Wedding Planners

Once more on the subject of Wedding Planners you are probably aware that you can engage a professional Wedding Planner, Advisor or Consultant to help you make the hard decisions, and organize your Big Day right down to the smallest detail.

These people have more than likely been working in this field for quite some time and have the experience necessary to make your wedding day perfect. They have the contacts and the knowledge – they know what works where and what won’t. If this is the way you choose to go then you need to listen to them. Give them the time to unleash all those wonderful ideas that you haven’t thought but that they have either organized or witnessed sometime during the course of their wedding planning careers. Really you can then sit back and enjoy the ride – indeed have all the fun while they – the wedding planners – rush around carrying out your plans. Having said that, both parties need to keep the communication channels wide open so that no misunderstandings occur.

There are various ways you can employ the services of a wedding planner. You may decide that you wish them to organize the whole celebration, or just to arrange some upfront details or maybe you just want them on hand on the day itself. If you are an organized person and would like to take over a number of the roles yourself that is ok. You can also delegate to willing members of your family. Your husband-to-be may like to be involved in the minutiae of the day also. What is he interested in sorting out? – The drinks, transport for the wedding party, the photographer or even the honeymoon.

If you elect to employ the services of a wedding planner this could be money well spent from a timing and stress relief point of view. However if you choose to use only part of the services of the Wedding Planner and to carry out the duties at which you and your family excel then, there are savings to be made. These savings could be put towards …say for example…The Honeymoon.

You need to ask the right questions before proceeding with your contract. In fact take a step back. Did you hear of your Wedding Planner from someone who was well pleased with their efforts at a previous wedding? Have you read any of their testimonials or references? Does the planner appear easy to get on with? It is most important for you that the person you choose gets on well with you particularly as your wedding day draws near and stress starts to play havoc with wedding party nerves.

And even as we discuss the many ways your Wedding Planner can be involved in your wedding day processes, there are also many ways that wedding planners can be paid. Again you need to discuss these issues before proceeding with your agreement.

How does your Wedding Planner wish to be paid?

v By the hour

v In a lump sum – by flat fee

v Maybe by percentage (generally 10 – 20% of the total cost of the wedding)

v Maybe a combination of the above – could possibly reflect what the couple are happy with doing

v Possibly the Wedding Planner may not charge you any money as they are maybe paid commission by the wedding professionals that they hire on your behalf i.e. the band.

However you decide to pay your Wedding Planner be sure that the methods of payment are agreed and decided up front.

And for your peace of mind always ensure that what ever is quoted and booked in your name is confirmed to you in writing. This of course includes the services of your Wedding Planner.

Review: Wedding Planning Guides

Review

Wedding Planning Guides

There are really good reasons why you need to carefully plan this special celebration. Things can and do go wrong but hopefully because you have planned well any problem or unforeseen contingency that could crop up can be dealt with swiftly. Good planning can certainly alleviate all the stress of worrying about what might go wrong and allow you to enjoy your special day.

I have talked about the necessity of planning your wedding day down to the last detail but of course as you have not been married before the big question is how do you plan well. Particularly when you are unsure what exact steps you would need to take to achieve optimum results. Clearly you need to know what you need to include. Of course some things are blooming obvious, things like the wedding dress, rings, hair, hire of reception hall or hotel, but what about the detail. Well you could hire a professional wedding planner or you could buy one of the many “how to” books available or you could jump onto the internet and Google “online wedding planners”.

There is wedding planning software available which you can adapt for your own use. There is also free software available at some sites. While sourcing these plans for you I found a free wedding guide and planner at http://follow4more.info/?i=129080/

This particular guide includes a detailed form for all those in the wedding party, a wedding checklist for the couple marrying, even a table layout list for your convenience. It comes in pdf form and while not interactive software as such, it is quite useful and maybe that is all you need.

At “The Master Wedding Planning Guide” website I read the following and thought that any bride-to-be could benefit from have any one of the following questions answered, http://follow4more.info/?i=129076/

The writer states that she wrote this guide with you, the bride in mind and that the object of book is to ensure that you get the wedding of your dreams but without the stress!

Sounds good to me - ... “she has designed the Master Wedding Planning Guide to be the easiest to follow system for learning how to plan a wedding available. It is jam-packed with information, including step-by-step EVERYTHING that needs to be planned, booked and organized, the questions that you must ask to make sure that you get what YOU want and avoid getting ripped off, timelines, budgets, over 250 of your questions answered, over 150 cost saving tips covering every aspect of your wedding, seating plans, bride/groom photos and much more...The Master Wedding Planning Guide will also teach you how to plan your wedding like a professional wedding planner, so you can organize everything and be as prepared as you can be, while still having that once in a lifetime wedding you have always dreamed about - this is truly cutting-edge material!”

I don’t know how you feel about all of this but I certainly think that to have this type of information at hand when you are in the process of making all sorts of important decisions is really imperative. But not only does the information help in the planning process you would also be saving the cost of contracting the services of a wedding planner while achieving the same results – the wedding of your dreams!

Again from the same website, Julie White Author of “The Master Wedding Planning Guide” informs us that in her book she has answered the following questions -

“All Your Questions Answered!...

I'm sure there are many specific questions you may have about planning a wedding that you may not have the answers to, such as...

• How to tell your parents you want to plan your own wedding.
• Paying for the wedding... who pays for what?
• What happens to traditions when you have divorced/remarried parents?
• How much should you tip the wedding minister?
• How should you word your wedding invitations, service booklets and thank you cards?
• What to do about cultural differences.
• How do you ask family members for contributions towards your wedding?
• What to do about child care during a wedding?
• What is first dance etiquette?
• How do you let an unfashionable wedding guest know how to dress?
• How many wedding gift registries should you have?
• Which children should you invite to the wedding?
• How can you include multiple parents/relatives in the wedding ceremony?
• Which co-workers should you invite to your wedding?
• Can a girl be the ring bearer? (Yes I've had a few people ask me that one)
• How to set the ideal date for your wedding.
• Wedding etiquette for a pregnant bride.
• Who pays for bridesmaids dresses?
• Who should you invite to the rehearsal dinner?
• How to avoid wedding crashers?
• What to do if you have a wedding date conflict.
• Suggestions for who pays in a modern world.
• What to do with challenging guests.
• What to do if people want to bring dates and you are short on space.
• How can you invite people to the wedding tactfully if you don't want to invite their children?
• Who should pay for the rehearsal dinner?
• What to do about divorced parents who don't get along?
• Who should walk you down the aisle if you father has passed away?
• ... And hundreds more of YOUR questions answered...”

If this book can answer the above questions in a helpful way you really are ahead, certainly worth the special asking price of today (8th September 2007) of $37.00

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From the website “The Wedding Planners Bible” for wedding planners, brides and grooms, I found the following information on how you can learn “The Complete Secrets of a Successful Wedding Planner to Save You Time and up to 65% Cash on Your Wedding Day”. Instantly download the Wedding Planners Bible PLUS the FREE Wedding Planning Software. You could check it all out at http://follow4more.info/?i=129078/

“Maggie Terrance the official Wedding Planner” is the author of the “The Wedding Planners Bible” and below she gives her reasons as to:

“... why you need this book & software” as follows from her website:

“Our wedding planning book is a complete and comprehensive guide to wedding planning and no bride or groom should be without it. This is truly a wedding planner’s bible and a bride & grooms’ dream come true.”

The wedding planners bible is $44.95 however the free software that you receive after you have purchased the book is worth $395.00 (free version)

From the website the free software includes the following:

“Free Wedding Planning Software Includes:
- Guest List Planner
- Budget Planner
- Seating Planner
- Check List
- Music Planner
- Local Supplier Locator
- Order of Service Creator
- Vows Planner
- Wedding Party Planner
Plus lots more...

The website rates the software suitable for Software Platform: Windows XP, Windows 2000”

According to the website ...
“The wedding planner’s bible and the FREE Wedding Planning Software are both offered to help Wedding Planners, Brides and Grooms gain from my many years of wedding planning experience. The book has been dubbed the "Wedding Planners Bible" because of its informative and structured content and free, yet powerful wedding planner’s software. This is why this wedding planner’s package has been downloaded more than 22,000 times.” I say WOW!!


Again from the website the book has been “Written in layman 101 terms, everyone even without having prior wedding planning experience can pick up the book and be able to implement the very same techniques I use to this very day to save wedding planners, brides and grooms up to 65% on wedding costs.”


And on the historical provenance of the wedding planner and author her Curriculum Vitae reads.

“Being a successful Wedding Planner for over 30 years and providing my wedding planning services throughout the US and Europe, I now average between 40 to 65 weddings per year all this I manage with the same techniques fully described in the book. You will also be able to use the very same wedding planning software I use to plan weddings for all my clients. I have helped many brides and grooms save time and money throughout my wedding planning career and have now written a book coupled with the FREE wedding planning software so others can easily learn from my successful career to plan their own weddings and make big savings in the process.”

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So which to choose for your needs – “Master Wedding Planning” offers cost saving tips, answers to tricky questions, cost saving tips and the website shows good testimonials, the cost is reasonable and also comes with a 100% guarantee. There is no talk of software but there are lots of Wedding Planning Tables and Charts (guest list, gift list, seating arrangements etc). Master Wedding Planning is a fully downloadable book and you have instant access to all Table and Charts and cost saving tips. http://follow4more.info/?i=129076/

The *free* wedding guide and planner at http://follow4more.info/?i=129080/

is quite comprehensive and has no price tag attached so it may be that this is the ticket for you.

The last “The Wedding Planners Bible” has been downloaded 22,000 times – what does that say? Many satisfied product users I guess. The author has walked the walk and written the book. Plus the book comes with free software that at this time will prove to be immensely useful particularly as a memory jogger and a money tracker! http://follow4more.info/?i=129078/

Really hard to know which is the more useful wedding planning guide but when it comes to the crunch all products listed here come from reliable, solid websites. So while the above information is really useful at this time in your collective lives the purchasing decision must be made based on your individual needs, the proposed size of your wedding celebrations and your budget. I hope this has been helpful

Whatever course you decide to follow in your pursuit of a stress free wedding day “Good Luck! And May Joy and Happiness be Yours Always”.

Copyright / written by: a.a.gallagher

September 8, 2007

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Wedding Planning Guides