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We started off thinking that a day of would be enough, but after talking with her we decided to go one package up making her our wedding planner. The extra help won't hurt ;)
Oh, I wish!! It just wasn't in the budget. :(
I've planned the whole thing myself, and have to try to execute the whole thing myself, but I have some very wonderful friends and family members that are going to help and the ladies that run the venue (although they don't offer coordination) have been very helpful as well.
I think if anyone is on the fence regarding a DOC, and they have it in the budget, they should def get one!! :)
Mine will cost $500 and for me it will make all the difference in enjoying my day. I haven't got the help of friends and family. Some have said they could help, but I didn't want to make them work on my wedding day. And my family, well, I have trust issues! (;
I think a DOC is a great idea if you fiond the right one. I had a wedding coordinator. She turned out really bad. However, the wedding was pulled off and 'm married, so that's all that matters. Just make sure to ask lots of questions, talk to other brides, and make sure you're both on the same level.
I wanted a DOC but FI is stepping up and doing a lot of day of stuff...it's his prerogative, now!
I lucked out... one of our student assistants just got a internship at a local wedding planner/doc biz. I told her I'd pay her a fair rate if she'd be our DOC and she accepted! I know the company charges between $500 and $1000 for their professionals so we'll be paying her $250+ a little tip she doesn't know about yet. It'll be great to help someone who is aspiring to work in the industry & who knows us each so well :)
I plan on getting a DOC...and possibly for a few days before the wedding. Haven't figured it all out yet. I've been having a hard time determining how much help I'm gonna be needing in the days before and the day of the wedding.
If a DOC is in the budget... DO IT.
Sure, family and friends CAN help... but when flowers are delivered to the wrong address are they going to handle it with the greatest of ease? No. A DOC will QUIETLY deal with the situation unknown to you and get the flowers there so you don't have to stress out. You Aunt... well... she'll probably freak, tell you, yell at the florist, stress out... I've never really thought it fair to ask that much of people I want to enjoy my day...
Other advantages:
-Coordinates your Vendors
-Makes sure everything is set up the way you want and your visions are properly executed.
-Makes sure all contracts are properly fulfilled.
-Handles issues which may arise. (and they will)
-already has a relationship w/most if not all vendors in your area
-takes pressure off you, family and friends
-takes STRESS off family/friends so they can enjoy your once in a lifetime day.
-fluffs your train and veil and makes sure you look PERFECT before those doors open
-all around super-woman (or man) who efficiently knows what he/she is doing.
- Two words: Clean Up
:-)
I'm going to get a pseudo DOC...my aunt has a friend who works in event planning in her office and is great at this kind of stuff. I'm going to pay her to do it...which would obviously be a lot cheaper than an "official" DOC!
I'm definitely hiring a DOC so that I can enjoy the day. After spending $30k+ of our hard earned cash, there's no way I want to be thinking of candles being lit and chaircovers being put on. Everyone we would trust to do it for us, ie family and friends, are going to be with us and I want them to really just enjoy the night and not have to work. Besides, it's NYE, they will probably be drinking :)
I hired a DOC a few months ago... I just felt it was necessary. :) We're doing all the decor ourselves and only have two hours at the venue before the ceremony, and there was just NO WAY I was going to run around lighting hundreds of candles myself/putting out all the flowers/checking in with all the vendors. I have to get DRESSED! ;)
I wish I had gotten a DOC. I wanted one and was going to pay for it but my Mom refused to allow it. I still feel bad about how much work my family did on the wedding and there were some things that would have gone a lot more smoothely if we'd had a DOC :(
I got a DOC too. I considered it a wedding present to myself. I figure a DOC will decrease my worrying on our wedding, and that can only lead to good things.
We're thinking about hiring a DOC. I met with one person and she was insanely expensive, so I'm going to keep looking.
It was worth having a DOC for me. She showed up at my parents house and loaded all of our crap, unloaded it and set everything up at the venue. Just that right there made it worth the money for me, but she also helped out in a lot of other ways. I just didn't want to be bothered with it on my wedding day!
We used a DOC and she sucked so I kind of regret it. The wedding was about 7 hours away in a small town though so I thought I would need her contacts. As it turned out I only used her florist. She came very highly recommended and was really nice but in the end I could have done without her. I'm super organized and have some general event planning experience so I would have been fine but having never planned a wedding before I wanted to be safe rather than sorry.
She was charging us $1800 plus lodging which I thought was outrageous and we only ended up paying $900 because she admitted to dropping the ball during initial consultations. She was only "day of" but was supposed to be available for a couple consults along the way, which she really wasn't.
I think my experience was not the norm and I did use her to run the rehearsal (officiant had another wedding that day), pick up the flowers (which saved me a $250 delivery fee since the florist was a little over an hour away), pick up the pies for our pie buffet, and hand out vendor payments. In the end though, I wish I had used friends and family and saved the $900.
Currently I'm feeling either too cheap or too OCD controlling to hire a DOC. But I've heard so many benefits to having one..so things could possible change someday.. :P
I think we are going to ask our friend to run "traffic" between the facility coordinators and our catering manager (who likes to run the reception). She is looking for event planning experience, so we will pay her and serve as a reference in the future. We will also ask her to decorate for the ceremony and help flip the room in before the reception.
@farfromordinarybride your reasons are EXACTLY why I am hiring one!
Even though I havent gotten a ring yet, I am not planning on getting a coordinator. I dont think it will be in the budget. I know my MOH will step up to the challenge.
Plus, I like torturing myself. LOL
Glad to see I'm not the only one getting one! Next question, which may have to be another post....
How much are you paying for yours? Mine is $500 without rehearsal.
I was very lucky to have friends and family to help out where needed. My mom was especially helpful (throughout the entire process really) and looking back she should have been my matron of honour!
We had someone and they were helpful. Not sure how much they ended up costing though because she was a friend of MIL. She was worried since it was at her house about enjoyin the day but still making sure everything ran smooth. We talked to one girl who had never been a DOC before but wanted to do a start up business and wanted to charge $700 for just the day of. Nice girl but unorganized and I couldn't get a clear picture of how $700 would be worth it especially when you have zero references. It was definately made things smoother to have one but I'm glad we payed a friend who had some experience a reasonable price than higher someone we didn't know.
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Hello Bees!
So I am planning our wedding all on my own. I've got nearly everything done, but have already started losing sleep over the thought of the BIG day and how everyting would get done and how I'd be able to relax? I decided to hire a Day of Coordinator bc without one I knew that I wouldn't enjoy the biggest day of our life thus far! And you? What are you doing?