Full-service planner: a wedding guide
A full planner helps with every choice. They run the day of the wedding too.
When couples book this
About 12 months before your wedding.
Still deciding the wedding
Your wishlist
Answer these before you meet anyone.
How much help are you looking for?
Where do you most want a planner's help?
What matters most to you in a planner?
Comparing your options
What to ask each one
What does their work cover?
Records the engagement as contracted: full runs from early planning through the day; partial covers an agreed slice; month-of picks up the built plan in the final stretch.
How it’s usually priced
Usually priced as one flat amount.
Possible extras: Rehearsal coordination, Assistant on the day, Additional planning meetings.
Booked and settling details
What you settle once booked
Planning meeting cadence
When does the planner take over vendor coordination?
Records the hand-off point; each vendor's brief shows who to contact from when.
Vendors your planner has suggested
Names the planner passes along.
What to look over
Correct these details as needed.
Master run-of-show
Vendor contact sheet
Day-of direction window
The week of the wedding
Across the whole day
Choose which moments to include.
- Planner arrival
- Day-of direction
For businesses
The brief a couple sends you has these sections:
- Scope
- The day
- Contacts