{"id":890,"date":"2013-05-29T17:03:49","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T22:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/younameitchicago.com\/?p=890"},"modified":"2020-03-02T20:08:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T20:08:03","slug":"dont-need-a-wedding-planner-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/younameitchicago.com\/dont-need-a-wedding-planner-4\/","title":{"rendered":"So You Think You Don’t Need a Wedding Planner? #4"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s time again for the next post in our current blog series: \u201cSo You Think You Don\u2019t Need A Wedding Planner?\u201d\u00a0 We are onto our fourth installment – and hope you read, love and share!<\/p>\n

Reason #4<\/span>: The Strategic Bride says: \u201cI don\u2019t want to pay extra for anything I\u2019ve already paid for.” or “My venue already has an event coordinator.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Who she is<\/span>:\u00a0She had her charts, spreadsheets, and wedding binder ready to go the day after she got engaged. She has a collection of wedding boards on Pinterest<\/a> – each one dedicated to a specific area of her vision for her wedding, and another specific one that is chock full of general wedding planning tip & tricks.\u00a0 She probably works in accounting, a scientific field or something along those lines. She likes rules, processes, certainty, specificity and knowing exactly<\/i> how things are going to go.\u00a0 She\u2019s not really a go-with-the-flow type bride. She isn\u2019t afraid to spend money – but does it carefully – and only on the things that are important to her. She expects a lot of her vendors, and has worked hard to find the great ones.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what I have to say to her<\/span>: We so<\/em> get you. Your natural inclinations match ours! We like to know what is going to happen, too – we actually LOOOVE to know what is going to happen. So we have plans and charts and forms to help us figure that all out.\u00a0 You probably ask some really great questions when you are with your vendors. The idea that our intelligence is evidenced more by our questions than by our answers comes from Voltaire<\/a>. We love that – and we love brides who come in with lists of questions, go to their venue walk throughs seeking answers and who are always thinking and analyzing how to maximize the potential that awaits them on their wedding day.\u00a0 As you make your lists and ask your questions, don\u2019t forget to ask yourself questions as well! What would have to happen to make it so you can experience your wedding day with no regrets? What do you consider \u201csuccess\u201d for your wedding planning process?<\/p>\n

About our services for her<\/span>: Throughout the planning process, you will speak to many different vendors. Then once you make your selections, you will speak to your chosen vendors even more!\u00a0 You will likely become fairly close to the representatives at your venue(s). Speed dial, anyone? You will exchange countless emails, many of which will include a sentence along these lines, \u201cMy fiance\/Mother\/Maid of Honor and I were talking and we thought of one more question we had for you. Seriously, though, this is really it. I mean it, I know I said the last five questions were the last ones, but this is definitely for real the last one…\u201d<\/p>\n

Many venues who host lots of weddings each season (banquet halls, country clubs, hotels, etc.) have a staff member whom they designate the \u201cWedding Coordinator,\u201d or \u201cEvent Coordinator.\u201d\u00a0 Those folks are often truly wonderful and very dedicated to their jobs.\u00a0 Let\u2019s be clear though, their job is not to coordinate your<\/em> wedding. Here\u2019s why they are not enough:<\/p>\n