Wedding Bells In the Offing – How a Wedding Planner Can Help

So you both have made the decision to tie the knot - congratulations! You may have already decided on a probable date for the wedding, and worked out the finances for meeting the wedding expenses. Now it is time to get down to the nitty-gritty of planning the wedding and believe me, it is not a task for the faint of heart. There are a hundred things to co-ordinate; and people to handle. Things could go wrong at anytime, and there is always the chance of a no-show by a vendor or a service provider at your wedding - such things can ruin the day for you. So what is a couple to do when they want to make sure that there is no jarring note in their wedding bells? The answer is simple - hire a wedding planner to help you arrange the wedding.

If you are a take-charge kind of couple who want to do everything by themselves or a couple on a tight budget looking to cut corners wherever possible, you may wonder why you need the services of a wedding planner. Control issues aside, you know that a wedding planner could charge you around 10% of the cost of the wedding itself, and you may not be happy with the idea. What you need to consider is the time and effort that it takes to organize a wedding and ensure that things go smoothly on the big day. There are the wedding rehearsals to organize, venues to be chosen, decorations and wedding favors to be decided on - which means that a couple organizing their own wedding have to deal with all this in addition to the pressures associated with the wedding itself. You want to approach the day of your wedding in a serene frame of mind and not be bothered with whether the florist has delivered the flowers or the caterers have run out of hors d'oeuvres.

This is where a wedding planner comes in - he/she can help you choose the theme of the wedding, decide on the venue, choose the menu and create the schedule for the rehearsals and the actual day of the wedding. A wedding planner can help you by suggesting services and vendors who suit your budget and help you avoid budget overruns. The planner maintains a timeline for the various milestones leading to the wedding and ensures that everything happens on time. Added to this is the financial benefit associated with hiring a planner - a planner may actually help you save money when you are getting married. Established wedding planners usually have a good equation with vendors and can help you get discounts for various services or ensure that the vendors throw in freebies in return for your custom. The money that you save may offset a good portion of the fees charged by the planner and save you the many headaches that are bound to crop up during the course of the planning and the wedding.

So when the big day finally arrives, you can be free of unexpected problems that may occur, concentrate on enjoying your big day with the love of your life and bask in the company of your friends and family - because your wedding planner is taking care of everything!
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You want to approach the day of your wedding in a serene frame of mind and not be bothered with whether the florist has delivered the flowers or the caterers have run out of hors d'oeuvres.