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7 Reasons To Hire Professional Planners
Old hands in the wedding business will tell you that wedding planning isn’t a luxury; it’s a necessity. Here are 7 reasons why you should employ a freelance wedding planner, or planners from your chosen venue, rather than trying to do it all yourself:
1. Stress – It’s much easier leaving someone else to worry about the details. You won’t believe how many there are or how long it takes dealing with them – from colours and sizes to placement of items, and much, much more.
2. Savings – Planners know the bargains to be had, and also how to get the best value for money. For the uninitiated, it’s easy to be bamboozled by the array of prices. With venue wedding planners, savings can be made on venue hire items, not the least because there are no delivery charges.
3. Time – Organising your own wedding eats up your weekends and can take as many hours as a second job. There’s also the possibility that the time spent on organising the wedding will dull the excitement and make the day itself feel a little like an anti-climax.
4. Knowledge – What planners already know, you’ll take much longer to find out for yourself, if you ever do. Knowledgee means getting the best from every vendor, understanding what works and what doesn’t. As the saying goes – what the fool does in the end the wise person does in the beginning.
5. Budget – A good planner, whether from a venue or freelance – can take care of the numbers and keep your spend under control. At Tui Hills, for instance, all major costs are detailed in an online interactive proposal that totals all the costs, even after adjustments are made.
6. Timeline – Have them create a timeline that works. Impractical timing can derail a wedding. Do the speeches come before or after dinner? How long does it take for dinner? How much time needs to be allowed for off-site, or onsite photography.
7. Buffer – Let your planner deal with vendors and get contracts and other details sorted with ease. This is especially important when selecting vendors as each has their own terms and conditions, which can be mind-bending to read and understand.
Tui Hills offers a Concierge planning service which includes help organising vendors, styling and more. Ask for details when making an enquiry.
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