Weddingbee Blog

Practically every vendor that I’ve spoken with has recommended that Mr. Eggplant and I hire a wedding coordinator. Even our lighting vendor told us that if we had to choose, a day-of coordinator is better a much better investment than pink uplighting. Knowing the amount of time, thought, effort, and money that we’ve invested into the event, I’ve decided that it’s in our best interest to get a wedding coordinator for the day of the event.

Although it would save us time (and perhaps money) to hire a coordinator to guide us through the planning the entire event, I actually want to plan most of it ourselves because I’m really enjoying the process. When the big day finally arrives, it’ll be neat knowing that Mr. Eggplant and I can be proud of the event. After all of our blood, sweat, and tears, we’ll have put together a (hopefully) spectacular day for our friends and family.

With that being said, when my floral designer offered to set-up the reception room with our favors and coordinate with our vendors on the day of the wedding, I asked if her if she would, for an additional fee, be interested in coordinating both our wedding rehearsal and wedding day along with doing our floral design (it just so happens that she has plenty of wedding coordination experience so I lucked out). I figured that since she would playing such a large role in designing the event and would already be on-site during the day of the wedding, it would be a win-win situation to have her coordinate our wedding day: we’d get a day-of coordinator for less than it would cost to hire an additional body and she’d receive extra income for time that she would already be spending with us.

To my delight, she happily accepted. So in addition to florals, our designer will also be contacting all our vendors during the month before the event, creating a wedding timeline, coordinating the rehearsal and wedding day, and providing any other necessary support. I’ll be dropping off all of our place cards, favors, candy buffet supplies, etc. to her during the week before D-day so I’ll have less to worry about. My apprehension is slightly relieved knowing that we’ll have someone experienced at our wedding taking care of all the little mishaps that are bound to happen.

If one of your vendors is greatly invested in designing your wedding, has experience in wedding coordination, and you don’t have a coordinator yet, it might not hurt to ask if they’d be interested in coordinating the day-of! If it works out, you’ll save big bucks for a day-of coordinator and they’ll earn some nice extra money. Just make sure that they have the necessary experience and qualifications!