Event Planner worth it?

Re: Event Planner worth it?

• Maggie0829 member

  

  April 2011 edited December 2011

  Event planners are great because they can usually come up with ideas that you may never have even considered or thought of and will take a lot of the planning stress off of you.
  
  Things to consider though...
  1) Are they going to be budget friendly?  Remeber they cost money as well...do you have an extra $1000 to $3000 or more in your budget?
  2) Do you really not have the time to plan your own wedding?  Weddingn planning is suppose to be fun and exciting and also a way to make your wedding personal and one-of-a-kind.  Do you really want someone who may have only met you once or twice planning your big day?
  3) Sometimes they just get in the way.  A day-of coordinator would be beneficial if your venue doesn't already have some one to do that job, but a full time event coordinator could really hinder your vendors from doing their job.  An event coordinator may know about a lot of wedding things but telling a florist how to arrange flowers, or a baker how to bake their cakes will make for unhappy relationships.  If you hire reputable vendors then they do not need to be watched like a three year old, they will know what they are doing.
  
  IMO, planners are really not necessary unless 1) you have a crap load of money and 2) if you work 5 jobs, have 20 kids, and no family (meaning absolutely positively no time to plan).  I have planned my entire wedding (even DIYing a lot of it) all by myself (well, maybe a few grunts of approval from my FI) and I have a full time job and a house to take care of.  I have really enjoyed the process and will be very proud of myself when I see it all come together on our big day!

  
  

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