Planning in general isn’t difficult - heck it’s pretty fun! With so many tools and resources online at your fingertips it might seem like a no-brainer to jump in and plan this wedding bash on your own, but today we are talking about planning vs experience.
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What are the biggest wedding day-bloopers, you know those hiccups that cause things to run behind or a vendor doesn’t show - what happens when things don’t go to plan? Communication can make or break even the best plan if details aren’t communicated or if there is an assumption about what a vendor will provide.
What do you need in a moment of what feels like stress or chaos? Experience. Experience is what makes the difference because from our perspective after 9 years of planning weddings - we can apply years of back-up plans, weather contingency plans, and lot of amazing folks on speed dial just in case.
Honestly, it isn’t often that we are in situations where we would even need to make a call last minute but part of the value that we bring is the reassurance for our clients that we would make every last call until everything was back on track to ensure their day is beautiful. We’ll save the day months ahead of time, when we can look at your bar list or vendor list, timeline and floor-plan to double check that everything is in order.
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When new potential clients meet with us, they may have in their mind that they are only in need of a day-of-coordinator. This is a great time for us to explain what our Wedding Management package is all about because we simply don’t believe that day-of-coordination is a thing. We know that it takes so much more of an in-depth understanding of the moving parts of the day, from the decor items & placement, to the announcements and song choices down to the qty of the cups for the bar and so much more. Without that, we can’t expect to be able to answer the questions that come up while the couple is getting ready and we certainly aren’t going to call the bride to ask about bar cups on her wedding day. See where we are going with this?
Ask any planner about some of the hats that we wear on a typical wedding, and if you could only see some of the interesting items that we keep in our wedding bags - because we want to be prepared!
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If you are a resourceful couple and feel strongly about it there are several great tasks that you can assign to your friends, family or wedding party members. Our advice is to choose tasks that are not time-sensitive and that can be done ahead of time. For instance if you would like to have your aunt alphabetize your escort cards the week before the wedding - yes! If you are planning on having your maid of honor make floral arrangements the day of the wedding - no.
So if you are looking for that reassurance of knowing that you have a designated team to focus on your wedding and know the details inside & out - we are here for you because we simply wouldn’t have it any other way! For more information about our Wedding Management service - please check out our services page for more details!
~ Happy Planning~
XOXO Veronica