Still looking for a few remaining vendors and are struggling to bring all the details together?
We’ll point you in the right direction and be there throughout to make your day perfect!
Full Wedding Planning Package includes:
- Initial consultation with the bride and groom, complimentary
- 1 hour phone consultation per week and unlimited email availability during business hours (9am-5pm)
- At least 1 planning meeting per month between clients and planner until wedding day
- Help to prepare and understand a budget
- Prepare a schedule/timeline and checklists
- Assist with site tours, selection and booking of ceremony and reception venues
- Assist with selecting a décor color scheme, theme and style of the wedding
- Answer etiquette questions
- Help with finding, negotiating, and booking suitable vendors: Caterer, Florist, Baker, Musicians, Photographer, Rental Facilities, Videographer, Officiate, Transportation
- Coordinate with vendors to ensure services/products are provided in a timely manner
- Ongoing updates and consultation with clients about vendors services/products
- Assist with the choosing of invitations
- Assistance with tracking RSVP’s and who will be attending
- Ceremony planning
- Prepare itineraries to be provided to vendors
- Final walk-through with client at venue month of the wedding
- Final timelines prepared the month of the wedding
- Final consultation with vendors the month of the wedding
- Final meeting covering all details with client, the month of the wedding and the week prior to the wedding. This two hour planning meeting will include:
- Ceremony planning, processional, recessional, placement
- Preparation of rehearsal and wedding day itinerary as a timeline, provided to client and vendors
- Final walk-through with client at venue month of the wedding should (include florist if possible)
- Collection and inventory of wedding items to be setup on wedding day, such as candles, photographs, guest books, wedding favors, toasting glasses, serving sets, programs, seating cards, table numbers, etc.
One Month Prior to Wedding Day
Please Note: A day-of-coordinator will not re-negotiate any terms in contracts with vendors at this time, or at any other time prior to, during, or after your wedding day. All agreements should be finalized prior to the wedding.
- Work with officiator to choreograph wedding ceremony, processional and recessional
- Alert wedding party as to where they need to be the following day, and at what time
- Set up programs and other ceremony items i.e. guest book, unity candles
- Make sure photographer arrives on time and has a “must shoot” list
- Ensure that bridal bouquet and wedding party flowers have arrived
- Distribute personal flowers to wedding party
- Make wedding party aware of any last minute details
- Ensure that ushers/groomsmen are ready to pass out programs
- Ensure that ceremony musicians have arrived and direct them as to where to set up
- Alert ushers/groomsmen as to when to begin escorting guests to their seats
- Act as a liaison with the officiator and the start of the ceremony
- Communicate with bride and groom how long before the start of the ceremony
- Line up the bridal party for their entrances down the aisle
- Cue ceremony musicians when bridal party is ready to begin processional
- Gather family and friends for after ceremony photos
- Greet vendors and instruct them where to set up; wedding band, florist, caterer, and wedding cake
- Ensure that tent and lighting are set up properly and troubleshoot as needed
- Make sure reception flowers/décor is set up all with my personal touch and design
- Ensure escort cards are arranged properly
- Set up guest book and pen, champagne flutes, cake cutting utensils
- Along with catering staff ensure table numbers/names and menu cards in place
- Meet with catering staff to confirm food timeline and any guest with food allergies
- Set up amenities baskets, hand towels etc. in bathroom
- Ensure proper flow of cocktail hour
- Look over dining tables and make sure they are set up properly
- Along with catering staff, encourage guests to join bride and groom for dinner at the end of cocktail hour
- Help guests locate their escort cards and dining tables
- Coordinate bride and groom/wedding party introduction at reception
- Cue band when the majority of guests have found their tables and bride and groom are ready to be introduced
- Cue band, photographer and videographer when important events take place at reception i.e. first dance, cake cutting, toasts and parent dances
- Cue best man and father of the bride when they are about to be announced for toasts
- Alert catering staff to pour champagne just before the toasts
- Be aware of timing of catering service and make sure people are served promptly
- Distribute final payments/gratuities to vendors at the end of the evening
- Prevent and fix any problems that may arise during your event
- Set up favor table towards the end of the evening
- Ensure gifts/cards, miscellaneous ceremony and reception items are ready to be taken to a family members car at the end of the night
- Coordinate reception departure
Day Of Wedding Coordinator Package includes:
One Month Prior to Wedding Day
Please Note: A day-of-coordinator will not re-negotiate any terms in contracts with vendors at this time, or at any other time prior to, during, or after your wedding day. All agreements should be finalized prior to the wedding.
Rehearsal
- Work with officiator to choreograph wedding ceremony, processional and recessional
- Alert wedding party as to where they need to be the following day, and at what time
- Set up programs and other ceremony items i.e. guest book, unity candles
- Make sure photographer arrives on time and has a “must shoot” list
- Ensure that bridal bouquet and wedding party flowers have arrived
- Distribute personal flowers to wedding party
- Make wedding party aware of any last minute details
- Ensure that ushers/groomsmen are ready to pass out programs
- Ensure that ceremony musicians have arrived and direct them as to where to set up
- Alert ushers/groomsmen as to when to begin escorting guests to their seats
- Act as a liaison with the officiator and the start of the ceremony
- Communicate with bride and groom how long before the start of the ceremony
- Line up the bridal party for their entrances down the aisle
- Cue ceremony musicians when bridal party is ready to begin processional
- Gather family and friends for after ceremony photos
- Greet vendors and instruct them where to set up; wedding band, florist, caterer, and wedding cake
- Ensure that tent and lighting are set up properly and troubleshoot as needed
- Make sure reception flowers/décor is set up all with my personal touch and design
- Ensure escort cards are arranged properly
- Set up guest book and pen, champagne flutes, cake cutting utensils
- Along with catering staff ensure table numbers/names and menu cards in place
- Meet with catering staff to confirm food timeline and any guest with food allergies
- Set up amenities baskets, hand towels etc. in bathroom
- Ensure proper flow of cocktail hour
- Look over dining tables and make sure they are set up properly
- Along with catering staff, encourage guests to join bride and groom for dinner at the end of cocktail hour
- Help guests locate their escort cards and dining tables
- Coordinate bride and groom/wedding party introduction at reception
- Cue band when the majority of guests have found their tables and bride and groom are ready to be introduced
- Cue band, photographer and videographer when important events take place at reception i.e. first dance, cake cutting, toasts and parent dances
- Cue best man and father of the bride when they are about to be announced for toasts
- Alert catering staff to pour champagne just before the toasts
- Be aware of timing of catering service and make sure people are served promptly
- Distribute final payments/gratuities to vendors at the end of the evening
- Prevent and fix any problems that may arise during your event
- Set up favor table towards the end of the evening
- Ensure gifts/cards, miscellaneous ceremony and reception items are ready to be taken to a family members car at the end of the night
- Coordinate reception departure
Partial Planning Wedding Package includes:
- Initial consultation with the bride and groom
- Unlimited phone and/or emails during business hours 9am – 6pm
- At least 2 wedding planning meetings between couple and wedding planner
- A bride and groom timeline and checklist
- Email reminders first of the month of what needs to be accomplished that month
- One visit to site of both wedding ceremony and reception to go over setup
- Assistance with site design – selecting color scheme, theme and style
- Wedding etiquette advice
- List of preferred vendors as needed for the bride and groom to schedule appointments with: Caterer, Florist, Baker, Musicians, Rentals, Photographer, Videographer, Transportation, Officiate
- This package also includes all the items provided in the Day of Wedding Coordinator