Things That Must Be Consider Before Hiring A Wedding Planner: Experience Matters

Posted by Blue Llama on July 23rd, 2019

Anyone can learn to plan weddings. You can even plan your own wedding, and those that do plan on their own know there is a huge learning curve.

Here are the reasons wedding planners are so valuable for your wedding

• Planners know the right questions to ask vendors to get the most value from each
• Planners know what is acceptable to put into a contract and how to negotiate certain things for your event
• You can’t just hire vendors and expect that they show up on wedding day and perform the job. The wedding planner makes hundreds of calls and emails to coordinate all the details that vendors need to pull off the event together. If you don’t have experience in the live events industry chances are you are fluent in the language and all the things that are required to make every vendor perform well
• Having someone take the stress off of you on wedding day is the best decision you can make. You don’t want to spend your day focused on timelines, logistics and answering questions. This may be the best day of your life, you only get one chance to do it correct.  Enjoy every second that you can.

Before you hire a planner, make sure they have 100+ weddings under their belt and they are accustomed to your size budget and managing your size guest count.

Other questions to ask before you hire a planner:

Are you insured?

Do you have a team, what if my coordinator is sick on my wedding day?

Is this your full time job?

How many weddings do you do per weekend? Will you be directing more weddings on my wedding day?

Ask them about the biggest lesson they have learned as a wedding planner?

You will gain a lot of insight into the business operations and style of the wedding planner by asking these questions.  Only hire them if you feel like they will make you their top priority for planning and on the day of your wedding. In other words, make sure they care.

Blue Llama Events is fully insured and professional Wedding Planners in Indianapolis that care about their clients and their clients events. We will always go above and beyond to make sure your event is personalized, and amazing for you and your guests.

We never book more than 1 wedding per day because our only focus on your wedding day is you!

Read our past reviews, you will see that our team goes the extra mile for each and every one of our clients. We know weddings can be difficult to plan and execute. But with our creative team that has so much expertise, you will be so happy you hired Blue Llama Events.