This is the question I get asked most often - “Do we really need a coordinator? But the venue already comes with someone, can’t we just use them?” And I am here to tell you that no one needs a coordinator, but if you choose to hire one, believe me, that decision will pay for itself many times over! With all of that in mind, I thought it fitting to give you, my potential clients, my TOP TEN reasons for hiring someone like me to work your wedding!
A Venue Coordinator is not a Wedding Coordinator
Back in the day, fancy hotels used to have catering captains and banquet managers to assist couples throughout their whole wedding day, but this is an easy cost-cutting measure for venues. They get to cut their staff and have them go home, but I will be the one to stay until the end of your wedding and make sure everything gets wrapped up – rentals collected, gifts and personal items delivered to your room, vendors loaded out of the space. Coordinators offered up by the venues often represent the venue, not the couple. They will help you, certainly, and in most cases will be just lovely at their jobs (my venue coordinator certainly was!). But they will not advocate for you as I would, and there are always small, imperceptible lines that they and their staff will not cross. At my own wedding, for example, the venue catering team was happy to set up our tables, chairs, and even the basics of our centerpieces, but they would not place card our seating assignments for us. Instead, I asked my trusted day-of coordinator to handle this key organizational detail on our behalf. As your coordinator, I will be your advocate, and always place your priorities and goals above all else.
Affordability
A lot of people choose not to hire a wedding coordinator because they worry it will be an additional cost on their part. What many don’t know is that I can actually save you money. With a wide array of contacts across the New York area, I can suggest to you the most reliable and reasonably priced in the business. From caterers to photographers to makeup artists, I’ve got you covered!
Experience
Most people are planning their wedding with no knowledge of how to throw a large-scale event. Of course there are books and plenty of tips from well-meaning friends and family, but I have planned many events, and am here to give you access to all those years of accumulated wisdom! I know how to troubleshoot nearly any impossibility on a moment’s notice, often before you ever even realize a problem has occurred! I know what questions to ask your vendors and how to schedule the day so that you can get your photos taken, your guests fed, your speeches completed, and everyone out on the dance floor.
Honesty
You know you can ask me any question and I'm going to tell you my honest opinion. And that’s exactly how you want it. You don’t need someone to side step around your feelings, you need an answer so you can make a decision and move on to the next decision that needs to be made. And you know that if you ask me a question that begins with, “Do we have to…” my answer to you will most likely be “No, you do not.” There isn’t one thing you do or do not have to do on your wedding day: take the traditions that work for you, abandon those that don’t, and create new ones unique to you as a couple!
Peace of Mind
All you want to do on the day of the wedding, before the ceremony, is relax with your family, wedding attendants, or your betrothed, and enjoy the run-up to walking down the aisle in whatever way keeps you relaxed and ready to go! You certainly don’t want to be on the phone with the florist or the cake baker, trying to figure out where they are and why they didn’t arrive on time. This is probably one of the most essential value adds a coordinator can provide: I will take care of all of that for you! Yes, you probably want to hear a little bit of what is going on, but you will know that I have it covered.
