Uggghhh...I don't love Mondays... If the week started on Wednesday...life would be so much better. As planners...we do a lot of our work over the weekend...the part of the week that I love. I thrive on the moments of time when all of the planning finally comes to life. Whether it s a wedding or a gala or a birthday celebration...our planners have a few pieces of advice to keep your event manageable and unique!
Devon says...
Create a realistic timeline to plan your event. You will enjoy the planning much more when you don't feel as stressed to get everything checked off of your list
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Elizabeth says....
Your wedding is one of the most important days of your life and while there are lots of choices of where to spend your money...believe me when I tell you that one of the best investments that you can make would be to hire an experienced wedding planner. The amount of money that you will save on flowers, invitations, and linens simply by using thier resources and contacts will far offset the price that you pay for their services. A professional wedding planner will help keep you organized, on schedule-and give unique design ideas to bring your wedding day dreams to life...
Brides..one additional note....and its an important one (my thirty years on planning has proven it to be true)....If you pick a friend to be your "wedding coordinator" make sure that they really know what they are doing...it's harder than it looks..and you may end up with a disaster...and one less friend....
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| Meredith Purdue Photography Old Well Ballroom |
Don't sacrifice quality for quantity...make up a list of "must haves" and then put everything else out to the curb. With all of the choices available to you it is easy to become overwhelmed. You don't have to have everything! Never put yourself in a situation where you have hired your 12 year old cousin twice removed to be your DJ...just so that you could afford a PhotoBooth...with the mayhem that will occur from not having an experienced master of ceremonies you may not want to remember that night in photos!!!
JJ says....
Listen to the people who know what they are doing...if your facility planner says that you can only fit 10 tables in your space don't tell her that you need 14...you may be surprised that your guests will actually have to hang from the chandaliers.
Dustin says...
Guys...the bar at The Carolina Inn is located near Crossroads restaurant..sometimes its best to just smile and nod...
Heidi says:
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Katherine Farrell says
ReplyDeleteSo, last summer we were dropping our daughter back at school, we decided to have a night cap at the bar, in our favorite place, The Carolina Inn...so guess what happened: we were VERY tired but decided to stay for ONE - while we were having our last one, in walked an interesting group of people and they obviously were up to something ...turns out , the person we were talking with was YOYO MA - world class musician and his entire troupe. They were concerting locally and had were celebrating a surprise birthday for one of the troupe members - a night to remember for us, another ordinary day for them! But only at the Carolina Inn
Great ideas, and so true. You should never have a friend or relative to a job you can hire someone to do, unless someone else would pay them to do that job :-)
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