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Why Hire a Wedding
Planner/Coordinator?
Every bride risks turning into Bridezilla by the time the wedding date
draws close. The stress of choosing the right dress, creating and
mailing invites, choosing the menu and favors and gifts for bridesmaids,
designing the bridesmaid dresses, keeping an inventory of gifts
received, deciding on flower arrangements and table settings, choosing a
location or reception hall and supervising the interior layout of the
hall – there’s a million things to do. No wonder grooms use the “bad
luck to see the bride before the wedding” ruse to stay far away from
their fiancée before the wedding!
If you’re planning your wedding and haven’t considered the
possibility of hiring a professional wedding planner, give it some
serious thought. Even if you’re planning a medium sized wedding with
family members, close friends and colleagues, you’ll still have myriad
things to take care of. You might get your friends and relatives to
pitch in with help, but most of them will have other things to do, and
might not be able to give a lot of attention to your wedding
preparations.
A wedding planner won’t just help with the basics of the wedding –
deciding on a location, choosing a caterer – she will also be quite
adept at staying within budget. Most brides fall apart under the strain
of planning a beautiful wedding, while making sure they can keep their
financial matters in close rein. A wedding planner is likely to have
contacts in the wedding industry, and can get you good rates for
services, products and decorations etc. With a wedding planner taking
care of everything, you can focus on enjoying the preparations for the
wedding - something many brides might find themselves unable to do under
the strain of the wedding. Those much dreaded bridal jitters will be
well and truly under control, when you have a wedding planner taking
care of the event.
A wedding planner will also be well versed in bridal and wedding
etiquette. She’s seen many brides through dozens of such weddings and
knows the importance of perfect timing, and the correct wedding
protocol. A wedding planner can also help with the little things that
you might not have considered like the accommodations for the out of
town guests, who will arrive at your wedding.
If the cost of hiring a planner makes you balk at the idea, many
planners offer their services for particular features of the planning,
like taking care of catering or designing invites. You’ll be able to
take some of the strain off of you, and still stay within your budget. |
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