Category Archives: Planning Guides

French Wedding Planner: Professional Services Guide

So You Wanna Hire a French Wedding Planner Okay so French wedding planners are a whole different thing compared to what you might be used to in the States or UK. I learned this the hard way back in spring 2023 when I had a client who wanted to get married in Provence and she […]

Free Downloadable Wedding Planner: Professional Services Guide

Okay So About These Free Wedding Planner Downloads Look, I’m gonna be straight with you about free downloadable wedding planners because I’ve seen literally hundreds of couples download these things and then still show up to our first meeting completely overwhelmed. The templates are everywhere online, and some are actually pretty decent, but most people […]

Mother Of The Bride Wedding Planner: Professional Services Guide

So You Need a Mother of the Bride Wedding Planner Okay so this is gonna sound weird but MOB clients are literally some of my favorite people to work with and also sometimes the most… let’s say challenging. Like I had this one mom back in spring 2023 who kept texting me at 11pm with […]

Wedding Decor Planner: Professional Services Guide

What Wedding Decor Planners Actually Do So wedding decor planners are basically the people who make sure your venue doesn’t look like a sad middle school dance. We handle everything visual—from the florals to the linens to those tiny details nobody thinks about until they’re missing. Like charger plates. Nobody cares about charger plates until […]

Ultimate Wedding Planner: Professional Services Guide

So You Want to Understand What Wedding Planners Actually Do Okay so wedding planners aren’t just people who show up with clipboards and tell you what flowers to pick. I mean, we do that sometimes, but there’s like… so much more happening behind the scenes that most people don’t see until they’re knee-deep in their […]

High End Wedding Planners: Professional Services Guide

What High-End Wedding Planners Actually Do (And What You’re Really Paying For) So you’re thinking about hiring a high-end wedding planner or maybe you’re just curious what separates the $15k planners from the $2k ones. The difference is actually pretty massive and not always what you’d expect. High-end wedding planners aren’t just coordinating your timeline […]

The Ultimate Wedding Planner: Professional Services Guide

So You Want to Know What Wedding Planners Actually Do Look, I’ve been planning weddings for nearly two decades now and people still think I just show up on the day with a clipboard and yell at vendors. Which like… that’s maybe 15% of it? But there’s so much more that goes into professional wedding […]

Wedding Planner And Coordinator: Professional Services Guide

So You Wanna Know What Wedding Planners Actually Do Okay so there’s this massive confusion about what wedding planners versus coordinators actually handle and honestly it drives me up the wall when people use the terms interchangeably because they’re NOT the same thing at all. Like, I had this bride call me in spring 2023 […]

Best Wedding Planners In The World: Professional Services Guide

Okay so here’s what you actually need to know about wedding planners worldwide Look, I’ve been doing this for almost two decades and I gotta tell you—finding the truly exceptional wedding planners isn’t about googling “best wedding planner” and picking whoever has the fanciest website. The real talent is scattered across continents and they all […]

Mexican Wedding Planner: Professional Services Guide

So You Want to Hire a Mexican Wedding Planner or Actually Be One Okay so Mexican weddings are absolutely no joke and honestly if you’re planning one or thinking about offering planning services for them you need to understand they’re basically three events smooshed into one. There’s the ceremony (often Catholic), the reception, and sometimes […]