Day of Coordinator for $3000?

So what does your contract say is included in that price?

Have you talked with her about it? Tell her you were under a different impression on the cost, and see if she's willing to negotiate the price. If you have any emails between you of her that suggest she'd be planning the full wedding as opposed to just Day Of Coordinator, that would probably help your cause too. Otherwise, what does the contract say about cancelling? If it's cheaper to hire someone else (even with the cost of cancelling your current contract), that might be a good option to consider.

Price depends on your location and the duties should have been spelled out for the price during pre-booking interviews. In some areas that price is a steal. If you're in a small town, it would be too expensive. But a day of coordinator is a must.

Wow that’s high for a day of. Mine is only $1000. But maybe you’ll get perks I don’t. If your meeting with her that often sounds like more than day of, I only meet with mine once or twice before the day

That sounds really high, but if you are speaking with her monthly this far ahead of time that definitely sounds more like a planner than a day of coordinator.

For my area that’s the starting rate for a day of coordinator. I would look at your contract to see what exactly she’s supposed to do.

The contract doesn’t state the price? That’s weird to me. But I definitely agree that it’s expensive for only a day of coordinator

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That's the thing though. Wedding planners in my area average $650 according to thumbtack. The highest rate was $1,700.

If you’re meeting with her before the day of, it sounds like she is hired for more than the day of... doesn’t really matter if she isn’t doing much as you say. I know when we were looking it was ranging $3,000-10,000 for full wedding planning, so we did day of and met with her the week of one time and not before that week.

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View Quoted Comment I agree that some of the mentioned things are above and beyond day of coordinating , so it sounds like you guys need to get on the same page ASAP about it what services you’re expecting for the costs she’s expecting. My day of coordinator handled all the set up and keeping everything on track day of, but didn’t meet or offer advice on things like menu or invites and the only meetings we had were when we hired her and a venue walk through the week before the wedding — so it does seem like you’re getting more than just day of — still, important to clearly establish the lines and expectations.

To be honest, what you're describing sounds pretty standard for a DOC (at least the pricing in my area). We did a lot of research and a full service wedding planner would have cost $10k minimum, so we went the DOC route. Most of the DOCs who we considered ranged from $2000-$4000 in price. Ours sounds a lot like yours--we met with her a total of three times before the wedding, and she was pretty involved over phone/email during the couple of weeks leading up to the wedding. Your contract should specify the price though, as well as the services included, so that seems a bit odd.

That sounds like a reasonable price for what you've described, but I live in a pretty expensive area, so that may be a lot depending on where you are. I'm confused by the fact that your contract doesn't actually say how much you're paying her. What DOES it say?

That sounds extremely high for just day of coordination. We are paying ours $950. But like pp mentioned, it could be the area. I would ask questions though. You have to know where your money is going.

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So I looked at the contract last night and there is nothing. Absolutley NOTHING on what she is supposed to do or how much it will cost. The only things on there are they days we need to be paid in full by, "any changes need to be done in person or over the phone", and "the bride is the only one able to make changes to the contract".

My mom had gone with me and she recalls the DOC saying she will coordinator when the vendors come to insure everything is efficient. But that's all she remembers. Is that something special or do all coordinators do that?

View Quoted Comment So my DOC gave me a list of everything she will do for me for the wedding which included some pre-planning “guidance” or help looking for vendors, monthly budget check ins, mailing my STDS and invites, tracking RSVPs and day of coordination. I would definitely suggest summoning her to be hands on. Give her more tasks with due dates so you can get the most bang for your buck. If she complains just simply state “the contract does not say you WON’T do that so I’m a little confused, would you like to create your boundaries?” Sounds snippy but it’ll help get clarification. I wouldn’t suggest asking straight up “whats included” because I fear she can just say “nothing, just day of coordination”

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Thank you! This is extremely helpful. I will be reaching out to her soon and will discuss exactly what she will be doing for $3,000. Thank you again!

Hello, I would think she would put some ideas together for you. Depending on what you where missing for your Big Day. Does your contract include all the services she would provide? Because that is a lot of money just for advise hear and there.

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I agree! Defiantly give her more task to do, to get some of the stress off of you.