In order to ensure that your special day turns out as planned, it is important that you feel supported by your wedding planner. From your catering and beverage selection to your wedding venue, your dedicated planner should be your first point of contact and deliver excellent service. In order to make the journey to your wedding day as smooth as possible. We recommend conducting in-person sit-downs with venue planners as a component of choosing your venue. In the course of this meeting, you should feel comfortable asking questions. It will help you make an informed decision at the end of the day. Here are some of the questions to ask your wedding planner during the interview:
Can I have a full list of the wedding inclusions your venue offers?
A good number of venues might not always list out all their service offerings on their website or in brochures and in order to be on the safe side, it is important you find out what services might cost you to add on to your wedding package at a later date. While some offer full-service wedding packages, others might not, meaning that you might incur costs to add in a dance floor, or to set up your own centrepiece styling. The answer you get from this question will be helpful in deciding whether to work with this venue or not.
Do you tailor your wedding packages and quotations?
One of the factors that go on to make your wedding successful is having a budget to work with. As such, it is important you assign a specific budget to your venue. On this note, the venue planner should be able to tell you the minimum budget they will work with for your wedding. For example, the price per person might be within your budget, but the room you like might have a minimum spend not disclosed on the venue’s website that is above your budget. Asking these questions will ensure you will be able to find a venue within your budget. Whatever be the case, ensure you settle within a range that would not compromise the quality of services expected from the vendor.
How many weddings have you planned over time?
In order to avoid any last minute disappointments, it is important that you transact with a vendor that has wedding-specific experience. There will always be a difference between planning parties and corporate events and wedding. Considering that there are certain personal elements and emotions attached to a wedding. If the person has planned successful weddings, that would be great, however, they might also be new to the venue. Find out as much as you should about the person’s experience in planning weddings.
Do you have other weddings you will be coordinated within the same period?
There is no bride or groom that would appreciate hiring a venue that would not give them full attention on their big day. In order to ensure this, you should find out how occupied the potential planner would be the same period of your wedding. It is okay for the planner to coordinate other weddings as long as they have a capable team that will be on standby on your wedding day. Find out enough to rule out any disappointments.
Can you help me stay within my budget?
Being a professional wedding planner who has managed events at one wedding venue or another, he or she already has knowledge of venues that offer significant discounts without any compromises on a standard. They also have a good knowledge of the alternative to certain expensive options and other amazing ways to help you save money and still have your dream wedding. If the wedding planner can assist you in this area, then you might just be in good hands.
What are your payment plans?
It is important you find out what the venues payment schedule is like. You should know if they charge a flat fee or there will additional payments to be made for any extra needs like parking and others. You should also find out how much percentage of the budget is to be paid. As well as when the balance is supposed to be paid, or if a complete payment needs to be made.
Conclusion
These are just a few of the questions you should ask venue wedding planners. It is also important to know if the business is insured if the person has ever planned a wedding at the same wedding venue you intend using if the business can handle other necessities like rentals, invitations, photography, and others. Your wedding day is supposed to be very memorable. You should leave no chances of getting a reliable and professional event planner.
Contributed courtesy of Michelle Brown
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