Yes, it is your big day and wedding planner certainly do make your life a lot easier. However, you wouldn’t want to ruin the special occasion by hiring someone who isn’t serious about this important and intimate affair. You wouldn’t want to feel the arrangements, money and time went in vain by choosing a wedding planner who does not resonate with the idea. Do not worry friends; we have a set of questions you must ask a wedding planner before appointing them. The pre-requisite is to meet them in person or at least talk them over phone to start with. The questions must be asked without any hesitation, coz of course you can’t afford to make mistakes.
1. Availability – this must be your first question. What’s the point carrying forward the discussion when they aren’t available in your wedding date!!? See if your wedding dates are flexible and their availability could be worked out, if they are your personal favorite.
2. Cost – this is an important question. You obviously must have done your homework and worked out a tentative budget. It is now your turn to ask the wedding planner about the approximate budget weddings they do. If they have a minimum benchmark, you will get an idea if they fall into your budget.
3. Services – wedding planning is huge. You need to ask your wedding planner what services do they offer – hospitality, coordination, logistics, productions, and designing to name a few. Ask what their specialty is and then decide if this is what you are looking for. For example – Destination Wedding Planner in India mostly have strong contact with vendors and also hospitality, see if these are important to your wedding (especially if you are planning a destination wedding)
4. Previous Work – ask them about the kind of work they have done in past. See if they have arranged a wedding previously at your venue. This will act as a bonus as they must be having good contacts with the venue staff, layout and logistics, which can undoubtedly help in smooth flow of functions.
5. Team Size – asking them about the size of their team will give a rough idea about how many people would be dedicated to your wedding. Wedding Planner undoubtedly handle a few couples at the same time. Their commitment to your wedding will depend on the size of their team.
6. Payments – wedding planner of course work with a fixed set of vendors mostly. And you need to discuss how they will be paid and what percentage of entire payment will be paid in advance. Are you going to pay the wedding planner and they will then pay to the vendors. Or you can pay to the vendors directly, which we feel is a better option.
7. References – ask for the details of couples and vendors they have recently worked with so that you can ask them about things you still are unsure about. Ask for their testimonials and if the wedding planner is willing to share and encourages you to reach out to them, that’s a sign they have a lot of happy clients and colleagues.
