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Everything You Need To Add To Your Destination Wedding Packing List in 2023

Simply Breathe Events

Copies of your birth certificates Insurance paperwork (for your travel AND for the wedding! Travel documents (Your passports, any required visas, flight tickets/boarding passes, hotel booking confirmation, transfers paperwork, etc).

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Starting an event planning business: Your guide to turning a passion for planning into profit

Planning Pod

You will need to determine the initial capital needed to cover startup costs, including office or event space, equipment, marketing, and insurance. Will you handle full-service planning, including vendor selection and coordination, or focus on day-of coordination?

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32 Questions to Ask A wedding Coordinator & Everything Else to Know Before Booking

The Wedding Planner LA

Their primary goal is to function as the point person to field all questions and oversee the execution of the day while acting as the liaison between the plan, the vendors, and you. If we run into any issues throughout the planning process, what level of advocacy can we expect from since we are booking a day of coordination package?

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11 Tips for Hiring a Wedding Planner

Busy Bee's Events

As I mentioned earlier, ALWAYS HIRE A DAY OF COORDINATOR. Do you carry wedding day insurance for the venue? A-B-S-O-L-U-T-E-L-Y There’s no doubt that hiring a planner will alleviate so much work and worry but unfortunately not everyone can afford a planner as part of their budget, so what do you do?

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Protecting Your Business: Essential Contracts Every Wedding Planner Should Have

KJ and Co.

TLP’s templates offer peace of mind, sort of like insurance. You hope you never have to make an insurance claim, but you’re always relieved to have coverage. Scope of services: Define what’s included in the wedding planning package (full-service, day-of coordination, etc.). Fast, easy, and professional.

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All Things Wedding Venue

The Wedding Planner LA

These venues almost always include appetizers, full meal, cake, service staff, tables, table linens, dinner chairs, plates, napkins, silverware, drinking glasses, lighting, dance floor, basic clean up, and a venue coordinator (different than a day of coordinator! More on this under item #13). dessert, gifts, welcome table, etc.),

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Questions to Ask A Wedding Planner Prior to Booking

The Wedding Planner LA

Do you include day of coordination in your wedding planning package? How many assistants will be present on my wedding day? Will you help manage vendors on the day of? Will you coordinate their arrival, set up, and breakdown times on the wedding day? If so, when will this be created and distributed?