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- What do Wedding Planners do?
- What a great question to address this morning.
- Setting up a realistic wedding budget
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- Devising a wedding master plan that maps out all the little details, from ceremony music to favors
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- Showing you the best and most original locations in the area, considering your wedding size, budget, and vision
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- Finding the top florists, photographers, caterers, bands, DJs and other vendors in your price range
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- Cutting you choice deals: Consultants bring volume to favored vendors, so often the vendors will reciprocate by slashing prices or throwing in extras
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- Reading over all your vendor contracts to make sure everything is there, correct, and in accordance with your best interests and negotiations any amendments on your behalf
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- Creating a day-of (or weekend-of) timeline that tells everyone involved in the planning process -- vendors, members of the wedding party, you, and your families -- when to do what
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- Handling the invitations, from the wording and ordering to the addressing and mailing, as well as tracking RSVPs
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- Counseling you on proper etiquette as well as what's hot on the wedding front
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- Managing the wedding day: supervising vendors, setup, and delivery; handling emergencies; and soothing nerves
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- Serving as your spokesperson, conveying your every whim and desire to vendors or family members when you just can't deal with doing it yourself
- Helping to plan and book your honeymoon (yep -- most planners will handle your travel plans too!)
The Knot http://wedding.theknot.com/wedding-planning/planning-a-wedding/articles/what-do-wedding-planners-do.aspx
