What Happens at a Wedding Consultation?
If you’re looking for some additional help with your wedding plans and you are considering hiring a wedding planner, the first thing to do with a potential wedding planner is to arrange a wedding consultation. So, it’s likely you’re now wondering, what is a wedding consultation and what happens at a wedding consultation?!
While we can’t speak for every planner out there, we can certainly give you a run down on how it works for us! Let’s start from the moment we receive that initial email, contact form or phone call.
FIRST THINGS FIRST
If you already have a wedding date set, the first thing we will do is make sure we are available! Once that’s confirmed we’ll arrange a date to meet you. We usually do that first meeting over Zoom, or WhatsApp video call. We know you are busy and may not be able to free up several hours to travel somewhere to meet face to face, so a video call tends to work well. It’s particularly convenient for our Destination wedding clients, oceans and time zones might part us, but we can still connect on a call and get to know your plans a little better. For us, it’s important that this is a relaxed conversation so we can all get to know each other.
We’ll start the consultation by introducing ourselves and getting to know you both - no wedding related chat as yet! Then we’ll move on to what’s important to you.
LET’S TALK DETAILS
Then we’ll talk about your wedding, there are three key things we need to know at this early stage:
Roughly how many guests will be attending
Venue ideas
Your budget
Budget can sometimes feel like the scary one; planning a wedding is an unknown to you, so along with that are some unknown costs. But for us, this is everyday. We know how to make the most out of every budget we work with. So the best place to start is to have an honest conversation as a couple about how much you really want to spend on your wedding day. What things are really important to you and where are you willing to compromise? Be honest with us and realistic about your budget - and we can most certainly help you stick to it!
OUR TURN
Once we finish talking weddings, we’ll tell you a little more about us and you can ask us anything you like. We’ll then talk through our services and what happens next.
THE (SECOND) PROPOSAL
Typically within a couple of days we will put together a proposal for you. This will include details of what we discuss in the consultation and a quotation for our services. We usually try to provide a few options for you (where appropriate) to build the right service for you.
THEY SAID YES!
Once you’ve decided on which option is right for you, we’ll get that all confirmed. There will be a deposit to pay and contract to sign, then we can get started planning your wedding!
Feeling ready to book your consultation? Fabulous! We can’t wait to hear about your plans, all our details can be found here… give us a call or email us and we can get your consultation booked in!
V&C x