Let’s be honest, there is not a single bride who plans her wedding without thinking about a wedding coordinator. So why then do brides all too often go without hiring one? Here are some excuses…sorry, rational reasons:
- It’s not in my budget to hire a wedding coordinator.
- I’ve done a good job planning already, I feel I have everything under control. (I cringe at this one)
- My Aunt Cynthia is great at details! I’ll ask her to handle the day’s tasks.
- My reception location already has a site coordinator.
- I don’t get stressed out.
Any of these sound familiar? If you’ve gotten married already, I am sure you will identify with my responses to each of these excuses.
First, Budget. A budget should always reflect some type of hired help, at least for the “day of.” You are totally right that large event planning companies can be outrageously expensive. But then there’s me (or people like me – if you live on the west coast). I run a small, self-owned business brought about by my love of weddings and realizing that I could help people on a tight budget still have a fabulously stress-free day. My prices are nowhere near the competition’s and since I’ve “been there done that” – I know what is appropriate to charge for my services. Please find someone like me to coordinate your wedding. I’m sure they are out there, if not, I should start celebrating ’cause that is good news!
2nd Excuse: Even if you are a super champ at planning your big day and organizing the details (as was I), you do not want to be the one running the show on your wedding day. If you are concerning yourself with distributing the corsages, arranging the cute place cards, making sure everyone’s on schedule, checking the clock for cake cutting time, etc. – you will miss out on the best parts of your day! Don’t make the mistake of being in control at all times during your wedding. Hand the responsibilities over to the professional and sit back, relax, and walk down that aisle care-free.
3rd Excuse: Do not hand off the coordination to your family members. Even if your aunt is a state of the art organizer and offers to help out, just let her enjoy the day. Your wedding is a time when the whole family comes together. Sometimes, it’s the only time during the year that everyone will be in the same place. Family will travel great distances, spend money on plane tickets and hotel rooms, buy you gifts and clear their schedules to come celebrate your marriage. It may be hard to do, but allowing parents, aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents to sit around responsibility-free is a gift!
4th Excuse: Don’t be fooled. Though helpful and valuable to the reception site, the site coordinator will not be tending to your every need, will not cue toasts and dances, will not make sure grandma knows to get in a picture. A site coordinator’s job is to make sure their building and staff are under control. They work great in combination with your wedding coordinator.
Lastly, You will be stressed on your wedding day (if not the entire week-of) if you do not have a wedding coordinator. There is always something left for the last minute and, again, on your wedding day all you need to focus on is how to make it down that aisle to your groom and dance the night away.
I could go on and on about this for hours. I know, from experience as a bride, that a hired wedding coordinator makes all the difference not only for you but for your groom, parents, bridal party and guests!
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i could not agree more! this is a great reference guide to share with friends – great post megan!