Partial Planning & Day of Co-ordination

I would suggest just hiring the day of coordinator then. that way if vendors are going to be late or they cant find the place or they lost something the DOC can take care of it instead of you. things always seem to happen no matter how much you plan!

I agree with what you said about taking over by the DOC. Family is the best way to get the help needed knowing they are there for assistance. The added cost isn't worth to put into for the service of what we can handle.

Being a groomzilla is okay if you need someone to make sure its done and the attention. Even though your not going to end up being one.

View quoted message Thanks alot. I also fear someone canceling on us & me turning into Groomzilla.

We have hired a day of coordinator for our wedding.
We don't want to worry about little details and we want friends and family to enjoy the day and not be running around helping with the little things, like lighting candles and such.

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We're in the same boat as Casey. Some venues will have an in-house coordinator that will help things run smoothly. If we didn't have our event coordinator, I'd definitely get a day-of just to ease my stress that day!

I had originally hired a Month of/ Day of coordinator but she ended up cancelling. To be honest looking back at it I'm glad we won't have to shell out $1,000 as we do have a larger wedding party of 5 on his side and another 5 on mine that can help us out. As well, we have our venue for the weekend of Friday evening till Sunday morning so that should be enough time to set things up ourselves.

I would say they are helpful, but if you are having a small wedding or something then I wouldn't pay the extra expense.

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Thank You Casey for your insight. We are definitely very organized and with demanding jobs I can only imagine the impending stress that awaits us. So far we've been doing really god at keeping everything on track. Congratulations on your upcoming wedding and all the best to you and your FH.

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Thank You for the input.

We didn’t do a day of coordinator or wedding planner. Our venue has a coordinator and it’s basically a one stop shop. So I only had to find a photographer, dj , florist and officiant. Most of the vendors I picked have done a wedding at my venue so they know the ins and outs.
For us that wasn’t in our budget. It does get a little busy at the end (we are less than 3 weeks away), but I’m the type of person that would rather organize everything myself than rely on someone else and worry about bugging them, even though that is their job lol.
My biggest piece of advice, organize everything, have check lists, have a master calendar for pay dates and you should be ok!

I think there are a lot of brides and grooms on here that have had day of and month of coordinators that have helped to organize things, and taken the stress levels down while still keeping the vision they had. We had a planner (we were two provinces away) and she was really great about keeping our vision. She was able to work closely with vendors she had relationships with and ensure everything we were looking for happened.

I’d suggest meeting with a couple so that you can go over their roles and feel confident that you will still have the wedding of your dreams.