What To Expect When Working With a Certified Wedding Planner
If you’re recently engaged and starting the wedding planning process, you’ve likely heard the advice of, “HIRE A PLANNER!”
And when you hear that, you might think, “okayyyyy, but what exactly do they do?? Do I really need them or can I just do it myself?”
If you can relate, you should know that that’s a completely valid question!
After seeing hundreds of brides on TikTok and beautiful weddings displayed all across Pinterest, you might wonder why a wedding planner would be necessary.
I believe that there’s 5 main reasons that hiring a certified wedding planner is beneficial and I talk more about that in this blog post.
But for this one specifically, I want to give you a closer look inside the process of what happens when you DO make the decision to hire a certified wedding planner (like me 😉).
Because after all, this is a BIG life event and before hiring someone to help you plan one of the biggest moments of your life, you want to make sure you fully understand what to expect.
What You Can Expect When Working With a Wedding Planner
When you’ve made the decision to hire a wedding planner to help you plan, coordinate and make your vision come to life, it’s important that you seek out a planner that is certified!
Anyone can call themselves a wedding or event planner, but there’s a big difference between someone who’s gone through specific training and someone who hasn’t.
At Planning Forever, you’ll be working with a Master Certified Wedding Planner through The Certified Wedding Planner Society which means we’ve learned the real ins and outs of wedding and event planning so you don’t have to!
There’s more that goes into planning a wedding than just creating Google spreadsheets, documents of to-do lists and having vendor connections.
This is why you always want to choose a planner that has real knowledge and education so that you can be guided through your entire wedding planning process completely stress free.
When you hire your planner, you can expect the process to look a little like this:
Inquire & Consult 🖥
Like most things in life, you’ll start with an initial consult call to discuss the basic details of your big day.
On this call, your potential planner will ask you questions like:
When do you plan to get married?
Where do you want to get married?
How many people will be in attendance?
Along with a few other basic details!
These questions not only help the planner make sure that your desired date can fit into their client schedule, but also to determine if the two of you would be a good fit working together.
Book & Sign ✍🏼
After your initial call, if the two of you agree that you’d like to work together and the planner has space for you on their client calendar, you’ll officially check off one of the first to-do’s on your wedding planning timeline: book your wedding planner ✔️
Once this part is taken care of, the fun part can really begin!
Plan & Party 🎉
When everything is official, your wedding planner will work with you to create a wedding planning timeline that is specific to you and your big day in order to make sure that you meet all deadlines in a timely manner.
Your planner will recommend vendors based on the vision that you have for your wedding day and make sure that you have the tools and resources you need to really bring your vision to life.
Instead of you having to create multiple to-do lists and hope that you don’t forget anything, your wedding planner will take on the responsibility of making sure everything is accounted for and bring it to your attention when it’s time!
As you start choosing vendors, your planner can serve as a liaison to make sure contracts are signed, payments are paid and all logistics are taken care of so that you don’t have to manage it all alone.
Aside from the planning that takes place months in advance, your planner also oversees everything that happens on the day of.
While you’re sipping mimosas with your best girls, your planner is ensuring that all vendors are doing what they should be, all decor is set up like it needs to be and that your venue is completely ready for the big event to happen!
On wedding day, your planner will hold everyone accountable to the timeline and make sure that everything happens when it’s supposed to, from walking down the aisle, to the cake cutting and finally the send off.
As a bride, you shouldn’t have to worry about when the speeches will happen or if the favors are set out. Instead, you should put on your beautiful dress, walk down the aisle to your handsome groom and know that everything has been taken care of for you!
That’s exactly what I help my brides do and I’d love the chance to make it happen for you, too. 🤍
If you’ve been in search of a certified wedding planner for your Georgia or Florida wedding, look no further. Click here to connect and let’s get this party started!