DC Wedding Planner | Who should I hire first when planning my wedding?

Hey There! Congrats on your engagement! I want to be the first to say welcome to my little piece of the earth and today i'm hoping to give you the answers you've been searching for.

So you're newly engaged but your fired up and ready to start planning your dream wedding, right? We'll let me tell ya, I get so excited about newly engaged brides because you're excited. You have so many ideas, thoughts, and dreams which I love helping you with. You're full of hope and promise but you're scared to take that leap and hire you're first wedding vendor whom you've never met, right? Well i'm here to help and to show you why hiring a wedding planner should be your first hire!

So what is the first thing you think about when you hear wedding planner? How much is it going to cost right? Well I have a few questions of my own. 1. What else do you have going on in your life besides planning a wedding, are you in the middle of moving, starting a new job, or in school? If you answered yes to any one of these questions then you're probably a busy person with not a lot of times on their hands. Which is why you came to my website, because you know you need a planner because you simply dont' have the time.

My jobas a wedding planner is to ensure that my client's have an amazing client experience and smooth planning process while planning their wedding. Wedding planning is nor one size fits all which is why most planners have what's called a starting price. However, all of our packages and pricing can be customized towards our client's needs. Wedding planner costs also differ based on the planner’s level of expertise, among many other factors, as more experienced pros typically come with a higher price tag (and with that comes top-tier service!). Our pricing is also listed on our services pages.

This question honestly depends on what service is need whether it is Month of Coordination, Partial Planning, or Full Planning. All services require different duties for a wedding planner. I'm going to list some general basics of what goes in to planning your wedding with a planner.

• Correspondence: More than 30 percent of time is spent communicating with you and your vendors via email and phone.
• Venue and vendor selection: We've taken the time to build meaningful relationship with handpicked vendors that can help bring your wedding vision to life. We also schedule and attend vendor meetings as well.
• Organization: A big part of wedding planning is... paperwork? We go over and make sure that all of your budgets, contracts, timelines, etc. are properly organized and easily accessible if needed.
• Wedding prep: There are lots of seemingly small tasks that go into creating your perfect day both before and on the day-of from creating a wedding-day timeline, assembling invitations, setting up your favor display, assisting with your seating chart, and much more.
• Day-of coordination: We will arrive long before your ceremony begins and stay until the last vendor leaves, making sure that everything runs on-time and smoothly from behind-the-scenes and any issues are handled quickly and quietly so that you and your new spouse can enjoy the day, stress-free!
• Post-wedding tasks: There will likely be several important tasks to handle after the wedding, from ensuring clean-up and breakdown occur properly to returning rental items and making sure vendors receive their tips.

Being a wedding planner requires a lot of logistics and attention to detail in order for us to be able to serve our clients well. Which is why things like reviews and tip are much appreciated, it helps us to know we've served you right! So the next time you're interviewing a planner or any vendor for that matter the first thing should be how much do you charge but it should simply be I need the help of a planner for m wedding, how can you help?

Well, newly engaged bridesthis wraps up my blog! I hope you were able to gain the information you needed and if you did don't forget to comment below and share it with a friend. Until next time keep being in love!

Tiffany Richardson is a DC Wedding Planner serving Washington D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia!