FAQs

We recommend booking as early as possible—ideally 9 to 12 months in advance—to ensure your date is available, especially for peak seasons. However, we can often accommodate month-of bookings depending on staff and equipment availability. Please note that coordination services benefit greatly from early booking, as more preparation time allows us to better tailor the timeline, communicate with your vendors, and ensure a smooth, stress-free experience on your wedding day.

When choosing Complete Weddings + Events uplighting, you’re able to choose the color(s) of your uplights! The uplights create color using RGB (red, green, blue) lights. Most couples like to have them coordinate with their wedding color-scheme!

Complete Weddings + Events just requires the booking fee at the time of reserving your service. The booking fee is no additional charge; it goes towards paying off part of your package. You can then pay whenever/however you’d like, as long as the remaining balance is paid off up to 45 days before your event, you’re good to go!

Gratuity is not included in the Complete Weddings + Events’ services rate. Whatever you feel is best to tip your professional(s) at the end of the night is up to you! While 10% to 20% tips for wedding vendors is a guide, nothing is expected, but it’s always appreciated!

If you need more time than what you booked prior to your event, you’re able to add time on at any point (even the night of) with any Complete Weddings + Events service! Just let us know, and we’ll take care of you on your special day!

If your ceremony is in a different location as your reception, the Complete Weddings + Events team is able to travel between both locations. Many weddings need photography, videography, sound, or music for both their ceremony and reception, and we can build a package that accommodates your specific situation! Depending on where the ceremony and reception are located in comparison to one another, there could potentially be mileage fees.

Having your ceremony and reception in the same place can be convenient for you and your guests, especially if you have a late afternoon or evening ceremony when the cocktail hour or dinner is starting right after the wedding ceremony. Many venues even have separate space available for the ceremony, so there is no need to flip the room, or the venue may have space for the cocktail area so guests can leave while the staff prepares the room for the reception and dinner. It’s all up to you!

Yes – Bundling our services together only benefits the customer! Our team of photographers, videographers, DJs, coordinators, and photo booth attendants have worked together on many events and do it in an efficient and fun way! There is also typically savings involved when you bundle Complete Weddings + Events services together.

We typically respond within minutes during business hours, either through phone call, text message, or email. (Check your spam folder if you haven’t heard from us!)

If you haven’t heard from us within 24 business hours, don’t hesitate to contact us again, as we may have not received your inquiry.

To pay the booking fee and officially lock in your date with Complete Weddings + Events, visit completeeventmanager.com. Add in your email address and password (provided from your event consultant) to log in to your online account and make a deposit or payment.

Short answer: YES! One of the benefits of using Complete is that we have photographers and managers on standby in case anything unforeseen should occur. You can relax knowing we’ve got your back no matter what!

Yes, all of the Complete Weddings + Events photographers are professionals and able to give direction for you and your family/bridal party/friends. This is also a great reason to get a package that includes an engagement session.  This allows you to ensure you’re able to work with them ahead of time to make sure you get more comfortable with each other so those shots on your special day and just perfect!

It typically takes about 8-12 weeks (sometimes longer during peak wedding season) for our post-production team to edit your photos and get them back to you!

Having a second photographer for your full 8-hour wedding day means you get double the coverage and twice the perspective! With two pros on your team, we can be in two places at once—capturing both partners getting ready, candid moments during cocktail hour while formal photos are happening, and all those little details you might otherwise miss. It also allows us to stagger our start times, giving you a longer overall window of photography—perfect for catching those early morning prep shots or staying later to document your epic dance floor moments!

Your photographer will reach out to you about a month out from your wedding date to setup a time to meet with you and go over all the details for your special day! They’ll also help you finalize your timeline if you haven’t done that yet, too!

Receiving a full print release of your photographs is always a good idea so you can print the photos without a watermark anywhere, at any time you need. Complete Weddings + Events gives you these full rights to get your photos printed wherever you’d like. We also provide you with your photos in an online gallery so you can easily order prints, albums and other memorbilia easily online. At Complete Weddings + Events, our goal is to shoot photos for you to have as a forever keepsake.

The price of a wedding photographer varies depending on length of service requested and the date and location of event(s). The average Complete Weddings + Events wedding photographer is hired for eight hours. A wedding photographer for typically costs between $1,895 and $3,695 depending on the date and location of event(s).

Yes. Our friendly attendant will set up, help guests, and make sure everything goes smoothly.

Yes, we bring a fun selection of props with every photo booth Lancaster PA rental. If you want something custom, let us know.

Popular dates fill up fast, especially in Lancaster, PA. If you want the best options, it’s smart to book a few months ahead.

Absolutely. We’ll match props, backdrops, and prints to your theme, just let us know what you’re dreaming up.

Our typical rental includes up to 4 hours of service. Additional time can be added to work for your unique timeline.

Wedding coordination focuses on execution during the final month and wedding day, while wedding planning includes ongoing design, budgeting, and vendor sourcing. At Complete Weddings + Events Lancaster, we offer custom packages for partial planning, full planning, and full event design, tailored to your specific needs and timeline. Pricing is based on our level of involvement, and we’re happy to create a package that fits your vision during our initial free consultation.

They can! Your coordinator will oversee the placement of personal items, signage, and décor according to your plan if this falls within the 10 hours you have them. If you need additional time, we can add it to make sure you’re covered from start to finish!

The coordinator will reach out to you anywhere from 90 days to 45 days before the wedding to schedule your first meeting. This can depend based on the package you booked.

Short answer: YES! One of the benefits of using Complete is that we have coordinators and managers on standby in case anything unforeseen should occur. You can relax knowing we’ve got your back no matter what!

The price of a wedding coordinator varies depending on length of service requested and the date and location of event(s). The average Complete Weddings + Events wedding coordinator is hired for ten hours. Cost for a day-of wedding coordinator typically starts between $1,695 and $1,995 depending on the date and location of event(s).

Short answer – yes! If you don’t already have a wedding planner and don’t plan to get one, a day-of coordinator takes the stress of your shoulders so you can relax on your actual wedding day for less than the cost of a wedding planner. They make sure your wedding is set up perfectly to your vision, make sure your vendors arrive on time, and are your go-to for anything you need that day! If there’s an issue, you will never know because they got it. They got you!

Short answer: YES! One of the benefits of using Complete is that we have DJs and managers on standby in case anything unforeseen should occur. You can relax knowing we’ve got your back no matter what!

This is your day; whatever you want to listen to can be played! You’re able to customize your own wedding playlist (as much or as little as you’d like)! The DJ plays your music preferences and makes sure the requests given by your guests fit within the guidelines you have provided your DJ.

A DJ will emcee your event and conduct the announcements and introductions. They have more of a variety of music to choose from so you can hear all of your favorite songs vs. a band who typically has a set playlist. You will also save a lot more money hiring a DJ, whereas a band can cost sometimes three times as much anywhere from $5,000-$10,000 in Central PA.

Most wedding reception DJs are hired for 5 or 6 hours. Additional DJ or Emcee time is sometimes needed if you will need music or sound during your wedding ceremony. We also offer unlimited hour packages if you want to keep the party going late into the night. As long as your venue allows of course.

The price of a wedding DJ varies depending on length of service requested and the date and location of the wedding ceremony and wedding reception. The average staring cost of Complete Weddings + Events wedding DJ is typically $1395 and $2,395 with the price depending on location and date. Complete Weddings + Events Wedding DJs take on many responsibilities during a wedding reception including, but not limited to, managing the flow of events, releasing tables for dinner, assisting with dance floor rules and clean-up, and giving any house-keepings announcements, announcing the wedding party and introducing anyone giving speeches.

Short answer: YES! One of the benefits of using Complete is that we have videographers and managers on standby in case anything unforeseen should occur. You can relax knowing we’ve got your back no matter what!

Your videographer is scheduled to reach out to you about 30 days before the wedding. We usually recommend doing your videography meeting after you meet with your photographer.

Cinematic video editing style aims to increase the emotional impact through use of slow motion and transition effects, creative camera angles, snippets of wedding vows and speeches and dramatic music. It has that “wow” factor to tell your story in a unique way.

Documentary video editing focuses on simply capturing the day, as they happen, in the order they happen. This type of editing has have very little cut out and is a raw-like viewing of the day.

Complete Weddings + Events offers both styles of videography options, but the cinematic style is the common choice among couples.

It typically takes about 8-12 weeks (possibly a little longer during peak wedding season) for our post-production team to edit your video and get it back to you!

You can help give suggestions on what kind of style and type of music you’d like incorporated throughout your highlight video if you’d like! Due to licensing rights, there are restrictions with certain songs that we need to be abide by. If you do want a certain licensed song in your wedding video, there may be an additional charge.

Overall, we recommend choosing a genre/style/type of song so our post-production team can get creative and make your video amazing!

The price of a wedding videographer varies depending on length of service requested and the date and location of event(s). The average Complete Weddings + Events wedding videographer is hired for eight hours. The average starting wedding videographer costs are between $1,895 and $3,495 depending on the date and location of event(s).