Day of Coordinator

I'm having a day of coordinator but I don't need too much to be taken care of the day of so we're having the best man's sister do it. Are there close friends or friends of friends that may be able to do it for a lower rate? My girl is also doing my hair and she said she would do both for free for the experience but we'll be paying her about $200.

I wouldn't ask friends or family to work your wedding.
The one I hired is 500 and shes just there to help with set up/tear down, and helping the vendors where needed.

We are getting married out of state at a non-traditional venue so I hired one to help with set up and keeping everything organized the day if since I am not able to do it. If your venue does not offer someone to do these things for you, then hiring one will definitely be worth it!

Our venue has a Coordinator that's helping keep things smooth throughout the day. My MOH and the Ushers also agreed to help to an extent.

I think it’s a good idea to have someone that’s not directly involved in the wedding to keep things moving and know what’s going on. One of my moms friends volunteered to do it without me even asking her. I don’t think she’ll have too much to do she’s mainly just keeping the wedding party on track and getting them down the aisle in the correct order and helping organize pictures.

You are almost 4 months out aren't you? Our venue has a coordinator plus DJ is helping out with that.

My wedding is June 22 so I’m not married yet but my fiancé and I recently hired a coordinator even though we originally were not planning on having one and it was not in our budget. I had a lot of anxiety before the wedding and was worried about the logistics of getting married. We are spending a lot of money on the day and I wanted to feel relaxed and stress-free. Hiring coordinator has been one of the best decisions that we have made. She’s helped with my timeline and contacting vendors about the day of logistics and that has made a world of a difference. I would definitely encourage you to have one if your budget allows.

We are using a month of coordinator! Our wedding isn’t until oxyober but I message her all the time!
rheres no way I want to spend a second of my wedding day worrying about a timeline of events. She’ll be there to set up, direct the vendors handle all tips and final payments. I think they are worth it! I made sure to plan for one in my budget!

Our day of coordinator was one of the first vendors we’ve booked. One of my bridesmaids does events and for her wedding, she decided she’d just handle everything. We stayed and helped clean up and pack everything up and we were there until 4am. I love her, and was happy to help, but I felt so bad that that’s how she spent her wedding night.
That day should be about enjoying your new spouse and celebrating with friends and family. Leave the worrying to someone else. Knowing someone else will set up/clean up and handle any issues that arise is so worth the money spent.

I did not have a specified day of coordinator, but because we spit the reception/ceremony days and had a super simple reception, it wasn't really necessary. We only had two vendors and they communicated without me needing to be involved. Set-up also only took 15 minutes. I would suggest having one if the event runs the full day though. There's a lot more moving parts.

Our venue provides a coordinator. We began working with her about 6 months out. I can't imagine not having her! She knows how everything runs and will email me with what she needs. If the venue didn't provide her, we absolutely would've hired someone.

Hey date twin! Our wedding is also 9/7. I think it really depends on how much you need done day of. Is your venue fairly inclusive? For us we need to bring in pretty much everything (tables, chairs, the food, etc.) so we definitely need someone there day before and day of to help with set up and to make sure everything gets delivered on time and whatnot.

We have a month of coordinator. I've already asked her a ton of questions and she's given me several recommendations even though we don't get married until February. IMO totally worth it to take the stress off on the day of!

I just got married April 20 - we didn’t have a coordinator but we did have venue (hotel) staff help and a designated event person that helped us a lot. But I will say even though it wasnt expected-my friends and family were awesome and just did things that needed to be done. I’ve always helped at weddings so I don’t think getting help for small things like to queue your dj or tell your cake person where to go is that big of a deal. A day of person wasn’t in my budget either. everything worked out! Minimal stress had a great day

I’m having a destination wedding and hired a month of coordinator to take over in Aug for everything. It’s been a blessing! She’s handling the event flow (w the DJ), vendors, and full set up with breakdown. She even offered to get items from two vendors we opted out of delivery to save money and isn’t adding it to her small (IMO) fee of $650. It really takes so much stress off my mind and let’s me think about the fun week we’re going to have.

Hi Caitlin! Did you decide to hire the day of coordinator?