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Perth's Premier Wedding Co-ordinator - Planner . . . . and why!

First the why! We attend to the most minute detail and, at the same time, give equal attention to the big picture.

Wedding planning is so much more than simply giving referrals. It is about listening to your bride and groom, assisting them with locating the right vendors, keeping them in budget (and most of the time under budget), and most importantly . . . all with little or no stress to them!

Find the perfect package for your wedding .

Almost every bride could use some sort of assistance! Whether it is just a small amount with day of co-ordination only, or the works with our full service co-ordination, you will find what you need with us. However, if it is not just right, we will design a package tailored to you!

Bridal Consultants: Keeping the Devil out of the details of your Special Day.

Thousands of weddings occur each year without the benefit of a bridal consultant; yet, ask any couple who planned every last detail of their wedding whether they would have appreciated some assistance from a professional consultant, and the answer would be a resounding ‘yes!’ So why didn't these couples seek out help? In a word - money. Most couples feel that their precious resources are ‘better spent’ elsewhere than on a bridal consultant's fee. So why do these newlyweds admit that in retrospect they should have hired a wedding co-ordinator?

Consider these real life situations and the answer is obvious.

Scenario 1: Amanda cleverly thought of the ideal way to creatively combine table place-cards and Bomboniere in the form of picture frames. After spending hours comparing the various frames on the market, she ordered them months in advance and then spent many painstaking hours personalizing them for each of her guests. Unbeknownst to Amanda, she paid more per frame than a bridal consultant would have been able to purchase them personalized, not to mention the time she spent shopping for just the right item. A week before her wedding, Amanda carefully packed the frames into a box and gave them to her cousin, whose sole responsibility for Amanda's wedding was to bring the box to the reception venue. The night before her big day, Amanda made sure that her cousin had the box ready for the reception, and was assured that everything was fine. After her ceremony, when Amanda arrived at the reception hall, she learned that her cousin's son suddenly came down with chicken pox and that she did not make it to the reception ­ and neither did Amanda's placecards/picture frames!

Scenario 2: After scouting around all of the available reception sites, Naomi selected a beautiful venue that supplied its own on-site co-ordinator, who told her that he could take care of all the details on the wedding day. Naomi busily spent the next year selecting the church, florist, photographer, videographer, transportation, and gown. A couple of weeks before her wedding, Naomi double-checked with everyone to make sure her selections were clear. The only hiccup was her florist, who mistakenly had written down wildflowers for Naomi's bouquet rather than lilies! Happy that she had warded off a potential problem, Naomi finished the rest of her preparations, including meeting with her on-site coordinator to finalize all of the details. On the day of her wedding, when Naomi and her bridesmaids arrived at the church, Naomi was reduced to tears to see her bouquet overflowing with wildflowers.

Scenario 3: Belinda is the only daughter of a family of five. Her Fiancé, Darren, has three sisters. Both Belinda and Darren were the first in their families to get married, and their families had strong opinions about how a wedding was ‘supposed’ to be. At every step of the planning, Belinda and Darren were confronted by at least a dozen different voices with disparate ideas. Whenever Belinda and Darren made a decision, be it about the colours, theme or location, several family members felt hurt or disappointed; and they loudly expressed their displeasure. Belinda and Darren were so upset by their families' feuding that they abandoned their dream of a big wedding, and eloped.

Amanda, Naomi and Belinda and Darren could have had dramatically different experiences had they been working with bridal consultants. Amanda's gifts would have cost less both in terms of price and time spent shopping for and personalizing them had she used a consultant, and they would have been delivered to the reception hall on time; Naomi's consultant would have sent the florist back to the shop for the proper bouquet before Naomi even left her house for the church; and Belinda and Darren’s planning woes would have been smoothed over by the expertise of their consultant, preventing the family fallout that occurred.
It's true that bridal consultants do charge a fee for their services. But that fee more than pays for itself when you consider the discounts on services and products that are available only to the consultants through the professionals they use often. And then there's the peace of mind you get from being able to use the consultant's network of reliable vendors. In addition, you are relieved of much of the stress associated with the time required to plan a wedding and you obtain a built-in intermediary to help mediate conflicting points of view presented by well-meaning family members. As opposed to on-site co-ordinators who are hired by the reception venue to oversee their own workers, a bridal consultant is the bride and groom's advocate with every wedding professional, meaning that the consultant ensures that every detail of their vision for their special day is planned for and carried out.

Bridal consultants offer different levels of service to their clients, depending upon their needs. Technically, there are three different types of services: wedding co-ordinating, wedding day directing and bridal consulting. Wedding co-ordinators help the engaged couple coordinate and plan every aspect of the rehearsal, wedding, reception and honeymoon. Wedding day directors are hired for the rehearsal, wedding, and reception only to ensure that the couple's pre-made plans are carried out. Both wedding co-ordinators and wedding day directors usually charge a flat fee. By contrast, bridal consultants advise engaged couples of all the details and logistics that need to be addressed (including the associated timeline) and recommend wedding professionals, usually on an hourly basis. For example, Amanda's dilemmas could have been solved by a wedding co-ordinator; Naomi could have benefited from a wedding day director; and Belinda and Darren could have used a bridal consultant to mediate their families' tensions.

Most bridal consultants use these terms interchangeably and offer all three services, at different price-points, so that the couple can choose the level of assistance they want. For these reasons, bridal consultants are not just for celebrities and the super-rich, but are available to help ensure that every bride and groom's wedding is a wonderful experience, from engagement through honeymoon, and every step in-between.

If you are interested in further exploring how a bridal consultant can assist you with your wedding, you should talk with your friends about their experiences, as word-of-mouth referrals are a good source for locating skilled consultants.

From whichever source you find a professional bridal consultant, you will be able to rest assured that the details of your wedding are in the hands of an expert, allowing you to relax and enjoy your engagement and very special day.

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If you would like help with some or all of your wedding plans please feel free to contact us on (08) 9248 2542 or 0412 031 431 or email us.