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Should you hire a wedding planner?

It’s that time of the year in the wedding industry, it’s Mid-May and high season is upon us, 2018 kicking off with the Royal Wedding. As Summer Season commences, a new wave of excited couples are eager to start planning their big days.

It should be one of the most magical chapters of your story, leading to one of the best days of your life. The average wedding budget for 2018 is set to hit £30k. The pressure and expectations for the day are significant and the task is quite daunting after the exhilaration subsides. Are you going to opt to do it all yourself? Maybe with the support of your family and friends with all their hopes, dreams and opinions and everyone’s emotions running high?

Wedding Planning is ‘Project Management’. The task is overwhelming, the budget is precious and the to-do list is never ending. There is an abundance of suppliers; who do you trust? Who provides the best service to match your needs? Who is going to add value to your day and will provide an awesome service for the amount you’re paying? Then there are a million ideas, wedding inspiration or exasperation everywhere you look. What will actually make your day truly special?

So what’s my best advice? Hire a Wedding Planner!

Most believe hiring a planner is highly expensive and only something celebs do: however you are using your time and your time is money.

Whilst you are project managing one of the biggest events in your life, your focus is certainly not on your job, your family, your friends, your health along with all the other needs that make up your life or even on each other - it’s not actually even on you but on this huge emotional event, the ‘big day’.

A wedding planner isn’t there to make you spend more money than you have budgeted; in fact, we can assist you in making the right choices and help you to spend your budget wisely.

We work entirely to your specific needs, creating a day that is unique and truly special to you whilst connecting you with the best suppliers and designing and managing a day that you will treasure for ever and of course share with you all the wonderful joyful moments that planning a wedding should be all about. We live in a beautiful era of choice, too, from what type of ceremony you wish to have to the style of venue to where your honeymoon will take you, we can support you with making these important decisions honestly and practically. We are skilled to relieve stress even support those difficult family relationships and we come with years of experience.  

As a Wedding Planner I deliver a very personal service providing you with the most magical experience. I manage everything within the process (or as much or as little as you need) and more importantly allow you to relax, enjoy and make the most sensational memories! I protect your plans and your day.

If we broke down the cost of hiring a planner to design, plan and manage your day, more often than not, their hourly rate works out less than yours. A planner saves you a huge amount of time, a significant amount of money and a ridiculous amount of stress. You ultimately get to spend the first day of your marriage exactly the way you should, happily married!

The gratitude I receive from clients is phenomenal when in fact the pleasure is all mine!

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Michelle Jones .