential and it can be expensive; someone must assume the responsibilities of a event coordinator over every aspect of the events. This is vital to insure the success of your event.
To plan and hold your wedding with a do it yourself approach is doable, but is it best. Certainly, if you are planning a small informal special day, you may get by without problems. However, the bigger your special day, the more details, challenges, and headaches you will face. You may try to delegate certain tasks to your event party, friends, or relatives, but these volunteers may or may not be up to the challenges. Here is the bottom line. Someone must do all the planning, organizing, coordinating, and management of all the minute details.
Often smaller special days can be managed without a professional wedding advisor. The minister, bride and groom usually can handle planning and execution of the wedding rehearsal and wedding ceremony, but the minister seldom gets involved in pre-wedding parties and organizing wedding reception. Often the best man can manage the bachelor party; the maid of honor may handle the bachelorette party and/or bridal shower; and reception. In simple terms, someone must step up to manage the planning, budgeting, organizing, coordinating, and monitoring of each event.
Often, the bride and groom will enlist a professional special day planner to manage only specific element of the wedding process. At other times, they may hire a coordinator to manage all aspects of the wedding event series. It is entirely up to the special day couple and the services offered by their chosen special day advisor.
When you begin interviewing potential wedding coordinators, you should ask the candidates for planner what services they provide. Often the planner will have a group of subcontractors or associates who specialize in certain services. For example, a coordinator may delegate the catering to one person; and delegate flowers and decorating to someone else. A capable wedding planner has access to the key resources you will need and as a couple, it is smart to take advantage of these connections.
There are so many choices to make. Your special day advisor will look to you for your decisions. Good communication is vital. You depend on your wedding planner for resources, ideas, help, and guidance, but your special day advisor depends on you to make your choices too.
Budget your money carefully. Since so much of a special day is emotionally charged, you need a capable special day planner who can control costs and still enable you to achieve your dreams. When catering costs more than expected, the special day planner can adjust expenses with flowers, decorations, and other items to compensate for the unexpected expenses.
How do you pay your event planner? How much? There are two typical ways for wedding advisors to charge for their services. They may charge a percentage of the special day budget or they may charge a flat fee for services rendered. Be sure to work out compensation and service agreement prior to beginning your special day planning.
The job of your event coordinator is to manage all those pesky details enabling you to enjoy your wedding without undue stress and aggravation. Next to the bride and groom and your minister, your event planner is among the most important people at your wedding. Imagine being able to relax and truly enjoy your wedding. Imagine having the stresses, aggravations, and disappointments alleviated. This is what a good special day advisor does for you. How important does that make your wedding planner?
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