Weddings are events that
embody so many of the wonderful, exciting and celebratory aspects of life. They
are a showcase for love and hope and dreams come true. At the same time,
organizing and arranging for all of the many details that goes into a grand
nuptial celebration can stress and test even the strongest of relationships.
This is one reason why more and more couples are seeking out the services of
wedding planners.
A wedding planner can step in
and take care of the thousands of "moving parts" that need to be
taken care of so that the marriage can come off without a snag. With a
professional marriage planning on board for the event, the happy couple can focus
on the big decisions and other plans and preparations, such as the honeymoon or
their living arrangements.
Typically, wedding planners
will meet with the couple to learn about their tastes and their preferences. In
many ways, the wedding planner tries to get the "big picture" of what
is most important to the couple for their wedding day.
With the big picture view, a
wedding planner is then able to use their resources and connections to start
lining up the various choices for each area that needs to be arranged. They can
gather information on everything, from the invitations, the choices of wedding
ceremony sites, transportation, the food and drink options, the choices in
wedding cakes, the wedding gown that the bride will wear, gown accessories,
rehearsal parties weddings usually include, wedding photographers and marriage videographers, wedding caterers to the decorations for the church and
banquet hall, including flowers and wedding candles. They may even take care of
the marriage gown preservation details. They can sort through options according
to the overall desires and preferences of the couple.
Once the wedding planner has
a number of choices lined up and ready to present, they will meet again with
the bride and groom so that they can make some additional decisions that will
move the whole process along. Then the planner can take action on those decisions,
taking charge of all the minute details and leaving the couple to focus on
their daily work and lives.
One of the major benefits
that couples enjoy while working with a marriage planner is simply having
someone to look to who knows exactly what needs to be done and the sequence of
events that must be scheduled. Since most couples are not experts at planning
weddings, it can become overwhelming very quickly, both with the details that
they know they must take care of, as well as the many things that don't even
occur to a couple.
Because a wedding planner has
so much experience and has planned many such events in the past, they know all
aspects of what needs to be taken care of and can anticipate problems and help
the couple avoid pitfalls as well. Simply having such experienced guidance
throughout the process can be an enormous help and can reduce the stress of the
occasion a great deal.
A marriage planner can also
be helpful in finding the best prices and can often save the couple much more
than what they will pay a planner in fees. This is because the marriage planner
has established relationships and can often negotiate better prices because
they know exactly where to shop for the best deals. It is like having an
insider on your team.
Another one of the advantages
of using wedding planners is that they can offer a fresh,
"third-party" view on various decisions that need to be made.
Frequently, couples will disagree over some detail of the wedding planning and
simply can't find a compromise. In many cases the wedding
planners can give some
objective input and help settle the dispute.








