Should I Employ A Wedding Planner For My Wedding?

Advantages

There are a number of advantages in employing a Wedding Planner, they will help you manage your day and everything that goes with it leaving you able to enjoy the build up of your special day.

Professional Expertise 

One of the biggest advantages of a Professional Wedding Planner is that they have the right expertise you require when arranging a Wedding.

Let’s be frank whether you are getting married for the first time or not you won’t have the experience of arranging a Wedding unless of course you are in the Event Planning Profession or thoroughly enjoy planning things!

A Wedding Planner can be worth their weight in gold, they may have a full time business and arrange Weddings all the time all year round, they will have the right organisational skills to get on with planning, they will know how to communicate with Suppliers and they will understand what needs to be done to get negotiations done whenever necessary.

If you are dealing with a larger Wedding Planning company there may even be a team of Wedding Planners working on your Wedding throughout the process meaning that you will always have someone available dealing with your special day.

Concentration on Wedding

As you will have an individual or team of individuals managing your Wedding they will concentrate on your day and will ensure they do all they can to carry out your wishes to the best of their ability. You will have a concentration and dedication of people behind you wanting to make your day as special as they can.

You could decide to ask a Wedding Planner to concentrate on a certain aspect of your Wedding day which will free up your time to focus on other areas, for example a Wedding Planner could deal solely with the Venue where you are holding the Reception and look after the Wedding Breakfast, Evening Buffet and Entertainment whilst you can concentrate on the earlier part of the day on the Ceremony, Transportation and Bridal Party.

Access to Suppliers/Venues

Wedding Planners work in the Wedding Industry and may have been doing so for a number of years and over that time they would have developed a relationships with others in the Industry and have a catalogue of Suppliers that they can call upon.

As the saying goes it’s not what you know it’s who you know and a Wedding Planner can be well placed and have access to Suppliers that you wouldn’t ordinarily know about or be able to find. This means you could be able to have those special touches on your day that you once thought would be beyond your means. 

Wedding Planners would also be able to check out the credentials of all their suppliers on your behalf saving you time and effort and they will ensure you don’t end up contracting to anyone substandard as they will know exactly what to look for when contracting out. Finding the right suppliers is absolutely critical to ensure you don’t get let down and if you do they will be able to find alternatives for you.

Supplier Discounts

As Wedding Planners know suppliers in the Wedding Industry they may be able to get you special discounts on services for those suppliers they work with on a regular basis.

This could help your Wedding budgeting process in fact if the Wedding Planner is aware of the elements of your budget they will be able to provide supplier and services within your remit.

Readily Available

Wedding Planners are readily available if you look around and you should have a lot of choice when selecting your perfect choice.

Try completing a Google search to see who is highly rated and also try to see if you can find local people if you are having your ceremony close to your home.

You could even try asking your friends and family for recommendations to find a Wedding Planner, a good idea would be to try Social Media and ask on Forums and Groups to see who other people have used.

Make sure you take time to check out a Wedding Planner’s Credentials and Feedback you want to ensure that you are employing someone who can actually carry out what they say they can.

Avoid Stress

Ultimately a Wedding Planner will ease the burden of stress that planning a Wedding can bring, it is one of the most stressful times in anyone’s life but it doesn’t need to be with good organisation, planning and focus.