Wedding Planning Series CATEGORY
Day of Service Coordination Dallas, TX; New Orleans, LA
December 10, 2009
Why Hire A Day Of Wedding Coordinator?
I get asked this question a lot. Some bridal couples don’t really understand the value of hiring a professional wedding coordinator for their wedding day, especially if they have done all of the planning. If a couple really cannot afford in their budget a full service professional wedding coordinator/planner, then perhaps they may want to look into hiring a coordinator/planner for only the wedding day.
Most day of planners start work with a bridal couple several weeks before the actual wedding day in order to truly get the couple’s vision and get to know which vendors have been hired. Yes, a bridal couple have planned a beautiful wedding, but who do you have on your wedding day to make sure that all the vendors are where they need to be? Has the cake arrive on time? Are the linens the correct color? Did ceremony musicians arrive and are they playing yet? What about the reception music? Is the DJ or band setup? These are just some aspects on the wedding day that need to be handle. Should the bride’s mother or groom’s mother have to worry about these details? Or how about enlisting family members to help on the day? Shouldn’t they be allowed to enjoy the wedding day experience also?
A Day of Coordinator eliminates these questions and creates organization for you on the wedding day. As a day of coordinator, I work in conjuction with the other vendors to make sure all aspects of the wedding day are done in a timely fashion. Yes, you may have a coordinator at the hotel or church already, but that person can’t be available during the other times of your planning phase. And most times, hotel coordinators have other events happening in the hotel at the same time as your wedding so they aren’t at your event the entire night. As a Day of Coordinator, I’m there on your wedding day from the start until the last song is played.
I hear from people all the time after they have gotten married AND they did not hire a coordinator that they wished they had hired one – the wedding day would’ve been less stressful and that they now recommend to all their friends who get engaged to invest in a wedding coordinator/planner.
And I also hear from people who decided to invest a little more on their wedding day and hire a day of coordinator – that it was the best investment they made for their wedding. As a couple, you invest a lot in your wedding; and you should also invest in knowing that your day runs as smoothly as possible, too.