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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).
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?
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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