So You’re Handling Travel Coordination for a Destination Wedding Okay so the travel coordinator role is honestly one of the most underestimated parts of destination wedding planning and I learned this the hard way in summer 2021 when I had a couple getting married in Tulum and literally half their guest list didn’t understand they […]
So You Wanna Be a Wedding Coordinator or Hire One Okay so wedding planning services basically fall into three main categories and most people don’t even realize there’s a difference until they’ve already signed a contract which is honestly frustrating. You’ve got full-service planners, partial planners, and day-of coordinators. I’m gonna break these down because […]
The Different Package Types You’ll Actually Offer So basically you’re gonna want to start with three main tiers because that’s what actually works in real life, not just in theory. I learned this the hard way in summer 2021 when I tried offering like seven different packages and couples would just stare at me like […]
Timeline Creation and Morning Logistics Okay so the first thing you gotta understand about day-of coordination is that your timeline is basically your bible for the entire day. I start building mine at least two weeks before the wedding, sometimes three if it’s a complicated venue situation. You need to work backward from the ceremony […]
So You Wanna Be a Virtual Wedding Planner Okay so virtual wedding planning is literally one of the best pivots I made after COVID turned everything upside down, and honestly I should’ve been doing this years earlier. You’re basically coordinating weddings from your laptop instead of running around venues in heels that destroy your feet. […]
So You Need Professional Invitation Printing Okay so the biggest thing people get wrong is thinking all printers are the same and honestly that mistake cost me a massive headache in summer 2021 when a client’s letterpress invitations came back completely washed out because we went with a budget printer who clearly didn’t understand specialty […]
What Wedding Planning Companies Actually Do So wedding planning companies are basically professional service firms that exist to save couples from losing their minds during what’s supposed to be the happiest time of their lives. And honestly, after working in this industry for like fifteen years, I can tell you that most couples have no […]
What Wedding Planning Services Actually Look Like So you’re thinking about what professional wedding planners actually do or maybe you’re trying to figure out if you need one or honestly you might be trying to become one yourself, and look, the whole industry is kinda confusing from the outside because people think we just show […]
Your Portfolio Website Needs to Actually Work So your wedding vendor website is basically your storefront and if it sucks nobody’s gonna hire you no matter how talented you are. I learned this the hard way back in spring 2023 when I lost three potential clients in one week because my portfolio platform was loading […]
What An Elopement Planner Actually Does So you’re thinking about becoming an elopement planner or you need to hire one and honestly, it’s such a different beast from traditional wedding planning. I learned this the hard way in spring 2023 when I took on what I thought was a simple elopement and ended up coordinating […]