Wedding planner

A venue coordinator only has the venue’s interests in mind. Making sure vendors arrive and leave on time, policies are upheld, etc. A month of coordinator is vital for working for your best interests and making sure everything is running smoothly behind the scenes.

Our is a “day of” but she really is a month of. I definitely feel more relieved knowing I’ll have her the month of. I would recommend

This will really depend on a couple things: 1) how close are you to your venue's location/is it convenient for you to meet with vendors, 2) how involved do you want to be in managing your vendors and finalizing the details. While you certainly don't *need* a wedding planner, they are so so so helpful to have. We were going to try to plan our wedding without a wedding planner (we did have a day of coordinator provided by our venue) because I'm pretty adept at project management and felt like I could handle it, but I found that our vendors weren't taking me seriously when I'd reach out to try to schedule meetings with them - they kept putting me off and I felt like nothing was getting done. We had booked some of our major vendors independently, but without a proper gauge of industry standards we couldn't tell if quotes that were provided to us were unreasonable or if there were certain negotiation tactics that we could use to reduce prices. Not to mention for us, our wedding is in a different country and logistically it was becoming a nightmare. As soon as we got a wedding planner, it's been night and day - she's been able to have our vendors make real progress in finalizing details with us, helped us negotiate contracts and SAVE MONEY, she's my sounding board and so supportive when I'm in a planning rut, and has really taken so much off my plate. I initially thought a wedding planner is an added expense that can be avoided, but she's saved us so much money through negotiations and suggesting alternative cost saving options that the savings basically paid for her services. I know you're considering whether you need a month of planner, but this was my long-winded way of saying I'd go so far as suggesting you consider a planner for sooner.

I think as long as you're on top of things, you don't need a month-of planner. I haven't had any issues with communicating with vendors, and as long as you aren't super busy, you probably don't need one. We hired a day-of planner but I think a month-of is probably excessive unless you don't have any time to work with.

I agree with first PP. The venue coordinator only had the venue’s interest in mind.
While a month of/day of coordinator is not a necessity, I can tell you countless brides have stressed to me that they highly recommend it. This person would help make sure the timeline is followed, people are where they are supposed to be, and be a point of contact for vendors on that day. Otherwise, it would be you, your spouse, parents, or siblings having to do this. All of those people should be able to relax on the day of
I heard one story about a wedding where the food ran out and the caterer went up to the BRIDE to tell her this and ask how to handle. She burst into tears. Definitely not fun at all

View Quoted Comment I’ve been a day of coordinator at family weddings, not by choice, and the couple doesn’t tell you ahead of time what you need to know or how to deal with it, what happens if a vendor doesn’t show, etc. When you are working behind the scenes to make everything run smoothly, you do not get 5 seconds as a guest to enjoy any part of the wedding, if you even get to sit down. Please don’t make your guests do this.



Unless you have unlimited disposable income and no desire to plan anything beyond showing up as a guest to your own wedding, most couples do not benefit from a full planner. A month of coordinator is what nearly everyone can benefit from and ties up all loose ends and knows how to make everything run smoothly on the wedding day, including last second hiccups between vendors. Depending on the venue, many do require you to hire your own day of coordinator.

View Quoted Comment Hi not sure where the confusion is, but I’m not making a guest be my month of coordinator. We hired an actual coordinator.

Hi it's really up to you the reason that you may need her for the month planning for. Like why do you need her to do? You didn't really explain for the reason so we can help with advice ??

View Quoted Comment No confusion. I was stating my experience because there are some couples who do ask guests to do that job to save money and it backfires.