FAQS: THE TOP 10 REASONS TO HIRE A WEDDING PLANNER

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TOP 10 REASONS
TO HIRE A WEDDING PLANNER 

10. PAPER-PUSHER

Planning a wedding is not always as fun as it sounds. Much of it involves coordinating back-and-forth correspondence that (trust me) you want nothing to do with. Your wedding planner will make sure all the contracts, estimates, invoices, and payments get signed and delivered to the right place at the right time.

9. DECISION-MAKER

Planning a wedding involves a lot of decision-making. And with so many details to choose between, you’ll need to do it as quickly as possible in order to get keep the process moving along in a timely manner. When you and your groom find yourselves struggling to make up your mind (and you will), you’ll be thankful for someone to help you weigh the pros and cons.

8. ETIQUETTE EXPERT

Etiquette is a huge part of any wedding, but especially traditional ones. Your wedding planner has the knowledge and experience to advise you and your family on everything from addressing invitations to DEALING WITH UNINVITED GUESTS.

7. CONFLICT-BUFFER

Weddings make everyone go a little crazy – it’s just a fact.  It’s your wedding planner’s job to help avoid unnecessary conflicts by minimizing stress for you and your family. But if you and your mom do get into a spat over table linens (sounds crazy – is not), she’ll know just what to say to smooth things over.

6. CRISIS-AVERTER

The last thing you want to hear about on your big day is a vendor who’s running late – so delegate the disaster to your wedding planner. She’s a pro at solving last-minute problems without panicking, and you can bet she’ll have a back-up plan in place just in case.

5. BUDGET ADVISOR

Many people think hiring a wedding planner is only for couples who have tons of money to spend on their big day. It’s just not true! Budget brides can benefit from hiring one, too. Making the investment to enlist someone’s help will actually save you money in the long run, because they know where the deals are (or how to get them).

Your wedding planner will also be able to help you manage your budget – she’ll advise you on what percentage of it you should expect to spend where, and ensure you spend your money exactly where you want to (i.e., more on the band than on the photographer, if that’s your thing).

4. CREATIVE DESIGNER

By the time you’ve hired a wedding planner, chances are you’ll have a theme in mind and a good idea of what colors you want to incorporate. But it’s your wedding planner’s job to offer creative ideas and inspiration that will take it to the next level. She’ll come up with options you hadn’t thought of or didn’t even know existed, ensuring your personality is infused into every detail (and there will be many, many details).

3. VENDOR-SCHMOOZER

Your wedding planner has relationships with tons of vendors, which gives her the advantage of knowing which are amazing and which are terrible. She’ll be able to recommend the ones who are right for your budget and will take great care in making sure your vision is executed just as you imagined.

And it’s her responsibility to deal with vendors for all the not-so-fun stuff – like contract negotiation, appointment scheduling, and payment delivery – so you can just show up and look at all the pretty flower mock-ups!

2. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZER

Planning a wedding requires organizational skills that surpass even that of the overachiever you went to high school with – whom you always suspected had mild OCD. Your wedding planner will have a plan in place every step of the way, documented in the form of checklists, appointment schedules, itineraries, and minute-by-minute timelines. They’re probably color-coded, too.

1. SANITY-SAVER

Most importantly, hiring a wedding planner will avoid a ridiculous amount of stress. The process of planning your wedding should be fun and enjoyable, and it most certainly won’t be if you’re left managing the logistics. You probably do enough of that in your job.

On the morning of your wedding day, you should be relaxing with your bridesmaids, sipping champagne, and thinking about just one thing: marrying your best friend.

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What Benefits are Included When Hiring a Wedding Planner?

Being the most populated city, Los Angeles is a sought out wedding destination for many couples across the United States.  Weddings are one of the biggest occasions in a person's life, but planning them can be exhausting and stressful.  Luckily, there are many wedding planners in Los Angeles that offer packages and cost effective solutions.  If you want to make sure that every detail of your wedding is organized, you must hire a wedding planner.  

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Wedding Planners and Their Responsibilites

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Wedding planners, also known as coordinators and event planners, quite simply help you organize your big day. But what they actually do can vary greatly.

The Duties of Wedding Planners

Typically, wedding planners start off by meeting with the couple to:

• understand the events – not just the wedding day itself, but also the rehearsal dinner, bridesmaid teas, day after brunches, and any other related events. 
• review the overall budget
• understand the style, colors, vibe, and taste of the couple 
• discuss progress to date

They'll then propose how they might be helpful and present the couple with a contract for the wedding planners' services. Probably they will be a combination of some of the below, depending on your needs and budget: 

Organizational Queens 
Even if you're newly engaged, you're probably realizing that this process includes many many details that require you to be organized, stick to a budget, and stay on schedule. So even if you are a well organized person, you'll want to make sure that your wedding planners are not only on top of things, but that they'll help you stay on top of things. They'll

• create and review vendor contracts
• organize your wedding day timeline
• coordinate vendor arrivals and deliveries with your venues
• prevent expensive mistakes such as rush shipping charges or unnecessary changes
• remind you of obligations, appointments, and budget constraints

Style Mavens
For those of you who are looking at bridal magazines, but worry you don't have the aesthetic eye to pull it off, look for wedding planners who are designers. They can

• give you ideas, and tell you about current trends
• help pull together any disjointed elements, and create a unified "look"
• see and add details you might have missed
• coordinate the florist, caterer, printers, invitation companies, graphic designers and any other aesthetic vendors
• help you choose bridesmaid dresses and other wedding party attire, your bridal gown and/or groom's wear
• find coordinating and stylish favors
• design your tables, lighting and other visual details.

Peace Makers
If you're constantly arguing with your parents, or with each other, wedding planners can use their negotiating skills to create peace. Whether it's talking to the mother-of-the-groom about the blood red dress she wants to wear, or helping to mediate budget disagreements, and saving you from etiquette snafus, wedding planners can be invaluable. 

Vendor Resources
Experienced wedding planners have a rolodex of contacts in the biz, so they may be able to find you that reception venue with the perfect view, or the one caterer who will work with small budgets. They may also be able to pull in favors to get discounts or freebies. 

Day-of-Wedding Coordinators 
On your wedding day, you're going to be pulled in a million directions. Old friends will want to say hello, you'll want to relax and get ready, and people will be asking you far too many questions. And that's just before the ceremony starts. Wedding planners can help you avoid the chaos by

• meeting vendors and deliveries, and handling any no-shows
• solving other last-minute emergencies
• running the rehearsal
• setting up the ceremony and reception spaces
• making sure that the wedding party is on time and in the right places
• coordinating the reception timeline
• dealing with wedding crashers and unruly guests
• ensuring that the space is left clean and that you'll get your deposits back
• collecting personal items wedding gifts and making sure they get back to you safely.
• returning rentals and borrowed items.

Most wedding planners will handle these tasks, but it is possible to hire people just for these tasks. Though they're called "day-of" coordinators, you should meet with them at least a month in advance, and they should start confirming with vendors at least a few days before the event. 

Full-scale wedding planners for big budget brides

These are the wedding planners that you see on TV. They do everything -- creating a lavish event to impress and handling all the details while the happy couple just gets to enjoy the whole event.

Things to Watch Out for With Wedding Planners

• First and foremost, you need wedding planners who are easy to contact and responsive to your needs. If they don't return your calls promptly or don't seem organized, look elsewhere.
• Beware of wedding planners who are getting kickbacks for recommending certain vendors – make sure you are hearing about vendors who are right for you, and not just those who have a hand in the wedding planners' pockets.
• Make sure that you like their taste and style – you want your big day to look like you, not like your wedding planners.
• Like any vendor, you'll want to have a clear contract with your wedding planners that spells out their duties, costs and expenses, and deposits and payment schedules. Make sure there are clauses that spell out how increased duties and costs will be negotiated, and what happens if they fail to meet obligations or you want to cancel the contract. 
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What Does a Wedding Planner Do?

In such a competitive city, wedding planners in Los Angeles have a lot to prove. The main goal of an established wedding planner to make the engaged couple feel at ease with their wedding plans, and give them confidence that their wedding will be a success. Wedding planners are and must be extremely organized a professional. They also must have the ability to predict the clients needs and satisfy them.

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Money Saving Tip: Hire a wedding planner

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One of the most overlooked and misunderstood money saving tactics for your wedding is to hire a wedding planner. When your wedding budget is already stretched thin, it hardly makes sense to add another line to your budget to have somebody coordinate something you can handle on your own. However, what many couples don’t know is that working with a wedding planner can actually save you a significant amount of money — and at the same time take away the stresses that go along with planning a wedding, so you can focus on the fun part!

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Saving Money With a Wedding Planner

Planning your wedding can become very costly.  There is a certain kind of flair and glamour in today's wedding ceremonies and receptions.  A wedding planner can facilitate the planning process and make it a successful wedding.  A wedding planner can tell you which venders have the best prices, and also might get you an additional discount due to their relationship with a vender. 

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The Benefits of Having a "Day Of" Wedding Coordinator

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Have you considered the "day of" wedding coordinator? If you have planned out the majority of your wedding, a "day of" coordinator will serve as your total relief on your wedding day by tying up loose ends and finalizing dates and times with all vendors involved. Contrary to popular belief, a "day of" coordinator actually enters into the wedding planning during the final month of preparation.There are a lot of details to worry about on your wedding day, so why not let a coordinator worry about the details instead of you? During the month leading up to your big day the coordinator will make sure that all contracts have been signed with all vendors, ensure that everything from the flower girl's dress to your dress will be ready, confirm the final itinerary with you and all of your vendors and, most important of all, take the stress off of you! The "day of" ceremony services include making sure the flowers, decorators, cake, photographer, limousine and entertainment all arrive when they are supposed to, provide coordination for the ceremony so that it runs smoothly, acting as crowd control in between the ceremony and reception, and making sure that everything is taken care of so that you do not have to.As you can see, the major benefit of having a "day of" coordinator is total relaxation. Wedding coordinators take pride in taking the weight off of your shoulders on your wedding day. That is what we live and breathe to do. Consider having a "day of" coordinator for your wedding day. Because, after all, don't you deserve to have maximum relaxation on your special day?

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Organizing You Wedding Plans Is A Must

All aspects of your wedding should be carefully organized and planned.  Doing so will guarantee the success of your wedding.  Luckily there are many wedding planners, and wedding planning companies that will do this for you.  These wedding planners will take all stress away from you, and allow you to enjoy more time with your fiance and other things leading up to you wedding.  

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