Wedding Personal Assistant?

rtr2008 · April 2013

Hey Ladies,

Quick Q:

Would you hire a personal assistant to take care of the "grunt work" of wedding planning for you? (ie: the stuff your wedding planner won't do .. like stuff invites or design the ceremony program)

These guys are reasonably priced ($15-20 per task) but I wondered if anyone had personal experience "outsourcing" the boring bits of wedding planning.

http://unbouncepages.com/weddingpa/

Thanks!

-Laura

MrsGandthebeag · April 2013

No, there really wasn't any grunt work for me.

AddieCake · April 2013

No, I would not. Those are simple tasks, and I actually enjoy that kind of stuff.

rtr2008 · April 2013

Wow. You ladies have it together. I felt so overwhelmed!

I could see how the ceremony program could be fun. But collecting quotes from vendors was such a pain!

Were there any parts of the planning process that you found tedious? Or just felt like they took too long?

rtr2008 · April 2013

Really good points! I totally agree about wanting to be in control & only wanting to work with people I trust.

But it sounds like these PA guys just execute on what you tell them. So with vendors, they said to give them a list of 3-4 bands that we're considering + they'll ring up the bands to check availability, schedule a meeting, get their song list, etc.

For stuff like that, do you still think it's really risky to "outsource"?

It feels like asking my secretary to lend me a hand with some of the admin stuff. (If only I had a secretary lol!)

JoanE2012 · April 2013

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_chit-chat_wedding-personal-assistant?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:14Discussion:6479ebdf-4bc6-4067-8290-9b541630ee69Post:7de87e88-dab6-46de-936e-f59f5a396538">Re: Wedding Personal Assistant?</a>:
[QUOTE]Really good points! I totally agree about wanting to be in control & only wanting to work with people I trust. But it sounds like these PA guys just execute on what you tell them. So with vendors, they said to give them a list of 3-4 bands that we're considering + they'll ring up the bands to check availability, schedule a meeting, get their song list, etc. For stuff like that, do you still think it's really risky to "outsource"? It feels like asking my secretary to lend me a hand with some of the admin stuff. (If only I had a secretary lol!)
Posted by rtr2008[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>Your profile shows your wedding date was last year. I have a funny feeling you have a vested interest in this website. </div><div>
</div><div>Either way, the website looks very unprofessional. And the name is awful. Wedding P.A.? I thought it had something to do with weddings in Pennsylvania. I would never give my money to a site that looks like it's run by a 12 year old.

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JoanE2012 · April 2013

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_chit-chat_wedding-personal-assistant?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:14Discussion:6479ebdf-4bc6-4067-8290-9b541630ee69Post:22d3c3a4-e2c2-4a80-ab66-57a03cbaa32f">Re: Wedding Personal Assistant?</a>:
[QUOTE]Wow. You ladies have it together. <strong> I felt so overwhelmed!</strong> I could see how the ceremony program could be fun. But collecting quotes from vendors was such a pain! Were there any parts of the planning process that you found tedious? Or just felt like they took too long?
Posted by rtr2008[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>Definitely a vendor. You're acknowledging this happened to you in the past and you're pushing this idea too much. Reported.

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monkeysip · April 2013

I think I'm too much of a control freak to let others do these things.

I think it's for the best that a wedding planner wasn't in the budget. Unfortunately, there's no way I can decorate the reception hall, so I'm going to pay a couple of my sister's friends to do so (these are grown women who I trust, and there's not that much to do. I'm not asking them to arrange flowers or hang a canopy).

But even that bothers me. I really wish I could be the one doing everything for the reception.

Peledreamsofrain · April 2013

If I had had the money, I would have hired a person to set up and take down for the decorations, tables, chairs, etc. Lucky for me, many family members stepped forward and insisted on helping, but if they hadn't, part of my wedding day would have been gruntwork.

monkeysip · April 2013

My venue doesn't let us in until 2 hours before the reception, but that's the start time for my ceremony

Otherwise, I'd do set up myself.

Fortunately, I don't have tables/chairs to set up. Just things like centerpieces, guestbook, escort cards. We haven't settled on an amount, but I'm thinking $100-150 each person (2 people total). It really shouldn't take longer than 30-45 minutes to set up, but they do have to drive 45 minutes to the venue each way.

What you pay really depends on how much stuff you're setting up and how long it will take.

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