The following posting is from a fellow blogger, Christine Boulton, who has been in the wedding industry for 25 years. She concentrates on helping small wedding businesses succeed. I found this blog posting to be a wonderful way to explain why a wedding planner is so important. The explanation is so simple, so clear and so important! ~ It's Your Party!
I don’t get it. Why would you take on a project that can cost you anywhere from $10,000 to, well, as high as you want to go without having a professional by your side?
Here is the thing, would you take on a major home remodeling project without hiring a general contractor? Of course not. I know, you are asking how are those even remotely the same. Let me ask you,
“How are they different?”
- Both have budgets in at least the 5 figure range. That is a LOT of money.
- In both instances you want a high degree of personalization. In short, you want YOUR dream to be executed.
- Both will require a long list of sub-contractors that you have most likely never dealt with before.
- Both require tight scheduling to make sure everything comes together on time and on budget.
- Both are going to have glitches and unexpected issues pop up that someone is going to have to deal with.
- The results of both are going to be with you for a long, long time.
Am I beginning to make some sense here?
All those things listed above are what a wedding planner does.
- They know which vendors are reliable and match your style.
- They help you translate your dreams to the people who are going to make them come true.
- They know all about how your venue works in terms of timing and convenience for load in.
- It is their job to keep that timeline on track so
- , for example, the flowers show up after the tables are set up, dinner is served hot and the MC know when to do the first dance.
- It is their job to keep all those sub-contractors working together on the right plan.
- They are there to look you right in the eye and say “Yes you can have that, but you are going to have to give up XYZ”
- They are there to handle those last-minute glitches and issues in a way that you don’t even know they happened.
There is a wealth of information online today on how to plan a wedding, but until you actually do it, you have no idea of everything involved.
Seriously, when you look at it in this light, why would you even think of not hiring a wedding planner for one of the days you are going to remember for the rest of your life.
By: Christine Boulton
