Wedding Planner Tips

Top Wedding Planner cost-saving Tip:

Newlyweds are often eager to share their well-worn research, so why not put them to use? Hire a recently married acquaintance to be your “day-of coordinator,” to make sure the trains run on time at your wedding, to get everyone in the right place at the right time, to manage all of the vendor drop-offs, to pay all the people you’ve hired, and to do everything you’d rather not do. This can be really cheap – or even free - depending on how well you know the person. Or instead of paying someone to be your coordinator, swap services with another engaged friend - “I’ll do yours if you do mine. Deal!”

If you decide to employ a wedding planner, you should approach this task as you would any other major decision about your wedding: You should draw up a short list of candidates and then interview them. Probing their credentials is particulrly important. If some of your contenders brag about having graduated from the College of All Things Wedding with honors in 1978, find out exactly what that means. Some wedding-credential organizations only require a two- to four-day course, which doesn’t really do you much good - especially if it was completed when wedding fashion lived and died by lime-green taffeta gowns. Alternatively, the Association of Certified Professional Wedding Consultants requires applicants to complete hours of coursework and have at least six weddings under their belt before they’ll certify them.

Second, ask for references from other couples - and call them! Ask them everything. You need someone who speaks the same language, whether or not they’ve done five Royal weddings. Finally, find out exactly how many weddings they’re currently planning. If you’re paying someone to be your wing woman, you want to feel like priority #1 at all times. Make sure they will be available to you at the drop of a hat - or a tear.

 

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