Wedding
Consultants "To Hire Or Not"
by George Meszaros
Wedding consultants or wedding
planners are professionals specializing in wedding planning.
Your wedding planner can be an organizer, an event planner,
a vendor specialist, a project manager, a shrink, or a friend.
A wedding planner can work with you to plan your wedding
day part-time or full-time. How much time a wedding consultant
spends on your wedding is only limited by your budget. A
good rule of thumb is not to spend more than 7 to 10 percent
of your total wedding budget on a wedding planner. If your
wedding budget is $20,000, you should not spend more than
$2000 on your wedding planner. The savings gained from hiring
an experienced wedding planner may justify paying for one.
Even if you cant afford a wedding planner to plan your entire
wedding, you may consider meeting one for an hour or two
just to get help with the most important things.
One of the most important reasons
for hiring a wedding planner it to reduce your stress level.
Even if you might be able to organize everything from the
wedding cake, your reception site, the wedding band, and
the list goes on, you might be better off with the help
of seasoned wedding professional.
Your wedding consultant can
handle the less glamorous aspects of organizing your wedding
such as setting appointments with vendors. When you meet
with your wedding planner for the first time come with a
plan. The more prepared you are the more your wedding consultant
can help. Good preparation will not only save you time,
but it will save you money. The less time your wedding consultant
needs to spend on organizing your wedding, the less it will
cost.
Just because you are working
with a consultant, it doesnt mean that all you need to do
is show up on your wedding day. You should setup a timeline
and make sure your goals are met according to schedule.
If you enjoy planning events, you might plan your entire
event without any help from a professional wedding planner.
If you are unsure of what needs to be done to organize your
special day, you might at the very least setup an appointment
with a professional wedding planner. You should always ask
for references prior to hiring a wedding planner.
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