Partial planner
Records a planning engagement with a defined scope — an agreed set of categories, a start point partway through, or both.
Also called: partial planner, partial planning, partial wedding planner, planning package, planner for part of the planning, event planner, wedding planning help.
When couples book this
Usually booked about 12 months out. It moves with your date.
Your wishlist, before you talk to anyone
Questions you can answer early — they become the yardstick you compare candidates against.
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 candidate
Facts that differ from one vendor to the next — worth writing down while you shop.
How does this planner structure partial scopes?
A per-candidate fact — some planners sell set partial packages, others scope each engagement from scratch.
Does the package include day-of direction?
What settles once booked
The working details you and your vendor pin down together.
Which parts of the plan should they cover?
The heart of the template: the engagement's in/out list. Everything not selected stays with the couple — recorded as fact, with no weighting either way.
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
The other side of the boundary, in the couple's own words — which pieces they're carrying themselves. Recorded so both sides read the same line.
Should their work include direction on the day?
Plan status at hand-off
DERIVED. The engagement's starting snapshot: booked, in progress, and untouched, split along the scope boundary.
Planning meeting cadence
Who do in-scope vendors contact?
The boundary made practical: every vendor brief renders the right contact based on which side of the scope its instance sits.
In-scope vendor contact sheet
The full_planner's contact sheet, filtered along the scope boundary.
Scope changes agreed along the way
Partial scopes drift — a line here when something moves in or out keeps the record matching the invoice.
How it lands on your day
Day-of direction
Emitted only when the engagement includes day-of direction — many partial scopes end before the day itself.
How it’s usually priced
Usually priced as one flat amount.
Lines that sometimes ride along: Category added to scope, Additional planning meetings, Day-of direction add-on.
What your vendor reads from your plan
Book on or off Beetrothed — either way the plan assembles a brief your vendor can work from: scope, the day, contacts.
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