Plus Travel expenses if outside the Southern NH/MA area
If you’ve already got your plans set, and just want to enjoy the wedding day (Why on earth would anyone want to do that?), I offer “Day of” coordination. Air-quotes are because it’s more than just a one day service. I can’t just show up out of nowhere and perform a very individualized job to the high standards it deserves. Time needs to be taken to prepare so I can completely understand where you want to go with your wedding.
A month before your date
- We’ll start having weekly phone calls/chat sessions to get a feel of what direction the wedding is going in
- Start to create a schedule
Two weeks before the wedding
- I’ll start coordinating with your vendors
- Finalizing the schedule. Making sure that everyone is on the same page in regards to arrival times, what they’re responsible for, and expectations on the day of.
Day before the wedding
- I’ll help walk through the ceremony
- Meet with the officiant, make sure that they have the license
- Give everyone their cues
- Set up anything that can be beforehand.
On the wedding day
- I arrive early to set up any decorations and to make sure that all vendors are on schedule.
- If you have a photographer, I’ll meet with them to discuss the shot list, so I can alert them to any details that are ready, and make sure our schedules mesh.
- I’ll hold any ritualistic items until right before they’re needed, so no freaking out that the scoop for the salt ceremony is missing, or that the ring bearer dropped the rings down a storm drain, or that one of the readers lost their copy of “Oh the Places You’ll Go”.
- Coordinating vendors, checking arrival/delivery times, and that all items/services are accounted for.
- Making sure that everything runs on schedule (and making changes for when they don’t).
- People herding, both for the ceremony and reception, and getting essential people set up for pictures.
- Being the go-to contact, and handling any issues that come up, like when your caterer decides to use your programs to level the tables.
- When the night is winding up, I make sure that the venue is cleaned or in the process of being cleaned, and that all your personal belongings make it back to you unscathed.
Of course phone calls and emails to discuss logistics, traditions, decor ideas, have vent sessions, etc are included. Your wedding day should be as stress free as humanly possible. Let me handle all the dramas that are an inevitability, and you can focus on the good stuff. If you’re interested in Day of services, please use the Contact form.