{"id":2884,"date":"2013-03-19T17:48:57","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T00:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestforbride.com\/bridal-shop\/?p=2884"},"modified":"2020-12-24T18:59:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T23:59:52","slug":"the-secrets-of-an-event-planner-planning-your-wedding-like-a-professional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestforbride.com\/bridal-shop\/19\/the-secrets-of-an-event-planner-planning-your-wedding-like-a-professional\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secrets of an Event Planner: Planning your Wedding like a Professional"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m an event planner<\/a>.\u00a0 That is precisely why I wanted to hire someone else to plan my wedding.\u00a0 Planning a party, event, wedding, shower- each of these things has its own stresses right up until it\u2019s over, and planning all of these things within the space of six months is an overwhelming nightmare.\u00a0 I have long sympathized with \u2018bridezillas\u2019 knowing that under their scales they are generally lovely girls who are simply experiencing the stresses of event planning; stresses which I have learned to take on board (without anyone else seeing the external effects) over the course of a lengthy professional career.\u00a0 Much as an emergency ward nurse, I imagine, I see people crazed by the pain of a trying ordeal who immediately return to being sympathetic, friendly personalities as soon as the pain is alleviated- in this case meaning the event [wedding] is over.\u00a0 Is this how a person wants to feel on their wedding day?\u00a0 I certainly did not.<\/p>\n

\"Alfred<\/a><\/p>\n

Why Hire a Wedding Planner?<\/b><\/p>\n

Hiring an event planner is not about outdoing your friends\u2019 or relatives\u2019 weddings, or even about getting a better end result.\u00a0 Hiring an event planner is about alleviating as much stress from the shoulders of the couple as possible so they are able to fully enjoy their own big day.\u00a0 It\u2019s about hiring a data entry specialist to get all the contact details, spellings and phone numbers of your friends and family into the event software quickly and correctly; it\u2019s about having someone else taking twenty calls a day ringing up to RSVP, to ask what will be served on the menu (when the wedding is a year away), and to change their minds about attending over and over again; hiring someone to plan a wedding is an investment in always being shown the three best options on flowers, food, cakes, venues, etc. with all the proper research done and dusted, and you simply pointing and saying \u2018that one.\u2019<\/p>\n

Why, then, doesn\u2019t everyone hire an event planner?\u00a0 Why didn\u2019t I?\u00a0 The problem with hiring an event planner is that it takes away from the actual wedding budget, and in the face of dropping all those zeros, a seasoned event planner must roll up her sleeves and say \u201cI\u2019ll do it myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

If like me you are planning to go it alone, I have a bit of solid advice for you to help arrive at the altar feeling fresh, prepared, and with only a few slight bumps where the scales are sticking out under your perfectly tailored satin gown.<\/p>\n