Washington Wedding Planners, Coordinators, & Consultants Q&A

Benfits of hiring a wedding planner.

HI everyone! I am getting married next summer and I am thinking of using a wedding coordinator. What are the benefits of hiring a wedding planner? I am thinking of having about 150 people to the wedding but I want it all to be special and perfect, the best day of my life. If you could let me know.... [Read more]

How much to pay a wedding planner?

Hello - I'm newly engaged and just beginning the wedding planning process. Since my schedule is extremely busy, I am contemplating hiring a wedding planner. My budget is not enormous. Is there a minimum budget that wedding planners expect to work with (apart from their fee, i mean). I don't want to.... [Read more]

Should the wedding planner be invited to pre-wedding parties

I have been asked to plan the wedding of a friend. It will be a small community wedding. I am a close friend of the bride's and my husband is not only a friend of the groom's, but is also in the same community club organization as the groom. I am happy to do this for our friends, but I am wondering.... [Read more]

Out of town bridesmaids can't try on dresses together

I am in Los Angeles and have four bridesmaids - MOH is my sister in San Diego, then three others in San Francisco, Virginia, and Washington DC.

The women are all different heights and sizes so I was thinking of four different dresses either the same color or shades of the same like burgundy,.... [Read more]

Appropriate tip for wedding planner with fixed sum contract

I am marrying abroad and having a relatively elegant event, possibly equivalent to a mid-sized wedding in Manhattan. The wedding coordinator was hired on a fixed sum contract. The wedding is taking place in a European country where tipping a fixed percentage of a bill such as 15% is not customary.... [Read more]