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Questions | Orchid Wedding Planner
- Who should hire a wedding coordinator?
- Why should I hire a coordinator?
- Will my venue provide a wedding officiant?
- Where and when should we get our marriage license?
- Who pays for rehearsal dinner?
- Who pays for the wedding?
- What do I do about inviting children?
- When should thank you cards be written?
Answers:
- Who should hire a wedding coordinator?
Every bride and groom deserves to have an advocate on their side. With a coordinator you get exactly that. No matter what your budget, there is a package and coordinator that is right for you.
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- Why should I hire a coordinator?
Stress Management
There are a million details that go into planning the perfect wedding ceremony and reception. If you treat your wedding as one big project, this project is going to need a project manager who is going to be your coordinator. By helping you be stress free a good coordinator will provide ample time to take a break, pamper yourself and also give you time to spend with your family and friends.
Budgeting
As novices in event planning, brides and grooms often land up wasting precious resources and not choosing the best options. As your wedding coordinator, knowledgeable and contacts to boot, we know how to get you the best deals from the best vendors. Wedding vendors will often do favors for a coordinators they do business with, that they would not do otherwise.
Distinctive Appeal
Often the bride and groom get overwhelmed by too ideas and options, some that are just not possible or practical. They have a hard time making their wedding unique and distinctive from others. A wedding coordinator will help you to realize your ideas and then bring them to life.
Middleman and Shield
Although hard to believe, you can get hounded by all the different caterers and florists you may have visited. Also, wedding vendors you choose may ask you a hundred technical questions you may have no idea about. That is where your wedding coordinator will step in to act as a go-between and keep you away from all the unnecessary headache.
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- Will my venue provide a wedding officiant?
The officiant is the responsibility of the couple and should be chosen carefully to reflect the personality and beliefs of the bride and groom.
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- Where and when should we get our marriage license?
Marriage license is obtained from your local county clerks office, and should be obtained about a month prior to the date of the wedding. Do not wait until the last minute
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- Who pays for rehearsal dinner?
Traditionally the groom's parents pay but we often see couples include the cost of rehearsal dinner in their overall wedding planning budget. Another scenario is for both parents to host it together.
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- Who pays for the wedding?
The payment for weddings varies from culture to culture. In many cultures the bride's family pays for the wedding. In other cultures, like the Persian & Chinese, the groom's family pays. However, we find many of our couples either pay for their own weddings nowadays or split the cost three ways: groom's family, bride's family and bride and groom.
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- What do I do about inviting children?
If you are not inviting children, other than family members it is inappropriate to write "No Children" on the invitations. Instead, communicate your wishes by writing only the parents' names on the inner and outer envelopes-and through word of mouth. Another way to communicate this on the invitation is to simply state "adult reception."
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- When should thank you cards be written?
Contrary to popular myth, you do not have a year's grace period. Thank you cards should be written within three months of the receipt of a gift. Ideally, a response should be written on the day you receive a wedding gift. If that's not possible, set a daily goal. It's a lot easier to write three or four notes a day than to have to write a hundred notes in a month after the wedding!
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