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Chelsea W.
Dedicated October 2020

Wedding Planner - Is the design service worth the money?

Chelsea W., on May 11, 2019 at 11:28 AM Posted in Planning 0 3
My fiance and I were planning on getting married in fall 2019, but after trying to plan everything ourselves in a 10-month timeframe and our crazy work schedules, we agreed that pushing it back to 2020 would be better and feel less rushed. Luckily for us, the majority of our hired vendors (venue, music, officiant) have agreed to transfer our deposits to the new date (hooray for not losing money!)


Where we are now struggling is the wedding design factor. We have ideas on how to make our day unique to us but have no idea how to implement them. Our venue comes with a day-of coordinator so we hadn't really looked into wedding planners up until recently. In doing so, I noticed many planners offer a design aspect to their services.


Has anyone hired a wedding planner strickly for their design services? If so, is it worth the money? Can you elaborate on what the costs cover (i.e., is it strictly for their creative minds and you pay extra for the decorations, or is it all-inclusive?) Pros? Cons?


Any feedback will be greatly appreciative! Thanks in advance Smiley smile

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Latest activity by Sinéad, on May 14, 2019 at 9:54 AM
  • Kelly
    Champion October 2018
    Kelly ·
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    I had a full service wedding planner which included design services. I had to pay for flowers and any decorations I wanted but she came up with everything. I was the worst bride and didn’t have a Pinterest so just gave her a general idea of what I wanted. She came up with design boards and I told her what aspects I did and didn’t like from what she gave me. Then she came up with my wedding colors, bouquet inspiration, centerpieces, escort card wall, place settings, layouts etc.
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  • L
    Expert June 2019
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    Totally worth it, removed so much wedding stress
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  • Sinéad
    WeddingWire Administrator January 2025
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    Hey Chelsea! Welcome to the WeddingWire community!

    Do you feel capable of doing any of the design yourself? Some couples love doing it themselves while others find that a wedding planner takes all the stress out of planning for your wedding day. If you would feel more comfortable handing over the decor design over to a planner, then perhaps it would be a good option for you especially since you commented on your crazy work schedules!

    Do you have a theme or wedding colors for your wedding chosen?

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