Coordinators are so beneficial. They can really make or break a good wedding day experience. If you don’t have a good one, it would be better not to have one at all. If you can’t afford a coordinator, ask a friend if they would help and take them out to eat or something before the wedding day so they know they are appreciated. Plus it will give you a chance to talk about the wedding. Finding a good coordinator is very very hard to come by. Over the years, I’ve only met a hand full of coordinators that I was impressed by at all. I’ve been to weddings where they have disappeared, yelled at everyone, made the bride cry, or just didn’t do anything at all. Most coordinators aren’t required to have any type of license, insurance, equipment…nothing. It is pretty easy to slap their name on a card to start their business. Make sure you choose someone that you can relate with. That person will be making decisions on your behalf, so find someone that you think will make the same decisions you would make yourself.

Referrals are always the best when it comes to people you will be working with on a more communication and personal level.  It isn’t like you are buying a product, you are buying a person for the day.  It isn’t just important for the bride and wedding party, but also for the hired help as well.  As a photographer, I could careless how much money someone was paying me if I knew that my style of photography wouldn’t please them when they received their photos after the wedding.

Wedding planners are the most important when it comes to large weddings, brides and families who have tight schedules and bride’s planning their wedding out of town.  Thank goodness for the internet for out of town brides!  Many people plan their weddings away from the destination just using the internet and phone, but it is hard to know who is good and who isn’t from far away sometimes.  Larger weddings of course need an extra hand to organize details that a coordinator won’t be able to catch up with in just one day.

As far as coordinators and planners I recommend, it depends on where your wedding will be, so contact me and I’ll give you some good ones!