Alt image
St. Simons Wedding Planner :: Island Destination Weddings | It’s Actually YOUR Wedding Anyway
267
post-template-default,single,single-post,postid-267,single-format-standard,edgt-core-1.3,ajax_fade,page_not_loaded,,hudson-ver-3.3, vertical_menu_with_scroll,smooth_scroll,blog_installed,hide_inital_sticky,wpb-js-composer js-comp-ver-7.0,vc_responsive

It’s Actually YOUR Wedding Anyway

rich_bride__poor_bride_001.jpgIf you’re a wedding junkie like me I’m sure you’ve seen at least some of the wedding shows that are now on nearly every channel. I happen to be a big fan of “Whose Wedding Is It Anyway?” on WETV. Each episode of the show focuses on a planner helping a bride with her wedding from start to finish. After watching tons of episodes it seems to me that the title of the show is not an accurate depiction of what actually happens in the show, i.e. it is clear that all of the great planners on the show understand that it is actually the bride’s big day, not theirs. About a week ago, however, I did stumble upon an episode of another show, “Rich Bride, Poor Bride” that would definitely have done the “Whose Wedding is it Anyway” title justice. It was INSANE.A very pushy planner began by attempting to veto nearly everything the bride told her she wanted during the initial consult. She scoffed at the bride’s desire for a particular type of flower, hemmed and hawed at her color choices, and condescendingly explained to the bride that “nobody who’s anybody has their cake made by anyone other than” this one particular baker the planner used.

DANGER! DANGER!

That is what should be flashing in your head should your initial consult with a planner seems similar to the one above. Not surprisingly, that episode of “Rich Bride, Poor Bride” ended with the bride finally bursting into tears at the florist and telling the planner she felt like she wasn’t allowed to make any decisions at her own wedding. Said outburst, by the way, did not help the planner to see the error of her ways, and she continued to force feed the bride her version of the bride’s dream wedding.

When choosing your planner, make sure that you feel comfortable working with that person right off the bat. If you get the vibe during the initial consult that they are more interested in creating their own vision than helping to realize yours, they’re not the planner for you.

As a matter of fact, make sure ALL your vendors are in it for you and your day. Your wedding is not an excuse for the DJ to perform his own one man stand-up show or for the banquet captain to spend most of the planning process informing you of the manner in which s/he has done things for the past 100 years.

Remember that it’s YOUR day, not theirs. A good vendor, planner or otherwise, will not scoff at your vision or belittle your ideas, but help to find a way to make your day truly YOUR day.

6 Comments
Share Post

6 Comments

  • I totally agree! I saw that episode and thought the planner was a bit confused about whose day it was also. Great points! As bride, it’s good to know what you want and to not allow anyone, not even a planner, to dictate your day.

    November 10, 2007 at 6:10 pm
  • Never saw this show until today when they showed practically the whole season today. You are so right! Thanks for the info!

    November 11, 2007 at 5:18 pm
  • reading tech blogs to keep me updated on technology is what i do daily. i am a tech addict,

    February 3, 2022 at 10:49 am
  • Oh my goodness! an incredible write-up dude. Thanks a ton However We are experiencing problem with ur rss . Don’t know why Struggling to sign up for it. Is there everyone finding identical rss problem? Anybody who knows kindly respond. Thnkx

    February 6, 2022 at 2:25 pm
  • 206729 605831Cheers for this outstanding. I was wondering whether you were preparing of publishing related posts to this. .Keep up the excellent articles! 867820

    February 11, 2022 at 5:22 pm
  • I must show some appreciation to the writer for bailing me out of such a problem. After exploring through the internet and getting principles that were not productive, I assumed my life was gone. Being alive devoid of the answers to the difficulties you’ve resolved by way of this report is a crucial case, and the kind that might have in a negative way affected my career if I had not noticed your blog post. Your primary training and kindness in maneuvering all things was very useful. I don’t know what I would have done if I had not come across such a stuff like this. I can at this moment look forward to my future. Thank you so much for the expert and results-oriented help. I will not hesitate to suggest your web page to any individual who needs to have guidelines on this topic.

    February 17, 2022 at 7:31 am

Leave a Reply to best ankle bracesCancel reply