Today I have a guest blog post from Beth Carlisle from Miss Carlysle and Co, Wedding and event planner and she will talk to you all about the 10 Reasons to Hire a Wedding Planner.
Firstly, congratulations on your engagement! Take it all in and enjoy this celebration, have a party and get yourself set up for your future.
Do I need a Wedding Planner? Planning is easy, isn’t it? Where do I actually start?
You’ve just got engaged and now there’s a million and one questions, what next? Take a deep breath, sit back and take it all in. You’re buzzing with excitement, ready to explode from all the love and happiness, ready to start planning the big day, but then the reality kicks in spreadsheets after spreadsheets full of contracts, insurance, budgets, just to name a few…
Do you have a spare 200-250 hours to plan a wedding? If not…
That’s where a planner comes in! Down below I will tell you my top 10 Reasons to Hire a Wedding Planner.
It’s a wedding planners job to take the stress away and we love everything weddings!!
Are you a traditional and elegant bride?
‘Something old something new something borrowed and something blue’, a Wedding Planner can bring old and new ideas into this to support your ideas, as they know what will work and what will not work. A wedding planner will work on hundreds of weddings.
Everyone has their own style, so would you know the differences in suppliers? A wedding planner would be able to support these decisions to make sure you were choosing the right suppliers.
Dream.
Plan.
Do.
10 Reasons to Hire a Wedding Planner
1 – Stress-Free
Wedding planning is known for being the 7th most stressful life event, wow! How can you actually make the day stress free?
Have you ever considered how much communicating occurs during the wedding planning process, between friends, family, vendors suppliers, just to name a few. A wedding planner is professional at dealing with all situations and will be able to communicate between everyone to ensure that every single person has the right information that they need, rather than you having to worry about these types of details. They are able to make the process streamlined and will reduce those stress levels to make the process enjoyable.
2 – Vendor Discount and Negotiating Deal with Suppliers
Every wedding planner has their very own recommended suppliers list, of whom they work with week by week on different weddings. They are trusted suppliers and will get the job completed well. It is important that you can trust the suppliers and know that they are the best in the business.
3 – Time
As stated before, Wedding Planning can take on average between 200-250 hours to plan, which is equivalent to a full-time job, do you have this spare time? How will you fit all of the meetings, appointments, etc in whilst working full time and living your normal life? You can hand over the responsibilities to a professional who is willing to support your every need and is able to spend time planning your big day. Wedding Planning is a huge commitment.
4 – Budget Management
Setting a budget is the first thing you should do, research local suppliers to give yourself an idea of how much to budget for each section, it gives you the chance to work out how much you are going to be spending and how much you need to put into the wedding fund. A wedding planner has their own spreadsheets, full of ways to manage your budget from day one through to the big day, knowing when payments are upcoming and how much is due.
Most wedding planners will be able to remind you when your upcoming payments are however you will be expected to pay your suppliers directly.
5 – Know the Best Suppliers in the Industry
It is a high possibility that your planner will know suppliers on a personal level through working with them on shoots, weddings and even through networking groups, which shows that they are trustworthy. We only want the best for your big day. Wedding Planners are natural networkers and will be able to communicate well with these suppliers, bringing the best out of each and every supplier.
6 – Schedules
On the day of your wedding, the last thing you want to be doing is chatting to suppliers and making sure that they are doing everything correctly. Your wedding planner will have schedules running up to the big day of payments, meetings etc and the on the big day they will have created an on the day management schedule which all the vendors and suppliers will receive. Your day will be run smoothly.
Your planner will work through timelines running up and on the day, managing everything from the invitations to any wedding administration needed to be completed. You will most likely not find someone more organised than a wedding planner.
7 – Love Lists
Lists ranging from budget management to timelines through to guests lists…
A wedding planner will organise your day every last detail, it is just part of our nature.
8 – Creativity
After creating your vision board on Pinterest or even Instagram, your wedding planner will be able to bring the beautiful ideas to life through your inspiration. They will be able to match you to the right suppliers and bring inspiration together to create your perfect day. The more mood boards and ideas you create the better, it means that dreams really can come true.
Remember that trends come and go!
‘Elegance is the only beauty that never fades’ – Audrey Hepburn
9 – Diffuse Troublesome Situations
Weddings are known for causing feuds between friends and family for a range of reasons which can cause a lot of unnecessary upset. Having someone else other than yourself deal with these situations is important due to the fact that you are more likely not going to want to deal with any situations that are going to upset you. You won’t need to worry about anything and you would never know any different as they will sort the issue out straight away.
10 – Very Own Personal Assistant
Services include:
- Creativity/styling
- Sourcing vendors and suppliers
- On the day co-ordination
- Partial planning
- Full planning
And many more!
Being able to have your own package and what works best for you and your partner.
It is so important for your partner and yourself to enjoy your engagement, wedding planning can become very overwhelming and can take over your life without it meaning to. You do not have to plan your wedding by yourself, there are other people around such as Wedding Planners who are willing to share their expertise in a range of ways for your day. Having a happy and stress-free engagement.
I hope you have enjoyed reading my top 10 Reasons to Hire a Wedding Planner and if you have any future questions about support, guidance and styling, feel free to contact me.
Good luck,
Beth x
Miss Carlysle and Co – Wedding and Event Planner
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A massive thank-you to Beth for her wisdom on wedding planning, I hope you have all learned some things about what is involved and maybe it will help you make a decision about the need to hire a planner or not for your nuptials.
If you would like to follow along with this series of blog posts about wedding planning, we have the topics below.
How to find Modern Wedding Venues in Hertfordshire
Choosing Modern Wedding Themes and Decor
How to get the amazing wedding photos you deserve to have.
or check out this amazing wedding at One Whitehall Place.
