Do I need a wedding planner if I'm going abroad for 6 months? Need help..

ipoel

Hi,

I'm based in Los Angeles and I'll be signing contract to book my venue (includes catering rental etc) next week. 

Because of personal reason, I might go out of the country for 6 months to stay with my family abroad. My wedding will be in September 2011 in LA. I am thinking of quitting my job by end of January and will have one month in February before heading out of the country.

I plan to decide/book my vendors in February (florist, DJ, lighting, officiant, cakes) and do the invitation etc while I'm in the other country and will return back to LA in August (1 month before the wedding) to tie everything together.

Given that I've never planned any wedding before, do you think my strategy makes sense? or do you recommend me getting a wedding planner/ month of coordinator to help me while I'm away from LA to plan my wedding? 

Thank you very much!!

 

jilly884

You might want to hire a planner.  Maybe you should see what you can get done in that month you have and if you don't get everything wrapped up then you can hire a planner.  Good Luck

theanglfac

I think you will be fine. Once you find the vendors (which you can do in a month) all the details can be worked out over email. Especially if you are working with a venue that does a lot of weddings and has a lot of stuff included. We ask for other vendor recommendations from our venue all the time and its helped a lot. Definitely get the menu tasting in before you leave as may dictate your response cards.

I am not going out of the country but I am about to head into my "busy season" for work, where I will not have time to do wedding stuff for 3 months. We were able to sort everything out over the last month or so and are pretty much done with the major planning.

ipoel

Thanks all for the input!!