With the new wave of wedding shows upon us and the plethora of information and ideas available online & in magazines, you are sure to get overloaded and confused about what to do and when to do it. In most cases, you may even lose track of what your initial vision for your wedding was to begin with!
It’s really sad when I see so many couples lose track of their vision! It’s even worse when I see the amount of stress a couple will endure to avoid paying a professional to help them out! Unfortunately, there are too many misconceptions when it comes to hiring wedding planners!
Following, I’ve put together a list of the three most common myths debunked about hiring a Wedding Planner!
Myth #1 “A Wedding Planner is too expensive and we need to stick to our budget!”
Even if you want to plan it all yourself a wedding planner is invaluable. A reputable planner will help you create a breakdown for your budget as well as maximizing the services you receive without breaking the bank!
For the price of a planner, you will likely end up saving 2 or 3 times that cost, simply from the vendor referrals and contacts that they can offer you. For example, a recent couple that hired me for 10 hours of consultation and day-of for their wedding ended up saving over $5000.00! I also booked their Sandals honeymoon at no cost! You can’t get better than that!
Myth #2 “I know exactly what I want and I can do it best on my own! A planner won’t understand my vision.”
Although it may be fact that you can do it yourself, you need to be aware that you and your fiancé will need an extraordinary amount of time off from your jobs to visit venues, vendors and to handle any DIY projects. You will be using any and all spare time to tend to the planning and the stress levels will be unlike anything you have ever experienced. It takes a couple approximately 250 hours to plan an average wedding. Most people don’t have that kind of time. As for your vision, your perfect planner will not only understand your vision, they will feel it too! They will be able to make various suggestions that are on par with your ideas. Your ideal planner should have a personality that clicks with yours and that of your fiancé; after all, you need to feel comfortable with them.
Myth #3 “A wedding planner will only refer me to expensive vendors that they get kickbacks or referral fees from!”
The top reason to hire a wedding planner is for you to get the most trusted and skilled vendors within (or under), your budget! For good planners, referrals solely match the clients needs, not our pockets! We value our clients and would never betray the trust they have in us.
Unfortunately however, just like in all industries, there are many unethical ‘professionals’ that ruin it for the rest of us qualified planners. Regrettably, some do take kickbacks and are not looking out for the best interest of their clients.
Fortunately, that is not the rule! To avoid bad referrals and dishonorable planners, search for a WPIC (Wedding Planners Institute of Canada) certified wedding planner. It is completely prohibited for us to take kickbacks as we can be stripped of our certification, not to mention our reputation!
All in all, hiring a planner is definitely the way to go! With so many decisions to make, why not have a professional guide and assist you along the way! It’s the most important decision you make to begin planning your big day!
2 comments:
Thanks for sharing the wonderful information. Wedding planners are not too costly and not everyone is costly. There are so many wedding planners who will be efficient and will charge a less amount according to the budget.
Hi Marcia;
thank you for you comment. Wedding planners are not costly considering what you get. It's not so much their cost though, the more experienced will naturally be a higher cost, but you will likely offset their cost by better discounts for better vendors. Remember, you get what you pay for;)
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