Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Day Of Coordinator



There is a lot of controversy going around as to hire or not to hire someone to help you on your wedding day… and I wonder why.


Let me clarify, we are a wedding planning company in Gainesville, Florida. That is what we do…that’s all we do. Full Planning. Day Of. We’ll plan anything, anywhere. Anything on the Planet we can Plan It! But I digress.

Why do you need a Day of Coordinator, Month of Coordinator- whatever you call it… someone to help you on the day of or month of your wedding. You have your wedding planned, your contracted with all of your wedding vendors. Now what? You don't want your mom or Bestie to be running around making sure your details are handled....

• Who is going to organize your wedding day, create your schedule for the day of your wedding, go over your contracts, make sure you and your fiancé – your mom can be guests at your party!

• Who is going to open the door for you right before you walk down the aisle… hint – NOT your mom, she’s already seated.

• Who is going to take care of THAT drunk guest at your wedding, that just so happens to be a prominent judge and is making a fool of himself and pulling down his pants on the dance floor – hint, NOT your mom!

• Who is going to inform your caterer that they didn’t include the green beans on the buffet, or make sure your 2 Vegan guests can't be served a vegetarian meal… hint- NOT your mom!

I know you said that your fiancé can be the “point” man for your wedding day, but really, when it comes time to cut the cake, and you want 20 more minutes to mingle with your friends before, is he going to stop mingling to inform the caterer, the photographer, the videographer, the DJ or Band that you need more time, because by the time he does that, you’ll need another 40 minutes. Because he just wasted 20 informing everyone.

That’s our job, we do all of that and SO MUCH more, really… it’s worth the money…. I promise!

Does that make more sense as to what a wedding planner will be doing on the day of your wedding?

5 comments:

Tickled Pink Brides said...

I love each point you made here, Melissa and they are all so true! I am not really sure how people get through a whole wedding day without help from someone outside of the family and friends!

The D-Tales said...

Said so well and hit the points with perfection!

Pamela Parker/Beginnings said...

Thank you!!! If I was a bride, I'd listen to you.

Brittany @ The Rollins World said...

Oh the memories of the drunk judge dropping his pants on the dance floor...

brit said...

THANK YOU for posting this. So many brides don't know why they should hire someone, let alone what a DOC vs. a full planner does.

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