10 REASONS TO HIRE A WEDDING PLANNER
If you’re planning a wedding, it can get extremely stressful and can really destroy some relationships. This should be one of the happiest times of your life, but trying to plan everything on your own can get in the way.
A recent study showed that 96% of couples felt stressed while planning their wedding. To be exact 40 percent say the planning process is not just stressful, but “extremely stressful.
Instead of dealing with the stress and creating drama, hire a wedding planner to make your life easy.
These 10 reasons you need to hire a wedding planner show you exactly what a wedding planner can do for you!
1. Contracts, Contracts Contracts
Contracts can make or break your wedding day. The fine details of what’s included from each vendor can be daunting. Reading the “fine print” can lay out exactly how good or bad your wedding day can be.
The advantage of wedding planners are that they have read Hundreds or even thousands of contracts and most have done business with your vendors. So they know exactly what to look for in those details and make sure you don’t sign anything that doesn’t make sense for your wedding day.
2. Special Hotel Accommodations
Are you thinking about getting a hotel room block to continue the celebration?
Destination weddings generally need hotel stays. You can even book a hotel for weddings that are closer to home, too. When you book a hotel close to your reception, it can take the stress of traveling back home at the end of the night for you or your wedding party.
Most of the BEST Wedding planners are great hotel negotiators. Most of the time, they get special discounts for block rates and can sometimes negotiate a upgrade for you and your future spouse.
3. Don’t lose your Belongings
At the end of the night, it’s easy to forget things like gifts and cake toppers. However, you’ll be kicking yourself for years to come if valuable things go missing because you left them at the venue.
A wedding planner will make sure nothing of value gets left behind, so you can walk out the door with no worries.
4. Wedding Planners create fresh Ideas
Do you want a cookie-cutter wedding that’s just like everyone else’s? Probably not. You would be surprised how hard it can be to come up with “fresh” ideas that are unique to you and your wedding.
Wedding planners are on top of the wedding game and already know how to blend trends with classic inspirations. Their goal is to create the wedding of your dream by using techniques that they know work and look beautiful. But they have the experience to take your ideas and create something unique that you will love.
5. You get to enjoy your day
True Wedding planners not only work with you weeks or months before you wedding. They are also your “Go To” person on the day of your wedding.
On your wedding day, do you really want to be rushing around trying to take care of last-minute details? When the caterer is trying to figure out what time to start dinner or when the florist wants to know what flowers go where; do you or your friends really want to be the one on call to handle all that stress?
A wedding planner already knows the entire plan. They pay attention to the little details like making sure the candles are lit and the desserts get put out on time. You and your family can be relaxing with a glass of champagne instead of handling everything behind the scenes.
6. Great Vendors & Discounts
Experienced wedding planners have worked with nearly every vendor in your area. Not all wedding vendors are created equal. Wedding planners know which vendors are best to work with, and can give you great recommendations. Some can even get you great Discounts if you use certain vendors.
While some wedding planners get referral fees from certain vendors. They only refer the best because referrals can destroy their reputation as well if the vendor they refer doesn’t do a good job.
I have personally seen wedding planners be able to get brides so many special discounts that they ended up way under budget, but with more than they could have ever imagined.
7. Perfect Timing
Wedding Timelines are one of the most important things at a wedding. You need to have the right amount of time for everything so no part of it feels too rushed or too slow.
Wedding planners know exactly how to time everything right, because they’ve done it a million times before. Using your vision for the day, they’ll make a timeline that makes sense and meets your needs.