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A wedding planner helps engaged couples coordinate the logistics of a wedding day.

[edit] Scope of Services

Typically, a wedding planner's services include the following:

• several meetings with the couple
• phone and email contact
• reviewing wedding vendor contracts to establish vendor obligations
• calling vendors to confirm details like time of arrival
• creating a timeline to schedule the events in a day
• coordinate the wedding rehearsal
• provide in-person coordination of the events of the wedding day at the wedding venue

Many weddings are so elaborate that the bride can go crazy trying to organize it all by herself. This is where a wedding planner can be helpful. The planner is usually hired by a bride, and therefore treated as a vendor who has promised to deliver a service. The planner will stay in constant contact with the bride throughout the entire wedding planning phase, sense when there is a problem, and find a way to take care of it so as not to further stress the bride.

[edit] Tips

• Wedding planners may actually be able to save the bride some money, even with their own fees factored in. Many planners have relationships with specific venues, and by providing those venues with lots of clients, may be able to receive discounted services (think of it in terms of a bulk discount.)
• Established wedding planners often have a very deep knowledge of a specific city/area, which may benefit brides monetarily as well. Planners will know which venues are worth the money, and which are too good to be true, ensuring that the bride gets a fair value for all of the money she intends to spend.

[edit] See Also

• Day of coordinator

[edit] Weddingbee Posts

• A Tale of Two Planners: Part One by Miss Jasmine
• A Tale of Two Planners: Part Two by Miss Jasmine
• A Tale of Two Planners: Part Three by Miss Jasmine