Pet Peeve #3

Here is a great pet peeve of mine---the bride who tells me that she has everything under control, has found people who will be taking care of certain things and all she needs me for is the day, "just to oversee that everything runs smoothly."

When I get to the wedding---no florist, the musicians are late, no one knows how to run the chocolate fountain, no one is handing out programs, the caterer has no idea where anything is or goes, one of the ushers is AOL, the groom's mother's is upset because she doesn't know where Uncle Arnie is going to sit, the rehearsal the night before was a bust and the bride is stressed beyond her capacity and is yelling at everyone. Oh, yes---everything is under control!

All of the above could have been easily avoided by simple phone calls, follow up, plans on paper and making sure that your wedding planner knows what is going on. Don't think that we can come in at the ninth hour, undo and then save what has been going wrong for months. We will make sure to do what we can, smooth it over, patch it up; and it will be wonderful, but by the time we go home at night from your wedding, we are beat on, chewed up and spit out like old rag dolls on top of the garbage pile.

If we tell you that 1 usher per 50 guests are needed, we are telling you this for a reason. If we advise you to follow up with every vendor one week before the wedding and make sure specifics are spelled out, we know from experience why we say this. If we tell you that every guy wearing a tuxedo MUST try them on BEFORE leaving the formalwear store---we know what happens when they don't!

If you are getting married and spending thousands of dollars on your event, why don't you want the very best? Don't you want to protect your investment?
The average wedding is over $26,000. That is over $2000 an hour for your wedding celebration! You would go to a professional to get your taxes done, pick out a car, or even pay a saleslady to spend time with you getting the right color of lipstick, but you won't spend money on a wedding planner who can help make your once-in-a-lifetime-day as flawless as possible, help you stay on budget, find the perfect vendors, and make sure that you are stress free---all because you think, "I can do my wedding myself."

We do weddings as our careers---how many weddings do you do in a year?