Hello,
Due to having our elopement on the other side of the country, we decided to hire an elopement planner.
Hired and put half down on 5/26.
hotographyHair & makeupFlowersOfficiantand special use permit since we're doing an outside wedding likely in a national park area Elopement is in November. Have not set a date in stone because we're flexible and want to figure out photographer and then figure out best location and time with their knowledge of the area.
She said she'd get with me within the next week or so with some photographers to choose from. Didn't hear from her for almost 2 weeks. SO I emailed for an update and she sent me some vendors to look at.Did not love the photographer options she provided so I told her what I did and didn't like about each and gave her some photographer examples of whos work I liked so she was more familiar with the style I was going for. I also stated that I was willing to increase the photography budget if it opened up more options. I picked the most expensive package they offer but it does not tell you how much money is allocated to each vendor. Her email she sent me with vendor options did state that she would be out of the country soon. I sent her the email about wanting other options 2 days before she was suppose to be out of the office. I did not receive a response. She should now be back to the office as of yesterday and I am obsessively checking my email. I would feel much more comfortable if id at least received an email back acknowledging she saw my email and would get back to me once she was back in town.
I know it takes time to get caught up when you get back from vacation. The problem is having a planner was suppose to relieve the stress of coordinating vendors and all that but I'm finding myself way more stressed because I feel like nothing is happening and I'm being annoying. I thought about asking if we can cancel the contract since nothing has been booked through them yet. I'm fine with paying for the time she has put in looking at vendors. Am I being unrealistic about responsiveness? I know we have time and they will be more responsive as it gets closer but we aren't picking a location and date until we have a photographer booked, So I am really stressing about telling people so last minute to find airbnbs and such. I also feel like every day that passes our options for vendors and sleeping arrangements gets smaller. I know I could plan this all myself but thought this would make things less stressful
Am I being crazy? 
