Wednesday, October 20, 2010

A Continuation of Wedding PLANNER Vs. Wedding COORDINATOR

This is somewhat of a continuation from our blog post, Wedding PLANNER Vs. Wedding COORDINATOR.

Again, I have heard multiple times that "My venue has a planner" and that's totally fine.  I would, however, like to share a few testimonials with you from bride's who got married at your traditional banquet facility with a "planner" but hired us for day-of service:

“CR Socials Event Planning was one of the best decisions I made in planning my wedding. I planned most of the wedding myself and worked up until 3 days before the wedding. A child hood friend recommended me getting someone to help me in the weeks leading up to make sure I was completely stress free. While my venue helped a lot that day, Carisa from CR Socials made sure I had nothing to worry about. She confirmed all my vendors, made a detailed schedule of the day and made sure I had nothing to worry about. It was so important to me that my mom, bridesmaids, maid of honor enjoy the day as well. Carisa is very passionate about what she does and really makes sure you are stress free the day of your wedding. I can’t thank CR Socials enough for making my day even more of a fairy tale. I was able to enjoy my wedding and not worry about one thing. Shaun and I can’t thank you enough for everything you did to make our wedding so beautiful and run so smoothly! It was truly a fairy tale.”

“Carisa was booked for my day but had Shannon and Alisha take care of me and also my husband to be. Even though most of the reception details were covered by the banquet facility, Shannon and Alisha were professional and on the ball with all the other details that needed to be done. All was set up the way we wanted and they took care of our guests as well as us. Thank you very much and I would use them again for any event planning we may need.”


Now, I am not sharing these with you to toot my own horn ("TOOT! TOOT!") but simply to show you how much these brides appreciated the fact that someone was there to tend to THEIR needs specifically all day. For the first bride, I picked up sandwiches for her and her girls and brought them to the inn where they were getting ready and where the wedding would take place later. This was convenient for her and nobody in her bridal party had to do it. They all just got to spend time together! Isn't that what this time is all about? Also, throughout the reception I was right there for all of the couple's needs without being obtrusive. For instance, the tulle under the bride's dress ripped right after the ceremony. It was damaged beyond repair for the time being and was hanging out of her dress, so I got right in there and helped her fix it (which entailed ripping the rest off). And even though the inn did a fantastic job with setting up the ceremony and reception, I gathered all the couple's belongings from the reception at the end of the night and brought them up to their room.

For the second bride, my assistants Shannon and Alicia catered to the bride's needs as well. She was a bit nervous and wanted to have someone at the hotel with her while she was getting ready just to help calm her nerves and make sure she didn't forget anything. The ceremony was a short and simple one and for music she just wanted to play a song from a CD, so Shannon and Alicia helped with that too.

The bottom line: we don't step on the toes of the coordinators at these facilities, but instead we work WITH them and FOR you, the bride and groom.

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