Wedding Coordination: Trusting a Professional vs. Family or Friends
The moment you announce your engagement to the love of your life, well-meaning family and friends begin offering to help on your wedding day. While it’s great to have a small army of loved ones willing to pitch in, it’s a good idea to consider the help of a professional wedding coordinator for detail management to help make sure your day goes off without a hitch. Your wedding day should be filled with peace, love, and happiness.
J&C reception image by Photography by Jewels at Highlands Ranch Mansion.
We’ve put together some things to think about if you are having trouble deciding whether to hire a professional wedding coordinator or entrust the logistics to family and friends.
Why You Should Leave the Details to a Professional Wedding Coordinator
A professional wedding coordinator takes the time to get to know you and your partner and gain intimate knowledge of your style and personalities. Their main goal is to make sure your day is a well-orchestrated celebration of love. They will formulate a wedding-day timeline and distribute it to all the vendors while also managing the guests to ensure they are in the right places at the right time. This helps to make your wedding day as stress-free for you as possible.
Wedding coordinators know what can go wrong, even when you don’t. Having coordinated many weddings, they have seen and experienced it all. A wedding coordinator knows what to do if a vendor cancels at the last minute and can keep the bridal party on track so they won’t run out of time getting ready. They have the experience and finesse to deal with the unexpected behind the scenes so that the bride doesn’t have to stress if things have gotten a bit off schedule or might not be going exactly according to plan.
An experienced wedding coordinator will act as a buffer between you and any overzealous friends or family members who have their own ideas about certain aspects of your day. Your relationship with them won’t become strained as it could with someone close to you because of an uncomfortable situation. Imagine telling your mom that you aren’t planning to have the guests throw rice or birdseed at the newlyweds as they exit the ceremony like they did when she married your dad. It may be better received coming from the wedding coordinator, not you.
Why Family and Friends Aren’t Always the Best Choice to Manage Your Big Day
Friends and family don’t have near the experience that a professional wedding coordinator has. Can you be certain they will hold up under the pressure when things don’t go as planned? If your photographer cancels at the last minute, they don’t have a relationship with your other vendors like your wedding coordinator does. Vendors know other vendors and might be able to find a last-minute professional photographer. Otherwise, you could end up with your uncle snapping photos and not getting the shots you want.
While friends and family might seem like a good option, it’s important to think about what they would miss if they spent the day making sure things were running on schedule. One of the best parts of a wedding is celebrating with friends and family. If they are busy moving floral arrangements or other tasks, they will miss seeing parts of the ceremony or the reception. A wedding coordinator is there as a professional, not to make memories.
The potential for uncomfortable situations is high. If something doesn’t go as planned and a friend or family member is overseeing the task, it could impact your relationship. The logistics of your wedding day shouldn’t be the cause of hurt feelings or worse. Hiring a professional wedding coordinator will help you avoid mixing any personal issues with logistical issues.
Hiring a wedding coordinator allows you to hand over the details of your wedding so you can enjoy your day. With an experienced wedding coordinator, you know that your wedding is in safe hands. Here at Blue Linden, we have years of experience and would love to help manage your wedding day celebration so that it’s everything you planned for and more. Get in touch to talk about your wedding needs and how we can help.