Day of planner .. thoughts ?! 😍

You and your hubby should be able to handle 15 people on your own! Family will be happy to help, especially if you explain that you think you will need it. I have 250 guest with a full planner now who will be there day of as well, DEFINITELY needed lol

I would say save your money and ask for family and friends to help. If people know ahead of time that they will be helping then there will be less stress. We managed to plan and coordinate our wedding with 75 guests all by ourselves so you've got this!

One is included with my venue and it's very reassuring to know, a lot of vendors will be showing up when I am getting ready and if they need any guidance she will be there. She will be in charge of confirming things are set up properly for my wedding vision and if anything goes wrong with the vendors they all asked for a day of contact and I put her info down so I won't be getting stressful calls while I'm getting ready. I recommend it if you are having multiple vendors come in but for a small wedding you may be able to go without

Perfect. Thanks for all of the opinions ! I’m thinking for now I’ll say no to one. But I’m going to write a list of things that will be done the day of and decided in a couple months if I will need one. Thanks all 😍

I will ALWAYS say yes to this!!!! I have a type A personality and it's really hard for me to let people take over but I KNOW that I will need somebody for the day of. I know that I will want things to go as smoothly as possible and the only way for that to happen is for things to happen out of sight for me. If you're looking for a relaxing wedding day and have the money to do it, DO IT!

If you have the money, then go for it. If not then maybe skip it. I was recently at a wedding expo and spoke to some coordinators who told me their day-of price was $1100. I'm someone who's having 150 guests and I'm debating if I can pull it off without a DOC lol.

Honestly, I think 15 people should be manageable without a DOC.

I think your wedding is small enough that you can probably get away without having one, especially if your family is willing to help out with setup and takedown. One of the benefits of getting one is that you get all their recommendations for different vendors. We have 150 guests so definitely went with a day of coordinator but my sister had 30 guests and a few of us just pitched in and she didn't need one.

We are having between 80-100 people, so we for sure are having a day of coordinator. However for only 15 I don't think it's necessary, planners/coordinators are expensive and for such a small number it might not be worth it. If you have a maid of honour or someone similar to that role you can have the play the role of day of coordinator.

Hey we are having a smaller wedding (50ppl) with no wedding party...we decided to hire a day of and it was a great decision...she has been amazing to bounce ideas off of and on the day she will make sure all vendors show and do what is needed...set up and clean up...which was huge as no one will want to stay at the end to clean...and i dont want to...so that was my main deciding factor....i know it is not in the budget for everyone...but we made room for the piece of mind everything will be taken care of by someone other than me and my family...who have told me they just want to relax and enjoy the day lol😀.
though on a side note...i am soo jealous of all these brides who have great families and friend support to help on the day...makes it extra special for sure!!

Ya that’s a good idea. We arent doing a wedding party so we won’t have them there to help

we will have some decorations , I would want decorations at the venue, not sure if we can access it before hand since it is a restaurant. But I guess when we do pictures we could always send a family member there ? We are just doing our parents and siblings.

I've been going back and forth about this too. Ultimately, we have decided to assign the various tasks to wedding party members/family. Now we just need to sit down and figure what all those things are and who should/can do them.

I think it would be nice to have someone like a day of coordinator to do that if you have the money. Sounds like you have a pretty small wedding though, are you doing a lot of decorations? What do you envision this person having to do on the day of?