That is the same thing I wanted to know. I have everything mapped. My fh, fmil, and myself interviewed a couple of people, and it was one that was well put togethor and very professional. She wanted 2,000. I wanted to know if this was ok.
Professionals do charge that much which really is lower end.
I was fortunate enough to have my supervisior who is GREAT at organizing things, as well as is a stickler for timeliness and deadlines who happened to do weddings. She has done only nine over the years. Its not her professional job, nor is it a career aspiration (She wants to be the president of a university) but organization is her talent. Anyhoo, here is what my coordinator charges, however, as her friend, she is giving me the discounted prices. She can be more or less based on your needs. These listed here are MY needs becasue I have been doing a lot on my own, because I want to. I needed her more for day-of services.
PS: People do either 3 OR 4.
Bridal Consultant Services
1. Execute & facilitate the Wedding Rehearsal
2. Execute & facilitate the Wedding Ceremony
3. Execute & facilitate the Reception Program
4. Facilitate the Reception Program
5. Arrange, coordinate & communicate plans of action with wedding
and/or reception vendors
Fees
1. Execute & facilitate the Wedding Rehearsal ($100.00)
2. Execute & facilitate the Wedding Ceremony ($150.00)
3. Execute & facilitate the Reception Program ($175.00)
4. Facilitate the Reception Program ($100.00)
5. Arrange, coordinate & communicate plans of action with wedding
and/or reception vendors ($50.00) per vendor
1st Meeting
One meeting will be arranged with all three parties prior to the signing of the Letter of Agreement. This meeting will serve, as a planning meeting to get a clear understanding of what bridal consultant services will be needed.
Retaining Fee
Once the wedding and/or reception is booked a ($100.00) retaining fee is due. This fee is usually non returnable.
Letter of Agreement
The Bride and/or Groom must sign a Letter of Agreement prior to any services being rendered. The Letter of Agreement will serve as a contract. In addition, it will identify which bridal consultant services are being requested and the total balance due.
Note: The total balance will be adjusted if additional bridal consultant services are requested during the planning process.
Total Balance Due
100% of the total balance is due the day of your wedding rehearsal or the reception.
Maybe being very specific about your needs can help focus your costs more. Consulting companies want the most $$ as possible so they will offer you services that you may not need if you are willing to do them yourself provided you have the time. I am also having her help give me reminders to help meet deadlines, as well as a timeline for things to be done and paid, but we are going to find out the deadlines and working the contracts with vendors ourselves, so I will likely just do 1, 2, and 3.
Like I said, she is a friend, so she may charge more for others....
Hope I have helped
PS. I have heard that consultants can charge based on your wedding budget,like a certain percentage: 1-10+ percent! But I think the most important thing is know what you need them to do. Day-of services only can keep ypur costs down, but you want someone who will work with you over time. So if you know you can work with vendors, and the consultants charge to do this, don't let them charge you for what you can do!
[quote="housewife147"]That is the same thing I wanted to know. I have everything mapped. My fh, fmil, and myself interviewed a couple of people, and it was one that was well put togethor and very professional. She wanted 2,000. I wanted to know if this was ok.
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$2000???? Shut up girl!! WOW! I can not afford to spend that type of money, especially considering the fact that I've done all of my research myself & have pretty much booked all of my vendors. My fiancee would KILL me if he found out I spent that type of money for a coordinator.
Does this person/event planning company have a website?
Thanks for the breakdown Bumble, that was very helpful. I soooo wished that I had a wedding coordinator. We just didn't have the budget for it, but now I am going crazy. Girl I would've worked a second job if I had to do it all over again.
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My coordinator is only charging me $200 for the rehearsal and day of. I'm getting this discount because my MOH (my favorite cousin of all time) has her own company and her business partner is doing it. However, their normal rate for rehearsal/day of is $600. My girlfriend paid $1000 for her coordinator though.
$2000 is not a lot for a competent Wedding planner. Especially if she is doing a lot of the footwork AND putting up with our tantrums. I really WISH I had goten one! Some can charge over $15,000 andd some don't charge anything up front, but they will charge %20 on the total cost of your wedding and that can really add up!
No offense ladies, but planners will charge some couples an up front fee if they think you may be difficult or might bail on them in the end. Also if you have a habit of buying things first, then telling them what you got later rather than checking in with them is a real sore spot. Curb the bridezilla tendencies. If you hire a professional planner--- TRUST THEM!
You can TELL when a bride does it herself. That is as bluntly as I will put it. But if you couldn't tell, then there would not be a need for event planners now would there? lol
Edited because of spelling and general incoherence! lol
Rosie is so right. You CAN tell when the bride does it herself, or hires a "friend" that did her own wedding, and has not done enough weddings or events for that matter. Besides the fact that my friend was very organized, I already knew I wanted a coordinator because I have been to weddings or heard of weddings where a coordinator was not present. Even brides who "assign" certain tasks to ver y willing friends find themselves in a bind or less than a smooth event because all the friends still need a point person.
Either way, just having someone to do the "day of" stuff is work the extra hundred bucks because then you as the bride don't have to oversee anything and things can just run smoothly.
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Either way, just having someone to do the "day of" stuff is work the extra hundred bucks because then you as the bride don't have to oversee anything and things can just run smoothly.
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I concur, I just never imagined that it would be so costly. Wow!
They have done at least 30 events. My cousin is actually an assitant to a VERY popular Rev/Activist and they are ALWAYS throwing some type of MAJOR event, including celebrities and politicians.
OK Askalot. That girl is a PROFESSIONAL at this point. lol. So you don't have much to worry about. Planners offer piece of mind. But you will probably still be a total FREAK the day of anyway. Lord, the stress. lol
Ladies forgive my typos! I can't type to save my ass, but I am such a great speller. lol
Yes, they are both professionals and just as sweet as they want to be. Girl, I will stress even if I had Preston Bailey being my coordinator. That's just how I am. lol
No I dont not currently have a wedding coordinator. I have been interviewing people and have come across a potential woman, but she wants to charge me 2,00 and all I need her to handle is rehearsal, and wedding day itself. I have basically mapped out my entire wedding. I just need someone to bring it all togethor.
Girl, no problem. Don't quote me on the $600 though - I believe that's what she said. If not, it's somewhere in that ballpark. Also, I just hung up with them, and they're actually traveling at this moment. However, someone will contact you within 24 hours. Let me know how it went.
[quote="SeptBride"]They have done at least 30 events. My cousin is actually an assitant to a VERY popular Rev/Activist and they are ALWAYS throwing some type of MAJOR event, including celebrities and politicians.
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Yah Askalot, she IS a PRO like Rosie said. Its not even about planning just weddings. Its about event planning, organization, and just having a good relationship with local hotels and vendors. My coordinator is even working with a local hotel that our college (who she works for) sends their speaking guests to stay at, and she is trying to get the Presidental suite for me and FH to stay in after the wedding for 100.00 a night. Another hotel quoted me 250.00. So its also about the connections these coordinators have with people, because we also pay them to get the best prices for even the little things:)
She also negotiated all our Host hotel contracts for some very nice hotels at cheaper prices.
[quote="housewife147"] all I need her to handle is rehearsal, and wedding day itself. I have basically mapped out my entire wedding. I just need someone to bring it all togethor.
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How much is to much to spend for a wedding coordinator? What's the going rate for rehersal/day of coordination?
That is the same thing I wanted to know. I have everything mapped. My fh, fmil, and myself interviewed a couple of people, and it was one that was well put togethor and very professional. She wanted 2,000. I wanted to know if this was ok.
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Professionals do charge that much which really is lower end.
I was fortunate enough to have my supervisior who is GREAT at organizing things, as well as is a stickler for timeliness and deadlines who happened to do weddings. She has done only nine over the years. Its not her professional job, nor is it a career aspiration (She wants to be the president of a university) but organization is her talent. Anyhoo, here is what my coordinator charges, however, as her friend, she is giving me the discounted prices. She can be more or less based on your needs. These listed here are MY needs becasue I have been doing a lot on my own, because I want to. I needed her more for day-of services.
PS: People do either 3 OR 4.
Bridal Consultant Services
1. Execute & facilitate the Wedding Rehearsal
2. Execute & facilitate the Wedding Ceremony
3. Execute & facilitate the Reception Program
4. Facilitate the Reception Program
5. Arrange, coordinate & communicate plans of action with wedding
and/or reception vendors
Fees
1. Execute & facilitate the Wedding Rehearsal ($100.00)
2. Execute & facilitate the Wedding Ceremony ($150.00)
3. Execute & facilitate the Reception Program ($175.00)
4. Facilitate the Reception Program ($100.00)
5. Arrange, coordinate & communicate plans of action with wedding
and/or reception vendors ($50.00) per vendor
1st Meeting
One meeting will be arranged with all three parties prior to the signing of the Letter of Agreement. This meeting will serve, as a planning meeting to get a clear understanding of what bridal consultant services will be needed.
Retaining Fee
Once the wedding and/or reception is booked a ($100.00) retaining fee is due. This fee is usually non returnable.
Letter of Agreement
The Bride and/or Groom must sign a Letter of Agreement prior to any services being rendered. The Letter of Agreement will serve as a contract. In addition, it will identify which bridal consultant services are being requested and the total balance due.
Note: The total balance will be adjusted if additional bridal consultant services are requested during the planning process.
Total Balance Due
100% of the total balance is due the day of your wedding rehearsal or the reception.
Maybe being very specific about your needs can help focus your costs more. Consulting companies want the most $$ as possible so they will offer you services that you may not need if you are willing to do them yourself provided you have the time. I am also having her help give me reminders to help meet deadlines, as well as a timeline for things to be done and paid, but we are going to find out the deadlines and working the contracts with vendors ourselves, so I will likely just do 1, 2, and 3.
Like I said, she is a friend, so she may charge more for others....
Hope I have helped
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PS. I have heard that consultants can charge based on your wedding budget,like a certain percentage: 1-10+ percent! But I think the most important thing is know what you need them to do. Day-of services only can keep ypur costs down, but you want someone who will work with you over time. So if you know you can work with vendors, and the consultants charge to do this, don't let them charge you for what you can do!
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[quote="housewife147"]That is the same thing I wanted to know. I have everything mapped. My fh, fmil, and myself interviewed a couple of people, and it was one that was well put togethor and very professional. She wanted 2,000. I wanted to know if this was ok.
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$2000???? Shut up girl!! WOW! I can not afford to spend that type of money, especially considering the fact that I've done all of my research myself & have pretty much booked all of my vendors. My fiancee would KILL me if he found out I spent that type of money for a coordinator.
Does this person/event planning company have a website?
Thanks for the breakdown Bumble, that was very helpful. I soooo wished that I had a wedding coordinator. We just didn't have the budget for it, but now I am going crazy. Girl I would've worked a second job if I had to do it all over again.
Delight yourself in The Lord & He will give you the desires of your heart!Ps 37
My coordinator is only charging me $200 for the rehearsal and day of. I'm getting this discount because my MOH (my favorite cousin of all time) has her own company and her business partner is doing it. However, their normal rate for rehearsal/day of is $600. My girlfriend paid $1000 for her coordinator though.
$2000 is not a lot for a competent Wedding planner. Especially if she is doing a lot of the footwork AND putting up with our tantrums. I really WISH I had goten one! Some can charge over $15,000 andd some don't charge anything up front, but they will charge %20 on the total cost of your wedding and that can really add up!
No offense ladies, but planners will charge some couples an up front fee if they think you may be difficult or might bail on them in the end. Also if you have a habit of buying things first, then telling them what you got later rather than checking in with them is a real sore spot. Curb the bridezilla tendencies. If you hire a professional planner--- TRUST THEM!
You can TELL when a bride does it herself. That is as bluntly as I will put it. But if you couldn't tell, then there would not be a need for event planners now would there? lol
Edited because of spelling and general incoherence! lol
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Awesome advice ladies.
Delight yourself in The Lord & He will give you the desires of your heart!Ps 37
Rosie is so right. You CAN tell when the bride does it herself, or hires a "friend" that did her own wedding, and has not done enough weddings or events for that matter. Besides the fact that my friend was very organized, I already knew I wanted a coordinator because I have been to weddings or heard of weddings where a coordinator was not present. Even brides who "assign" certain tasks to ver y willing friends find themselves in a bind or less than a smooth event because all the friends still need a point person.
Either way, just having someone to do the "day of" stuff is work the extra hundred bucks because then you as the bride don't have to oversee anything and things can just run smoothly.
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[quote="Bumblebeekee"]
Either way, just having someone to do the "day of" stuff is work the extra hundred bucks because then you as the bride don't have to oversee anything and things can just run smoothly.
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I concur, I just never imagined that it would be so costly. Wow!
Askalot, do you know how many weddings your cousin and her friend actually help put togethor?
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They have done at least 30 events. My cousin is actually an assitant to a VERY popular Rev/Activist and they are ALWAYS throwing some type of MAJOR event, including celebrities and politicians.
OK Askalot. That girl is a PROFESSIONAL at this point. lol. So you don't have much to worry about. Planners offer piece of mind. But you will probably still be a total FREAK the day of anyway. Lord, the stress. lol
Ladies forgive my typos! I can't type to save my ass, but I am such a great speller. lol
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Yes, they are both professionals and just as sweet as they want to be. Girl, I will stress even if I had Preston Bailey being my coordinator. That's just how I am. lol
You have to spread the information. I love paying 600.00 instead of 2,000.
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House, do you currently have a coordinator or are you looking for one? What do you need them for? Day of, rehearsal, something else, etc?
No I dont not currently have a wedding coordinator. I have been interviewing people and have come across a potential woman, but she wants to charge me 2,00 and all I need her to handle is rehearsal, and wedding day itself. I have basically mapped out my entire wedding. I just need someone to bring it all togethor.
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House, I'm going to contact them. Is it okay if I give them your number to contact you?
Sure not a problem. I appreciate it very much. Thanks.
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Girl, no problem. Don't quote me on the $600 though - I believe that's what she said. If not, it's somewhere in that ballpark. Also, I just hung up with them, and they're actually traveling at this moment. However, someone will contact you within 24 hours. Let me know how it went.
I sure will. Thanks
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[quote="SeptBride"]They have done at least 30 events. My cousin is actually an assitant to a VERY popular Rev/Activist and they are ALWAYS throwing some type of MAJOR event, including celebrities and politicians.
[/quote]
Yah Askalot, she IS a PRO like Rosie said. Its not even about planning just weddings. Its about event planning, organization, and just having a good relationship with local hotels and vendors. My coordinator is even working with a local hotel that our college (who she works for) sends their speaking guests to stay at, and she is trying to get the Presidental suite for me and FH to stay in after the wedding for 100.00 a night. Another hotel quoted me 250.00. So its also about the connections these coordinators have with people, because we also pay them to get the best prices for even the little things:)
She also negotiated all our Host hotel contracts for some very nice hotels at cheaper prices.
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[quote="housewife147"] all I need her to handle is rehearsal, and wedding day itself. I have basically mapped out my entire wedding. I just need someone to bring it all togethor.
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Wifey,
I sent you a private note