Those not hiring a Wedding Planner

That sounds like a good idea! Plus, even though you dont want to have to ask your guest to help, im sure your guests closes to you will pitch in without even double thinking it. When I go to bday parties or hosting one at a park or backyard, at the end the people that linger are always helping even when they arent asked. So, im sure that wouldnt even be an issue. People who love your and your future hubby will step in im sure =) and who knows maybe by next june you can find a way to save that 300. I hired my wedding planner just last week and my wedding is coming up so its not something you have to worry about right away. If you end up having the budget for it great! If not, thats also great!! No matter what your day im sure will be gorgeous =) and im sooo jealous. I wish I was a june bride, my bday this month so I really love June. lol =)

Shoot when we have parties no one cleans lol we are stuck with it at the end of the night.... hahaha

Lol.. maybe everyone is just wayy to drunk!!! hahaha. well im sure your wedding will be different =)

Yeah usually they are which will probably be the case lol though I do know a few who will be sober (of course lol)

I would look into hiring someone--do you have neighbors or friends who have teenage/college age kids who would be willing to do it? pay them min wage plus a tip or somethign.

Maybe you can find another bride getting married at the same place around the same time, and do a trade off with her? She sets-up/cleans up at your wedding, and you do the same for her.

Do you have a friend whom you guest that could serve as a "hostess" to help set up. I had two friends that were my hostesses and they loved being part of the day. I added them into the program and they wore a coordinating dress and monitered the guestbook and stuff.

You could hire a couple of high school aged boys or girls to help. Or, perhaps there is a non-profit group who would love to make a little money to help you out.

I was planning asking my parents and bridesmaids. My mother and MOH will have a list of everything (what needs to be done, what goes where, who takes what where.) I know my MOH would have no problem because I will be her MOH in her wedding (I'm willing to do the same for her.)

But since we are staying in a cabin at the venue. Probably after we exit, change clothes, and most people leave. We will just come and help. (I'll probably be the boss lol)

I have a day of coordinator to set up all my decorations that morning. She will then take care of anything that comes up at the wedding as well. this worked out for us because she works with my mom and was excited to do this for us. At the end of the night, my mom and dad plan on staying back and picking up all the centerpieces, gifts, etc while we leave to go to the hotel.

Most of the guest that are be invited are people I don't talk to regularly so I didn't really haven't anyone to appoint. Those I trusted were my bridal party type deal. But as I mentioned I think we figured it all out on how to do it all with out hiring someone. We don't have any friends with high school kids, my kids are pretty much the oldest in our circle. (my oldest is 13). But they are not staying through the whole event. Anyways, worse case if we feel we need someone I will just hire someone to help out. Otherwise, I think we have a good plan in place that my bridesmaids can help out with. I am sure his brothers will stay until the end so they can help get the supplies.

I was lucky enough to have my cousin and his friend set up decor..our venue supplied the tables, linens, etc.. So they took care of tables and cleanup, but all the stuff that was ours left over wehad to pick up. My DH, his friend, my aunt and the venue help picked up and pack our stuff.. The venue were nice enough to help pack our decor even though they didn't have to..After seeing them be helpful we have them a great tip.. I would suggest asking family first before you hire someone.. It can save you $$$

This is one of the reasons I chose to get married at a full service venue rather than have our dream wedding at our family's lake house. The lake house would've cost a lot more and I would've been worrying about such things as the setup, cleanup, rinsing the rental dishes, getting the dishes back, linens, tent.... it was overwhelming to me.

I would have had to have stayed and cleaned up (on my wedding night) and would've asked for help from my immediate family. I was also considering asking my cousin if he knew any high school kids I could hire to do the cleanup and stack tables etc.. for me.

My future in-laws got married at a hall and were at the venue past midnight cleaning it.

My coordinator charges $125 per hour if we use her to do the setup and takedown of decor and such. So realistically I would hope I can depend on some others to do so for me being friends or family.

I worry about that too

@Val I have no family to ask otherwise would.

@Barbara - I don't know of any brides getting married there, it's not a typical wedding venue.

@Starbuck those venues are far more expensive than the latter.

Luckily because of the flip I think I can work it all out with my MOH and BM they a really are the only people in this whole wedding that I really trust to be helpful.

How about contacting local service organizations and seeing if you can make a donation, or pay the folks directly? I know that the Masonic orgs - especially the women (Eastern Star) and youth groups (Job's Daughters, Rainbow Girls) do a LOT of their own special event set up, cooking, serving, and clean up, every six months, usually for 100 or more people. They would have the know-how and be efficient at it.

@Monique W. I am not sure I have never heard of any of those things or organizations a like.

It's all good I think we have it all figured out now

I'm looking into getting our venue location the night before to be able to set up then. If I am unable to do so, my bridal party, friends and family will get up earlier in the morning to set things up. I have some friends who are important to me but I didn't want a huge bridal party so I found other ways of including them in preparing for the day. Take down will happen the next morning as we still have it into the next morning.

I'm getting married at a community center and we are in charge of doing everything ourselves. I have a caterer who is bringing linens and dishes, but decorating will be up to me and my family. As well as clean up directly after. It is what it is.

You can look on craigslist for day-of wedding coordinators. Just make sure to meet with them first.