My maids of honor went with me to a bridal show last Sunday, Feb 16th. We fell in love with a wedding planner. I am honestly considering it because not only will I be in nursing school starting in the fall, but my parents, fiance, and I currently work full-time. At first, I was iffy about it, because I thought I could do all of this wedding planning by myself and have it the way I want well within the budget. A little background on everyone: my mother is a nurse and a clinical instructor, which means that she works 4-5/12 hr shifts a week. My dad works full time and is also a nurse part-time, not to mention he is in school to get his masters, which he will graduate one month before the wedding. My fiance just finished school and is working full-time at his new job. I work nights as a tech at the hospital, nanny 2days/week, and I am currently in school so I can start in the fall for nursing school. Both of my in-laws work full-time either as a nurse or a teacher in another state. After a lot of thought and convincing my mother, she said yes to hiring them. I want to make sure everything goes as smoothly as possible. I knew for sure I wanted the day-of coordination, but now I am honestly considering full coordination. The wedding planner I met, my two maids of honor, and I fell in love with them. They described what they do and how they could help us by making sure we stick to the budget, finding a venue within budget, coordinating all transportation and hotel arrangements for out of town guests, which will be a lot; my fiance is from Washington. His entire family lives all around the world. They would make sure to set up appointments for everyone's schedule, make sure payments to vendors would be on time.
Most importantly, they work with a lot of vendors, which means they get discounts upon discounts for certain things. Meaning the wedding planner would pay for itself in saving money. We have been engaged for two months now and still only have a date planned. One of my maid of honors said that she wouldn't want me to ruin the relationship with my family over a wedding. I am already stressed and overwhelmed with it being 16 months until our wedding. I've looked at prices for different planners, and she's reasonably priced. What do I do? Do I save my relationships by hiring this team?
