Monday 26 March 2012

Splendid Wedding Survey

Your help is required to paint a picture of how brides and grooms go about planning their weddings.


The survey is open to anyone who got married 2007 and later or who is currently planning on tying the knot. It's also a global survey, so brides or grooms in any country are welcome to participate. All answers are anonymous and the entire thing should take about five minutes to complete.




Splendid Communications has no financial bias hinging on the results of this survey. It makes zero difference to them whether or not a couple uses magazines over blogs (or vice versa) when planning their wedding, or whether or not they identify more as modern or vintage. However, learning how couples make specific decisions does matter, regardless of what those decisions are. 


So, if you got married in 2007 or later, or are currently planning your wedding, please take five minutes to complete this survey http://bit.ly/wed2012.


Thank You.

Monday 5 March 2012

Venue Co-ordinators are NOT Wedding Planners!

Regular readers will know that before setting up Endless Love Wedding Planners I worked as a Wedding Co-ordinator at a venue. So the opinions in this post come from my experience in both roles.






Don't get me wrong, I think venue co-ordinators do a fantastic job, they know everything there is to know about their venue and can recommend the suppliers they regularly work with.  What they don't do is provide a personal, bespoke service that is specifically tailored to you.


My heart sinks when a couple tell me they don't need a wedding planner because they have one at the venue.  What these couples don't realise is that although there will be someone from the venue co-ordinating their day - they are most definitely NOT a wedding planner.  It may not even be the person they have spent so long talking through the plans with.  When I worked at a venue, my role was Monday to Friday 9am-5pm which meant I was very rarely there on the wedding day.  An important question you should ask your venue co-ordinator is if they will be there on your day.  If they won’t be there, ask to meet the person who will be!  A wedding planner will be with you throughout the entire day from the moment you put on your dress, usually until your first dance but sometimes later.  A wedding planner will liaise with all of the suppliers involved in the wedding meaning you can relax and enjoy the day.  If anything does come up, you only need to speak to your wedding planner and they will deal with it for you.


Simply put, a venue co-ordinator works for the venue, a wedding planner works for YOU!



To find out more about hiring a wedding planner take a look at my website www.endless-love.co.uk and contact me to arrange a free, no obligation consultation.  I look forward to hearing from you.


Photo credit: Ross Dean Photography