How A Wedding Planner Is Your Most Important Investment in Your Wedding
Were you among the couples who had to scramble to change their wedding plans recently due to Covid-19? With the impact of Covid-19 and today’s “new normal” having a seasoned professional wedding and event planner is crucial now, more than ever.
Having a professional wedding planner on your side is crucial to guiding you through the planning process, resulting in a flawless and sane wedding experience, the way you envisioned your day.
Wondering what the benefits are of hiring a professional wedding planner?
In addition to creating the wedding or event of your dreams, literally transferring your vision into reality, from aesthetic design to event flow, a seasoned wedding and event planner will be your buffer|best friend|negotiator | manager between the venue and vendors should a postponement arise for any reason. There are hundreds of details involved in planning a successful wedding or large event, and your professional planner is managing all of them simultaneously, allowing you to sit back and enjoy the time leading up to the wedding vs. being involved in every minute detail and negotiation with 20+ vendors and subcontractors. An experienced professional has the skill to move your wedding or event to another date, while keeping all of the hundreds of details and threads in place, reweaving as necessary, and managing your entire team of vendors, the venue, and expectations on all sides. Your wedding planner will also manage the budget (agreed upon with client), and the contracts for 20+ vendors leaving you out of the back and forth and hours of calls, emails and meetings.
Do you and your partner work full time or travel for business? Many brides and grooms with demanding careers and lives turn to a professional planner as their first step. Partnering with a professional planner alleviates the worry and stress of what can be an overwhelming experience. Planning a successful wedding is a full-time job and extremely time-consuming. A professional planner is your conduit to enjoying the wedding planning process because the heavy lifting, thinking through ‘what if’s’, all the million details, logistics, coordination, communication then is is no longer a worry. With a professional planner, your focus can be enjoying the meaningful and important parts of your wedding, such as spending time with your fiancé, writing your vows, envisioning your first dance, wedding gown shopping, enjoying all the special moments leading up to the day, not to mention soaking it all in on your big day, without a worry.
Marilyn Ambra is deeply experienced at wedding and event planning, collaborating with couples and clients for more than 20 years. She thinks through and manages every last detail of the day, the details leading up to the day, and the overall guest experience. Strong relationships with venues and vendors, and her extremely positive industry reputation will make any required last-minute event change more likely to succeed with the desired outcome as a result of the 500+ wedding and 20 years Marilyn has been collaborating with couples. Whether or not you are facing a date change for your wedding, you will benefit from collaborating with Marilyn Ambra.
Another important reason to invest in a professional wedding planner is to protect your investment in your wedding. Weddings are a big investment and an experienced, skilled wedding planner is needed to manage that investment and create the desired outcome through their expertise in negotiations, vendor and venue partnerships and proven results of their years of experience.
During these ever-changing times it’s wise to consider, how will you cope should your date change and if all of your vendors are available on your rescheduled date? How will you communicate with guests about changes of any kind? What about all of the details of the day, how will these change? (i.e., moving an outdoor wedding or event from Summer to Fall changes your entire timeline of the day, the overall look, and possibly design). There are climate considerations and sunset timing to reconfigure. Guest comfort as well, whether your Spring event has moved into the heat of Summer, or Fall with shorter days. How will you manage and negotiate changes with all of your vendors? Will pricing and budget be affected?
When partnering with Marilyn Ambra she describes a wedding with the analogy of an orchestra, and the importance of a professional conductor to achieve the symphony performance intended. Similarly, to when you purchase a home, the majority of purchases use an experienced Realtor. Investing in the wedding of your dreams is just as important. Protect your investment and hire a professional planner to partner with and make the planning and pre-event experience as seamless as you want the most special day of your life to be.