Excited to share some more wedding planning tips today! Something that is super important to us is making sure that your wedding is as relaxed and stress-free as possible. We approach photography and videography in this way--coming alongside you with our knowledge and experience to make your wedding stress free, being a peaceful presence on your wedding day, and creating amazing photos and videos for you to look back on and remember your day for a lifetime!

The Fire Garden Wedding Reasons to Have a Wedding Planner

One of our biggest pieces for advice for our couples is to invest in a planner. We have a very special guest post written today by one of our favorite planners, Braelynn of Belle Bodas and Events! I want to share our top 4 reasons to have a planner, and then let you hear from the expert herself.

Our top 4 reasons to hire a wedding planner:

1. They will help you enjoy the journey.

A wedding planner will listen to your ideas, and help ensure that vision comes to life. They have experience and connections with vendors, so you don’t have to stress about where you will find the perfect fit among the sea of wedding vendors in your area. This frees you up for the fun stuff, like trying on dresses, tasting cakes, and dreaming about your future as a married couple.

2. They will help with your budget.

A wedding is most likely the biggest and most expensive event that you have ever had to plan. Hiring a professional to help plan, organize and execute your big day will alleviate the stress you may feel about your wedding budget. They know what things should cost and can help balance your budget around your priorities.

3. They will give your family and friends the gift of celebrating with you!

A wedding weekend comes along with hours of set up and teardown. If you haven’t hired a planner, it often falls on your mom or your best friend to arrive early and stay late doing these tasks. Having someone to take care of these details will free up your family and friends to be present and celebrate alongside you.

4. They will be your point person.

A wedding planner will help you put together a timeline for the day to run smoothly, and communicate that to each vendor. The day of the wedding, they will make sure that everything is going according to plan, and help solve any issues that might arise. Vendors can check in with them instead of you if they have questions, so that you can relax, and not stress about any of the details.

An expert planner will help you have the most enjoyable, stress free wedding experience. They will free you up to be present and take in every single moment of this incredible and meaningful day! Excited to share some words from Braelynn below:

“Hello, my name is Braelynn and I am the owner of Belle Bodas and Events!

I am extremely passionate about calm + mindful weddings and couples actually being present the day of their wedding. I am also a strong believer in hiring experts, one specifically being a wedding planner, which is why I love working in the realm of all things wedding. One thing I am always preaching about in my industry is that you never get to re-live the intimate moments that occur on wedding day, so why not hire a professional to take care of all the planning, designing, and day of production? This will allow you and your partner to live and bask in those seconds that you will never get back.

In order to have a stress-free wedding day, all your homework has to be zipped, sealed, and completed months prior. I’m talking vendor arrival times confirmed, layout and setup established, all vendor questions answered, the list can truly go on forever. Here at Belle Bodas and Events we don’t believe in just making the “wedding day” the only focus. We believe in making both the planning process and wedding day an experience, from beginning to end. We help our couples identify what matters to them, so we can understand their priorities and therefore focus on making their wedding day a reflection of them.
For example, if the groom explains to us that the music and food are of high priority to him on wedding day, we are sure to work with those vendors first. This way the groom’s needs are fulfilled, he is at peace knowing that he was able to book with the vendors he loved, and he is also given the feeling that his opinion does matter and that this is his wedding too, not just the brides. It is the small things like this that translate over on wedding day, believe it or not.

This is why hiring a professional with experience goes along way. We are able to teach you and guide you, so come wedding day you can fully show up as a bride or groom, with a calm mind and a heart ready to say I do.
On wedding day we take care of a million different things, but some of the most important being setup of all items; tables, chairs, signage, candles, personal decoration, cake table, sweethearts table, head table, etc. Every little detail is setup to meet the exact vision we created, that way come time for the room reveal you’re sure to have nothing but the biggest smile on your face!
One of our biggest compliments from our couples, “We were able to enjoy every second of our wedding day and truly be present with our guests!”
Do you, your partner, your families, your bridal party, and your guests a favor and hire a good wedding planner! We are not only a gift to you and the experience you have, but also to the people that matter most to you. We allow them to be present as well, seeing you gloat in happiness on one of the happiest days of your lives."

Thank you so much Braelynn for contributing to this post!! We are so grateful for your insight. Braelynn is an amazing planner!! You can find her HERE and follow her on instagram. If you are looking for a photographer and videographer team to help make your day stress free, reach out. We’d love to get to know you!

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