Just need to get this out. I have been looking for a day of coordinator for our wedding and I posted about this before. There seemed to be most people saying they wouldn't do it without it and some saying they wouldn't spend money on it.
My venue is mostly all inclusive but all of the decoration set up would have to be done by us and I like the idea of being able to just relax with my girls that day while someone else is setting it all up. Prices in the area I'm getting married are crazy but I called around and talked to a lot of them and finally found one that appeared to be at a good price and included everything I was looking for so I asked them to send over a contract so I could look it over.
They had told me on the phone that it would cost $100 each trip to the venue (walk through one day, day of wedding, and possibly one more). When I was reading over the contract it says $100 EACH WAY every time they visit the venue so that adds another $200-$300, plus a possible night in a hotel room for them if it's more than 60 miles from town (the venue is 62 miles). Basically I'm back at square one of "do I spend the money or not" and I'm just super frustrated that they were so vague with the extra costs when I specifically said "my wedding is at X venue, will there be any extra costs because of this".
Sorry for the rant, don't even know what I'm looking for by posting it I'm just super frustrated!