How a Wedding Planner Can Help Coordinate Your Perfect Wedding Day

Kept Weddings with Laura is a wedding planning service covering Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. Having worked in the wedding and events industry for over 8 years, Laura has seen the difference a wedding coordinator can make to the smooth running of your wedding day.

Laura recognises that a wedding coordinator can be a luxury expense some couples can do without. Before you discard the idea, consider these three ways a wedding planner can help coordinate your wedding day and why they are so important.

1. They Take Over All Supplier Communication

In the run-up to your wedding day, the last thing you want to be doing is chasing suppliers and finalising last-minute details. You want to be relaxing and taking in every moment with your friends, family and partner ahead of the big day.

A wedding coordinator would be the perfect addition to achieving that. They are able to take over supplier communication approximately one month before the wedding day and be the main point of contact for all wedding-related queries.

Just having one person to speak to, rather than all of your suppliers, will save you a lot of stress. With a wedding coordinator, you know they will be precise with their communication and meticulous with the details, meaning you couldn’t be in better hands.

2. They Oversee Your Wedding Day Set-Up

The morning of your wedding day should be for getting ready, raising drinks with friends and having fun. You shouldn’t be running around the venue greeting suppliers and setting up. A wedding coordinator can be the person who brings all the different suppliers together to create your dream wedding.

Acting as the main point of contact, they can direct suppliers where to go and answer any last-minute questions they might have. The wedding coordinator will also be able to see when something’s not quite right and address it instantly before the guests arrive.

3. They Manage the Running of Your Wedding Day

You are the stars of the show and shouldn’t be hosting your own wedding day. The key to a successful wedding is when the couple has no concept of time and is completely in the moment.

A wedding coordinator acts as a scheduler. They have an idea of what needs to happen and direct when it will take place. Again, acting as the main point of contact, their role is to read the room to ensure the day flows perfectly.

Being able to respond to changes quickly is important. For example, you aren’t going to want to stand up and walk to the kitchen in the middle of a speech to tell the chef to wait 10 minutes because the speech is running over. You want to be present with your guests throughout the day.

To Laura, planning should be kept simple, and weddings should be kept special. Kept Weddings aims to give couples the ability to relax and enjoy their wedding, knowing everything is covered.

If you would like to book Laura to coordinate your wedding day, or would like some one-off advice, visit the Kept Weddings website to find out more. You can also follow Laura on Facebook and on Instagram at @keptweddingswithlaura.