Wedding in Seattle but living on the east coast

Re: Wedding in Seattle but living on the east coast

• ParkerCampbell

  

  January 2011 edited December 2011

  Personally, I think you should go with someone here in the Seattle area who really knows the venues, caterers and etc out here rather then someone who is doing research in other ways. There is nothing like first hand experience!
  
  
  
  Best,
  
   Amanda
  

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• gwrollins member

  

  January 2011 edited December 2011

  Hi and Congrats!! I am in the same boat, we are living in NYC and planning an August wedding in Seattle.  My fiance is from there but I am not.  So we are using a Day of Coordinator because it is basically absolutely necessary! We are using Bobbi Roth, after a phone interview, she completely won me over.  She knows the area and can help with anything you need.  We are only using her as a DOC but she has already given us vendor recommendations etc. 
  
  Also as far as using someone you know...it may save you money but you probably won't feel right about vocalizing any concerns if problems arise.  It's best left to the professionals who have done it many times before!
  
  Hope this helps!
  
  Gwen
  
  
  

  

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• gobluebride09 member

  

  January 2011 edited December 2011

  We're in the same situation!  We are both from the Seattle area, but are attending grad school on the east coast.  We manage to plan most of the wedding in the week after Christmas (we got engaged Dec 23rd), and found an AMAZING wedding coordinator.  We're using McKenziekate Weddings and couldn't be happier, Sherry is fantastic and is extremely accessible with e-mail!  We're getting married this August and are actually fine with everything, surprisingly.  Just looking for a photographer and that's it!

  
  

  The main thing we're doing is delegating out tasks to family and friends who live in the area, that has helped a lot.  But I would definitely suggest a wedding coordinator (more than day-of) because they will save you time with finding vendors and locations (and a lot of them get great discounts!).  Good luck!

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• sofiabrian

  

  February 2011 edited December 2011

  I'm also planning my wedding from Washington DC and getting married in the Seattle area! My DOC is Bobbi Roth. Like gwrollins stated, Bobbi has been wonderful. I had a phone conversation with her, but knew I wanted her to help with my wedding. She offered great recommendations for photographers, florists and cake designers! Besides a wedding coordinator, it's really helpful to use your friends and family as resources. I don't know what I'd be doing with out my mom!

  
  

  I know you posted this over a month ago, so I hoped everything is working out!

  Good Luck

  Sofia

  

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• sommerjoi member

  

  June 2011 edited December 2011

  Omg I didn't even know you guys wrote back to this post haha. I was new to the knot at the time so I'm just now reading this b/c I posted in the Seattle Weddings pg today. Thanks all for the advice. I'll have to check out this Bobbi Roth person- we actually pushed our date back to June 30, 2012 b/c we were feeling too rushed to plan for this summer...and I only wanted a summer wedding in Seattle of course. Anyway- thanks!

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