Partial planner: a wedding guide

Your wishlist

Answer these before you meet anyone.

• Which parts of the plan are you hoping to hand off?

• When would you want their work to start?

• Would you like direction on the day itself included?

What to ask each one

• How does this planner structure partial scopes?

  Differs from one planner to the next — some sell set partial packages, others scope each engagement from scratch.

• Does the package include day-of direction?

How it’s usually priced

Usually priced as one flat amount.

Possible extras: Category added to scope, Additional planning meetings, Day-of direction add-on.

What you settle once booked

• Which parts of the plan should they cover?

  The engagement's in/out list. Everything not selected stays with you.

• When does their work start?

  A partial scope can be a slice of categories, a slice of time, or both — a couple who has booked the big pieces may bring a planner in for the remaining stretch, and a couple starting out may cover only certain categories.

• What stays with you

  What you are carrying yourselves, in your own words.

• Should their work include direction on the day?

• Planning meeting cadence

• Who do in-scope vendors contact?

• Scope changes agreed along the way

  Partial scopes drift — a line here when something moves in or out keeps the record matching the invoice.

What to look over

Correct these details as needed.

• Plan status at hand-off

  The engagement's starting snapshot: booked, in progress, and untouched, split along the scope boundary.

• In-scope vendor contact sheet

  The full-service planner's contact sheet, narrowed to the vendors inside your scope.

Across the whole day

Choose which moments to include.

• Day-of direction