What Destination Event Planning Actually Means for Your Business So destination event planning isn’t just regular planning but somewhere pretty. It’s a completely different beast and honestly, I learned this the hard way back in summer 2021 when I took on a wedding in Santorini thinking “how different could it be?” Spoiler: very different. You’re […]
What Hindu Wedding Planning Actually Involves So you’re thinking about offering Hindu wedding planning services or you need to hire someone who actually knows what they’re doing. Let me tell you, this isn’t your standard “pick a venue and choose flowers” situation. Hindu weddings are basically multi-day festivals with religious ceremonies that have been happening […]
What a Day-Of Coordinator Actually Does (And Why Couples Get This Wrong) So here’s the thing about day-of coordinators – the name is kinda misleading because you’re definitely not just showing up on the wedding day. I learned this the hard way back in spring 2023 when a bride called me two weeks before her […]
Getting Your Portfolio Together Actually Matters More Than You Think So your wedding planner portfolio is basically your entire business in one package and I cannot stress enough how many planners mess this up. Like, I’ve seen people with gorgeous weddings under their belt present them in ways that make it look like they planned […]
What Wedding Venue Planners Actually Do (And Why You Might Need One) So wedding venue planners are different from regular wedding planners and I feel like nobody really gets this distinction until they’re knee-deep in planning and suddenly realize they’ve been talking to the wrong person for three weeks. A venue planner is specifically attached […]
So You Wanna Know What a Wedding Director Actually Does Okay so wedding directors are kinda like the glue that holds the actual wedding day together, and honestly I wish more couples knew about this role because it would’ve saved me SO much stress back in summer 2021 when I had three weddings in one […]
So You Wanna Be a Wedding and Events Coordinator Okay so first thing—being a wedding and events coordinator is nothing like what you see on those reality TV shows. Like, at all. I learned this the hard way back in spring 2023 when I had a bride who literally brought her Pinterest board printed out […]
So You Wanna Know About Wedding Planner Institute Programs Okay so the Wedding Planner Institute thing – there’s actually a bunch of different organizations that call themselves this or something similar and honestly it drove me crazy back in spring 2023 when I was trying to recommend a program to my assistant and I realized […]
What Cape Cod Location Specialists Actually Do So you’re getting married on the Cape and you keep seeing “location specialist” attached to planner services and you’re probably wondering if that’s just fancy marketing speak or if it actually means something. It means something, trust me. I’ve been doing this for like 15 years now and […]
So You Wanna Be a Gothic Wedding Planner Okay so gothic weddings are having this massive moment right now and honestly it’s about time because I’ve been planning them since like 2015 and everyone used to look at me like I was suggesting couples get married in a cemetery (which, fun fact, some actually do […]