Going to Hire a Wedding Planner - Get Familiar With Essential Things to Ask

Going to Hire a Wedding Planner - Get Familiar With Essential Things to Ask
By Rahul Jindal

Couples tying the knot usually have a heartily wish to make their marriages perfect. If you also have this wish, you should make a proper plan for everything in the wedding. While doing so, you will come across a lot of questions such as what budget to keep, what wedding cards to purchase, which venue to select, what items to include in the menu, and many more. These questions may put a lot of pressure on you, which might not let you celebrate the event. You may get relieved from this stress by hiring a professional wedding planner.

Nowadays, many couples hire a wedding planner as it is the best way to get relieved from stress. When you hire a wedding planner, you should select the best one who can carry out all things smoothly and relieve you from the tensions. When you are looking for one, you must ask him or her about a few things, which are cited below.

Price:

This is the most important and first thing you should ask a wedding planner. Generally, planners work in two different ways. Some of them will charge a one-time fee, whereas some will charge a percent of your total wedding budget. The average cost can vary from 10 to 20 percent of your total wedding cost. If you have estimated budget for everything, you can go for the second option. If you discuss the cost in the start, you can avoid the hassle when the wedding is over.

If it seems that the cost of the wedding planner is higher than estimated budget, you should not hesitate to ask whether he or she can work in your budget or not. He or she will be happy to assist you. He or she can handle the budget in the best way.

Areas in which they can help:

The next thing you must ask about is the areas in which they can help you. A marriage involves various tasks such as selecting a venue, decoration, selecting a cuisine, arrangements for entertainment, buying wedding cards and so on. Different wedding planners have expertise in different areas. Therefore, it is important to know what things they can help with. You can also ask how they are going to handle other areas. You should ask them about these and divide budget accordingly.

Portfolio:

When you approach a wedding planner, you should take a look at their past work. Probably, you have attended many marriages and looked at the works of wedding planners. You can narrow down the options according to your observation. Obviously, you can also get reviews about them from relative or friend who had hired them before. Besides this, you must look at their portfolio because most of them usually have a diverse portfolio. You can get an idea of their work for different themes and different budgets by observing it. You must also ask them whether they will be present on your wedding day or not. If any wrong thing happens, they should be there to handle these situations.

How you are going to communicate:

You should stay in touch with a professional wedding planner to carry out the things properly. If you select one who lives in the other city, you must ask how he or she will communicate with you. He or she can have different ways of communication such as video chat, phone call, emails and so on, and you must select the way you are comfortable with. If you select one who lives in the same city, you can ask them how often he or she can meet.

Well, these are some essential things, which you should ask to wedding planners. Asking these things will help you shortlist the best wedding planner.

Rahul Jindal is director of The Wedding Cards Online, one of the leading online stores for different types of Indian wedding cards. He loves to write wedding related articles and now, he is sharing suggestions and ideas related to marriage invitations.

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