The Benefits of Working with a Full-Service Wedding Planner
Styling and Planning: Forever Refined Events
Event Production and Design: To Be Designed
Venue: L’Auberge Del Mar | Photo: Edward Honaker
You did it! They asked and
you said yes!
The congratulations come pouring in, friends and family reaching out and sending well wishes. You can hear wedding bells ringing… and then the questions start. The wedding. When are you getting married? Where? Who’s going to be invited? How many should we have in the bridal party? What should you wear? What’s the deal with florists? What if the food is bad and the lines at the bar are too long? What if I forget to order a vegan meal for my fiance’s cousin? What if, what if, what if…. turns out once you’ve answered the “big question” you open the floodgates to so many more questions and decisions that need to be made.
It’s true. Once you start planning, you’ll realize that there’s a reason the “honeymoon phase” doesn’t normally happen until after the wedding. But if you do it right, you can bask in the glow of your engagement all the way up until the moment you say “I do” - with a little help from your San Diego wedding planner, of course. It’s me, Suher - your go-to planner that takes any couples’ vision and creates one of a kind curated and beautiful celebrations!
So what exactly should you expect when you hire a full service wedding planner, and how can you make sure that you’re choosing the right fit for your magical day?
Here’s a few of the basics to help you find the right planner for your needs.
Getting Started
Maybe you’ve been dreaming of this day since you were young. You’ve been cutting out pictures from magazines and building intricate pinterest boards for just this moment. That’s the easy part. The harder part is turning those dreams into reality when the time comes. That’s when you’ll be glad you decided to go with full service wedding coordination. We’re here to take your vision and turn it into a flawless event.
So where do you begin, how do you get organized, and what steps do you need to take to ensure that your wedding goes perfectly, without a hitch, and to a degree where you can still enjoy it without feeling stressed, flustered, overwhelmed, and frustrated? The first step is to understand what it is that you’re getting when you hire a luxury wedding planner.
What exactly is Full Wedding Planning?
Styling and Planning: Forever Refined Events
Event Production and Design: To Be Designed
Venue: L’Auberge Del Mar | Photo: Edward Honaker
If putting together a wedding is like putting together a thousand piece puzzle, then your full service wedding planner is the one you want by your side, helping you fit each piece together to create the full picture. The pieces are all of the decisions to make - from the big ones of Where, When, How, and How Much to the smaller ones like buffet or plated? white or wood ceremony chairs? champagne flutes or coupes? The “puzzle pieces” are everywhere, and your wedding planner helps you sort through them, piece by piece until all of these little details come together to create a true work of art just for you.
Puzzle metaphors aside, a Full-Service Wedding Planner is the professional who handles the entire event for their couples. They do it all! From Catering, Invitations, Entertainment, Design and Vision to the smallest detail you can imagine. A Full-Service Wedding Planner organizes all aspects of your celebration so that you can focus on enjoying your engagement, planning your honeymoon, being with your family and friends or anything else that you like!
Most planners will offer an A La Carte plan to make sure that couples are covered with everything they need and with their best interest at heart. They will help you become more organized, pick your color palette, find the perfect venue, and ensure that you get every single picture and detail you’ve always dreamed of. This all happens through their professional connections with other service providers and their extensive knowledge and experience that helps them know what works best for any occasion.
What Should you Expect from your Full Service Wedding Planner?
If you can dream it, we can do it. A luxury wedding planner is something between an engaged couple’s sherpa and your personal wedding industry power broker. Don’t know what you want? We know the right questions to ask to help you figure it out. Can’t get a hold of a vendor you want to use? Don’t worry, we’ll handle it. It’s a close relationship, and one built on trust and expertise. A strong relationship with your planner is the only way to ensure that you know that every tiny detail will be taken care of on your special day.
Your planner is there to execute your vision and help you make the best choices. That means that they’re going to be reconciling everything you want with your budget and reality. Whatever your vision and budget, they’re going to go above and beyond to:
Design and Planning: Elite Events | Coordination: Forever Refined Events
Venue: Mount Palomar Winery | Photography: Be Studios
Find you a brilliant venue that meets all your needs
Track down complementary fabric, textures, and patterns
Set the mood with lighting and decor
Schedule the entire day from start to finish with their timeline management
Coordinator with other service providers to ensure all details are managed
Refine every single detail until it’s absolutely perfect
Best of all, they’re going to ensure that every moment of the day is captured with breathtaking photography and videography so that you can look back on this day fondly for years to come.
How do I know if I’ve found the right wedding planner?
Design and Planning: Forever Refined Events | Photography: Brian Leahy Photography | Location: Newton, Boston
Your relationship with your planner is incredibly important. You want to make sure that you feel comfortable, heard, and have a good rapport with the person who is going to be with you from the moment you say “yes, HELP ME PLAN THIS WEDDING ” to the moment you say “I do”. At Refined, we take the time to really get to know our couples - that’s the only way to create that trust and relationship that is so needed. By taking the time to bond with each unique couple we ensure that your vision becomes our vision, and that we can execute a truly refined event for you, your family and friends.
If you want to be a bride or groom that gets to enjoy every moment of the planning process, the pre-wedding events, and the entire wedding day with zero stress, zero frustration, and zero pressure, then hiring a Full-Service Wedding Planner is the first step you should take. Once that is done, the rest, as they say, is a piece of cake.
Written by Maria Elena Smith on behalf of Forever Refined Events
