Would you hire a wedding planner IF............?

Question

she was a "one stop wedding shop". If a planning company offered you cakes, invitations, limo services, and photography services included in their packages, would you hire them, or would you rather find your own vendors?

One of the things I was stressed the most about when planning my wedding was all of the different people to deal with, different places to go, etc.... I thought it would have been nice to have one phone call to make, and everything could be handled just from communicating to this one person, and 1 company.

What do you think? I am considering starting up something like this, but I want to see if people would use the service.

Yes, this is what a wedding planner does, BUT, this would be a little different.

I guess it all depends on the couple. At first, I didn't feel I needed a planner. I felt I could do everything myself, and because it was so fun, and it was MY day, I didn't want any help. That attitude changed so much a couple of months before the wedding. Once I realized how much more I had to do, that "fun" turned to "stress".

I'm not saying its impossible to plan your own wedding, but you MUST have free time. If you work, go to school, have children, etc..., planning will not be as fun as it should be.

At least with a planner, you can pick and choose what you want to handle yourself, then dump the rest on someone else:)

From everyones answers here, I guess its 50/50. It just depends on the couple.

Thanks for answering.

Answer 1

Price does play a role in the decision but if it was affordable, which I assume it would be because things are usually cheaper when you buy them packaged, I would definitely. The key thing to remember is that people have very different tastes. Youw ould either need to employ a couple options for each category ( 2 photographers, 2 florists, etc.) Or just employ one that is very flexible and good with many different types of themes. Sounds like an excellent idea and if you start it up soon....email me I will be a customer! Good Luck!

Answer 2

Everyone is going to have a different idea of how to plan a wedding. Many choose wedding planners to coordinate and find the best deals on everything. Others just want to tell the planner what they think they want and let them go to it themselves.
Most planners have agreements with companies they work for. Anything from a discount on a wedding gown or flowers, special package deals on photography or catering. In reality, most wedding planners are a one stop shop. They know who to see to find what the bride to be wants. Different vendors have different specialties, and it is unlikely that one person can accomodate all of those requirements.

However, your idea is a good one, you may be able to do a good business as a single company entitiy for the full wedding package. Many events can be fully coordinated on the basics. I would also suggest having other vendors and specialty business relationships in place for those brides that have a more unique taste than a single company can provide.

Answer 3

Its nice to have a wedding planner if planning a wedding out of town. My husband and I actually liked going to the different cake places and photographers to see what our options were and to get different ideas. If you can offer a chance to see many options that would be good. But I have to say, we were grad students and didn't have much time but we liked doing a lot of it by ourselves.

Good luck.

Answer 4

I would not.I would shop around because so many other places might have something else you want. However, if you dont really have the time to put into the wedding and dont mind what that one place has to offer, than go for it. I just planned my wedding last year and I had to do some research and shopping to get just what i wanted. Either way, good luck!

Answer 5

Probably not, I would assume that the planner would have price mark-ups of her/his own, so it would cost more. Also, I feel that it would take away from the big day. I have realy enjoyed planning my own wedding and making the save-the-dates and invitations myself! I am really excited to see the pay off of my efforts when I walk down the aisle, to know that I planned the whole thing myself is a real treat I'm looking forward to.

Answer 6

My fiance and I actually are doing this.

The package from the place we are having our ceremony/reception at happens to be sort of a "one stop shopping".

They have their own DJ, the wedding planner is the photographer, the cake, champagne, chairs, food (BBQ), ceremony location, officiant, bouquets and boutenniere's, etc are all included. We only have to worry about a videographer, attire, and any favors and invitations.

Answer 7

Some days I want I might given that I am simply so busy! I paintings complete time, cross to college complete time, and promote Avon at the aspect. Throw making plans a marriage ceremony in there and I'm fortunate I have not had a whole meltdown! I additionally have not had plenty of aid except my fiance so having any individual there to advisor me by way of the approach might were quite pleasant!

Answer 8

Isn't this what a wedding planner does? Isnt the wedding planner supposed to find you a good florist, photographer, baker, wedding decorations, tailer, etc etc etc?? That was my impression of a wedding planner.

So yes, if you're gonna do what other wedding planners do and you yourself would consider a wedding planner, then yes, people would consider your services too.

Answer 9

Personally I wouldn't, I enjoyed shopping around and did months of research into things when my fiance and I started talking seriously about getting married. I knew he was going to propose but just not when, so I was pretty much organised already when he did propose, we spoke about the sort of wedding we wanted and colours etc, and I enjoyed having this special time planning with him, it's our day and we wanted to do it together, I also found it much cheaper to shop around, for example one company wanted to charge me £160 for 35 fairy cakes, and a second company wanted just £33, so you have to make sure your prices are competitive to attract people.

Answer 10

If it's in your budget then....YES!! Oh my goodness...the wedding planner executes your every whim (within reason) and you are stress free. If you can give your wedding stress to someone else who does this for a living no less, then I say...do it!