When hosting your own wedding, it’s typically your first time putting together an event of such grandeur, where you’re both managing and are the key decision-maker on every aspect: budget, decor, timing, all the things! While this may naturally feel like an exciting feat, (finally you get to decide the menu!), there are tons of new decisions to make you probably don’t have experience with.
To be able to manage the budget, vendors, and execute your vision perfectly, recruiting professional help only makes your life easier! Why do you need a wedding planner in Baltimore? Let us walk you through all the reasons to hire and ways to benefit from working with Baltimore wedding planners.
Why You Need a Wedding Planner In Baltimore
Your Venue Doesn’t Offer A Wedding Coordinator
Some Maryland venues offer wedding consultants, planners, or coordinators that can act as your on-site “traffic controller” as vendors arrive, explaining to them where to set up, and sometimes even offer assistance to help set up your decor.
But fear-not if this type of role is not provided at your venue space, a wedding planner in Baltimore can easily step into any venue and know exactly how to manage the many moving parts of a wedding day.
Two critical aspects of a wedding planner’s role at the venue are:
- Make sure every vendor shows up with the correct items. (We ordered the white cake, not the yellow one!)
- Make sure the room is set or decorated in time and according to the plan.
Using The Same Space for Ceremony & Reception
You’ve fallen in love with your venue, but there’s no additional room or space for your ceremony, which you would prefer to host on-site to avoid renting another venue and to keep your guests from having to drive to a second location. What about being resourceful and flipping the room?
Having both your ceremony and reception in the same space at your venue is doable. Flipping a room from having theatre-style seating at the ceremony, to seating at tables with perfectly placed centerpieces on top and proper table settings at each seat (all in under 60 minutes) is no easy task without preparation and a professional with the correct room flip plan around.
Real Talk
While, yes, you deserve to have your dream day, sometimes you need someone to be real about what you’re able (or not able to) execute on your budget or at your wedding venue before you dive too deep into plans. While some wedding vendors may guarantee your dream day, your wedding planner is there to clarify and keep everyone in check asking, “at what cost”?
More Affordable Than You Think: Day-of Coordinator
If you’re thinking a wedding coordinator is completely out of your budget, but would still appreciate some assistance, a day-of coordinator may be your best cost-friendly option.
Day-of coordinators will help you refine your wedding day timeline and run the behind-the-scenes show on the day of the wedding, guiding decor and vendor set-up, keeping track of the flower girl’s petal basket, and making sure you have time to sneak away for touch-ups or for a break with your husband or wife.
The list is endless, but you can be hopeful that if something did happen to go wrong, your day-of wedding coordinator will have it handled!
Complete Weddings + Events – Baltimore Wedding Planners
Planning a wedding is an exciting time in your life, but when it starts to become overwhelming, know there are experts who are happy to help! Contact Complete Weddings + Event for advice or to set up a consultation for your Baltimore event!