Eco-Wise Wedding Planners
A wedding planner is one of those extra things you may or may not consider depending on your budget, your personality, and other factors such as whether you want to do everything yourself or feel comfortable putting arrangements in someone else's hands. Whether called a wedding planner, a bridal consultant, a wedding coordinator, or your personal wedding expert, a wedding consultant can be a huge asset to invest in.
A survey performed by SuperWeddings.com found that 72 percent of recently married brides who did not use a wedding planner's services for their wedding wished they had. If they had to do it over again they would hire a wedding planner to help them.
A wedding planner can offer a wide variety of services, from simple consultations that point you in the right direction to full service that has the coordinator there every step of the way. Most wedding planners offer varying levels of services or coordination packages that will depend on your needs and desires.
Here are just some of the services a consultant may provide for you:
Help you create a budget, stay within the budget, and track payments made to vendors.
Help you choose the theme, style, and décor for your wedding and help coordinate everything to stay within that scheme.
Help with time management; create checklists and timelines to keep you and the wedding planning on track.
Set up appointments with other vendors, attend the appointment with you if you wish.
Negotiate prices and contracts with vendors.
Stay in contact with vendors and oversee their work.
Coordinate rehearsal and rehearsal dinner.
Provide you with valuable advice, including etiquette answers and knowledge of how things are traditionally done.
Oversee the wedding day, making sure everything and everyone is in the proper place on schedule.
Intervene in case of mishaps and last-minute problems; brides often never know of problems because the coordinator handles everything.
According to Angel and Company Wedding Planners, the average wedding takes more than 250 hours to plan. If you decide to go with a wedding planner, try to find one who has experience planning green weddings, who will likely have some creative ideas and will already be in touch with green vendors you can trust.
A wedding consultant can save time, worry, stress, and money while making the wedding planning and the wedding day itself go much more smoothly. Many wedding planners are starting to realize the need for green services and are specializing in providing a couple with the eco-wedding of their dreams. They integrate green business practices into their own company as well as working with others who are dedicated to providing ecologically and socially responsible weddings.
Green wedding consultants can point the way to green services and green vendors that you might not have been able to find on your own. They can save you time and money while giving you exactly what you want, in a great green way.
