Hey ladies,
This post may be more rant than question, or maybe I'm just seeking reassurance. The wedding is a few days away (eek!) and, to be honest, I'm not exactly sure what we've paid our day of coordinator to do.
She's pretty expensive - $1400 for what really just amounts to day-of and some vendor recs. We couldn't afford this extra expense but sucked it up because we were repeatedly told it was necessary. Now it's just not clear. She emails every few weeks to see how we're doing, we write back with updates, and that's about it. I had a decor question early on and we talked about it on the phone for about 20 minutes. I've had a few etiquette questions pop up that I've emailed her about, and that's kind of it. She came to our final walkthrough. She's been sending us questions about our contracts for the last few weeks. I suppose she's doublechecking our work, but from what I can tell nothing has needed fixing. And for the wedding day, I just don't get what she'll be doing aside from setting up escort cards and tablecards.
Did I blow it on this one? Are DoCs just insurance - their value kicks in if something goes very wrong? Am I missing something with this whole process? Are vendors really incapable of handling stuff without a conductor overseeing it? I really don't want to believe I just wasted a ton of money!