Sunshine Coast Wedding Planner Advantages

The advantages of having a wedding planner seem a little understated, like advantages of having car insurance or advantages of brushing your teeth at night.  If you are getting married, and if you don't want to go insane, look for Sunshine Coast wedding venues that offer a wedding planner as part of their services.  Who else is going to tell your mother in law she can't wear white with sequins or make sure the bride isn't standing in full view of the audience for five minutes while the musicians are finishing prelude music before the wedding march?  Who else is going to know that day lilies are called day lilies for a reason, or that the floral arrangements on top of Wendell's Wonderful Wedding Cake Wonders tend to arrive a little wilted?  Who else is going to co ordinate your dad, or dads?  No matter your budget, a wedding planner is a valuable and calming voice of experience who advocates for the bride and groom, and does everything in their power to make sure the special day will be filled with fabulous memories that will last for a lifetime. 

These are tough economic times.  With a tight budget, sometimes something has to give.  Let the wedding planner give, don't cut her out.  A wedding planner can negotiate better prices with vendors, come up with alternative ideas, and even work with you on the cost of their services, depending on the amount of time you will need them to spend.  With some Sunshine Coast wedding venues, limited wedding planner services even come free as a bonus with the space, because no one wants a disaster in their setting.  Typical fees vary depending on type of arrangement.  With large, more expensive weddings, the planner is typically paid 10-15% of the overall cost of the wedding, with fairly unlimited services.   For smaller weddings, it is usually more cost effective to pay a flat fee with negotiated services the wedding planner will provide.  Some wedding planners work for free and get kickbacks from the vendors they use.  The cost of a wedding planner is relative to your needs and can be tailored to fit your budget.

What should you look for in a good wedding planner?  A good planner will not be afraid to voice their opinion and share their experience, but will respect the couple's wishes.  One wedding planner was adamantly against the bride's great idea to release live ladybugs in the outdoor wedding ceremony.  Although the bride eventually won, she did start to see her wedding planner's perspective when the ladybugs refused to fly.  The wedding attendant releasing them shone a flashlight in their box (where did she get that from - the wedding planner?) and they finally started to come out, but crawling.  The wedding attendant looked like a B rated horror movie poster, as a solid wall of lady bugs started crawling up her arm and onto her body.  But the bride had been warned in no uncertain terms. Today's wedding planner is like a modern day superhero, but armed with thread, needle, safety pins and the relational skills of a family therapist.  So be kind to yourself, and others.  Make sure your Sunshine Coast wedding venue offers the services of a wedding planner, and minimize your stress and anxiety while empowering yourself to be able to accomplish the wedding of your dreams.