Sure you can save a few bucks by organizing your own wedding. And I am here to tell you that there’s nothing wrong with that.

But let me pose a question to you….how are you going to tell the music to play and start the wedding procession down the aisle when you are the last one in the line to walk down?

This is just one of the thousands of details that every bride faces as she plans the storybook wedding that she has dreamt of all her life.

However, things can and will go wrong. You must have a Plan A, Plan B and maybe C, D, E, and so on.

A seasoned professional knows a lot. They know what can and will go wrong. They have the knowledge and experience and they have a list of things that even you, a well organized, focused individual, has not thought of. I am not saying that you can’t develop that knowledge and skill- but this is your first time and it’s your big day.

So let me add a few more items to consider.

What if you have planned an outdoors ceremony and the walk to the beautiful path with strewn rose petals “accidentally” gets wet when the automatic sprinklers go off one hour before your guests arrive?

How about the harpist playing behind where your guests are seated and none of your guests has any idea that the ceremony has started?

Do you let your guests wander in and pick a seat or would you prefer the more traditional bride’s family on the left and the groom’s family on the right?

Or my personal favorite- it’s a unique blended religious ceremony where two families of different faiths join to witness your marriage.

And no one has any information- any booklet, pamphlet or simple sheet of paper- on how the wedding will proceed, what they are supposed to do or say and the “officiant” is not giving any verbal clues (hello, how about saying “please rise”????)?

This is not the time to go it alone.  You see a Doctor when you are sick, you call your insurance person when you are in a car accident, and you call your Mother or Father when you need their perfect advice…so why not have a wedding consultant work out all the details for your perfect wedding.

Wedding consultants come in all sizes, ethnicity, religious affiliation and price ranges.  You would be surprised at the heavy lifting they can do on your behalf. They truly have seen it all and done it all.

And, best of all, they can do it for you.