A Wedding Planner’s Wedding Day: What we all wish we would have done on our Wedding Days
There’s lots of advice we can give based on the 110+ weddings we’ve done – we’ve seen a lot! We’ve put together a few of these advice based blog posts but we wanted to bring you something a little closer to home. Things us Wedding Planners wish we would have done, included, or cared less/more about on our wedding days (or throughout the engagement).
If you’re going to believe anyone when it comes to wedding advice it would be the advice of a Wedding Planner about a Wedding Planner’s Wedding Day.
Here are tips, ideas, and heart felt advice, from Wedding Planners on what they wish they would have done on their Wedding Day
“I wish I spent more more money on a GREAT photographer, this is not an area to skimp on! I had a destination wedding and wish I flew out a better photographer.” – Emily Tansey
“I would have honoured/included my mom more to thank her and I would have allotted more time to interact with our guests during the reception” – Veronica Enns
“I so wish I would have hired a better florist! We were on a budget and I booked her based on price alone, which I of course now know better! She showed up with the wrong flowers in the wrong colour, and when I complained, she just left. No arrangements had been done, so my friends had to use scissors to cut the flowers she left and put in jars. I’m still angry almost 7 years later.” – Birdsofafeatherevents.com
“I wish I would have made and stuck to a better budget early on in the planning process. I feel like I overspent and still required a lot of physical help from friends and family. I also wish I had paid more professionals so they could have enjoyed the day more with us.” – Lisa Cristea
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“I wish I would have shared more of the “surprises” we had planned with family. I had arranged for a garland to be placed on a seat on the aisle in the front row to honour my husbands late parents. My sister-in-law sat in that chair! Right on top of the garland! I was trying to make everything special and instead I should have been slightly more practical.” – Moxie Bright Events
“I would have paid for my Bridesmaid dresses. They were inexpensive, and there was no way they were wearing them again. I also would have gotten a better photographer. A way, way, way better photographer.” – Liz Coopersmith
“I wish I would have done a first look. We were hell bent on seeing each other for the first time at the ceremony and I literally could not tell you anything about his reaction or the ceremony. I also would have saved an hour after the ceremony and been able to enjoy our reception longer.” – Ashley Cole Stork
“I wish I would have hired a professional videographer. There’s just only so much you can capture via photo AND the day goes by so fast. Professionals are paid to pay attention and catch all those little things.” – Amanda Douglas Events
“I wish I had taken 10-15 minutes after the ceremony to just have a moment with my husband. We didn’t see each other during the reception except for the cake cutting and first dance because we were busy making sure we talked to our guest.” – Kaitie Miranda, Sailboat Weddings
