Congrats! You’re engaged and now planning your wedding. You make your to-do
list with convenient checkboxes.
- Venue booked – check.
- Photographer booked – check.
- Band booked – check.
- Caterer booked – check.
But there is another vendor you may not realize you need: a wedding planner.
Why is the planner necessary? A lot of brides have a vision of Jennifer Lopez’s
character in The Wedding Planner, where she’s designing decor and scripting the wedding speeches. While some wedding planners might do all she did, it’s usually simpler but not any less important.
One of the wedding planner’s most vital jobs is keeping a bride on her timeline.
Sounds straightforward, right? Throw in a huge wedding party, a photographer, a videographer, the crazy Aunt or Uncle, and a DJ, you have a zoo on your hands.
An experienced wedding planner can tactfully and gracefully juggle all the
wedding’s moving parts. Trust me, you need a wedding planner to be on spot
with all the minute details such as:
- Refilling the toilet paper in the bathroom
- Keeping desserts supplied on the trays.
- Ensuring the bride eats.
- Reminding the photographer, the caterer’s hot food is ready.
- Telling the DJ when to make announcements.
- Organizing the wedding party to walk down the aisle and
dance into the reception entrance. - Locking up the card box with all the wedding cards and cash
- Making sure the bouquets are put in water to stay fresh
After all, the bride shouldn’t have any idea there were any hiccups and just enjoy
her dream day in the spotlight.