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The Blissfully Oblivious Guide to Wedding Planning Chaos

Certified Wedding Planner Society

Vendor Roulette: Why let a professional with years of experience and industry connections handle vendor bookings? Forget the structured schedule a planner would provide. On your wedding day, instead of basking in marital bliss, enjoy the thrill of simultaneously getting married AND coordinating a small army of vendors.

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Setting a Realistic Wedding Budget For Your Couples

Certified Wedding Planner Society

Initial Consultation and Assessment : Begin by scheduling an initial consultation with the couple to discuss their wedding vision, budget expectations, and priorities. and how these terms can affect the budget and vendor selection. Remind couples that any tips or gratuity to any vendors should be included in their budget.

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Good & Bad Qualities of a Freelance Wedding Day Assistant

Certified Wedding Planner Society

Strong Communication Skills Clear and Concise: Communicates effectively with the wedding planner, vendors, and clients. An organized wedding day assistant maintains a structured approach to their duties, keeping track of timelines, schedules, and to-do lists. This helps to reinforce the team's overall effectiveness and efficiency.

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Planning for Pregnancy

Certified Wedding Planner Society

3) Update: Notify your clients and the vendors of the events you have scheduled about your joyous news. Give yourself extra time leading up to your delivery date and afterwards when your work schedule is reduced or shared with someone else so that way if you have need to stop working nothing slips through the cracks.

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8 Event Management Tools You Should Be Using Right Now

Planning Pod

OK, maybe that’s an exaggeration, but having a tightly kept schedule is still extremely important for event professionals. Event managers are the orchestrators of the event, but when you are managing an internal staff, external vendors, clients, volunteers and maybe even guests, keeping everyone together and on task can be exhausting.

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How To Keep Your Wedding Day On Schedule

Vision in White Events

As wedding planners/coordinators one of our main jobs on wedding day is keeping you on schedule. Be sure to send the schedule to everyone so they know when their time will be and aren’t late. Work with professional vendors who know the amount of time they’ll need and can help guide you. Don’t try to get 10 girls done in 2 hours.

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Wedding Photography: 5 Top Tips from a Wedding Planner

Sweet Gardenia Weddings

3 days ago we asked San Antonio Brides what was the hardest vendor to book and why. A vendor who is super responsive is becoming rare! This comes with every vendor, along with scheduling, booking, contract signing, vendor contact, budgeting, an online portal, and payment reminders. Find one you like?