Unsure About Hiring a Wedding Planner? Here are 101 reasons WHY YOU NEED ONE!

by Guest Blogger, Carol Rame, WPICC www.carolrame.ca

We just finished the final countdown of 2009.  So I thought I would do a little "counting" of my own, and let you know of 101 things that  could happen on your wedding day, but may be resolved or avoided altogether by simply hiring a Wedding Planner.

As a Certified Wedding Planner/Coordinator, I am trained to handle the "little things" that may arise, take care of stressful situations, and come up with creative solutions to the predicaments that may "pop up".

Think of it as having your own "Wedding 9-1-1 Operator" if you will.

Now in some cases, you are going to ask-"How can a Wedding Planner solve that?" 

My response to this is, although we may not be able to "fix" everything, with some quick on-the-toes and creative solutions, we can make it easier to quickly resolve and keep things under wraps, so that you may enjoy your dayworry-free.

Having a Certified Wedding Planner can help eliminate some of these headaches before they become an issue for the Bride and Groom to deal with. Let's face it, sometimes it's always a good thing to have someone take the reigns and resolve the problems that may arise in our everyday lives-isn't it absolutely essential to have someone do this on your most important day??

You will also find in reading this article I have put together, just how invaluable a Wedding Planner can be, and how we go above and beyond for our clients. 

1. It's 7:00pm the night before, and your centrepieces have not arrived at the reception hall, and are still "on delivery"
2. Your DJ is late
3. Your drunk Uncle decides to make a speech
4. The Minister is stuck in traffic
5. Your cake is melting in the heat
6. The Venue forgot to stock Toilet Paper in the Washrooms
7. Your favours aren't set out at each place setting
8. Your attendant forgot deodorant
9. Your decor is falling/coming apart
10. Tables were all set for 6 instead of 8
11. Your heel breaks
12. Your 20-something cousins need to call for a cab
13. The DJ blows a fuse
14. You left your bouquet at the Church
15. Your groom slept in!
16. The flowers from the church need to be transported to the reception venue
17. Your Groom faints
18. The wedding party is getting dehydrated and sunburnt while doing photos
19. Your dress gets a tear in it
20. Your Makeup artist is a no-show
21. The Venue Air conditioning isn't working
22. It's an outdoor tented wedding and there is no bug spray available for your guests
23. No backup plan for outdoor photos-and it starts to rain
24. Your limo breaks down
25. You get wine spilled on your dress while hugging your cousin
26. A Guest goes into labour
27. Your Flower girl falls asleep
28. Your wedding party is hung over from the night before
29. The wrong tuxes get shipped
30. Your Limo gets double booked
31. Your Church gets double booked (yikes!)
32. The Florist mixes up your flowers with another wedding!
33. Your flowers are withered when delivered
34. An altercation breaks out after dinner
35. Someone gets knocked out during bouquet/garter toss
36. The Best Man forgets the rings!
37. Your ring bearer gets too nervous to walk down the aisle
38. Your Mom forgets her whole BOX of kleenex
39. Your Dad's knees buckle while walking you down the aisle
40. Your Father and Step-Father BOTH want to walk you down the aisle
41. Your parents can't sit in the same room with one another
42. Your veil catches on fire while lighting the unity candle
43. A cell phone goes off during the ceremony
44. Your ring bearer/flower girl throws a temper tantrum
45. Your mascara starts running right before you are supposed to walk down the aisle
46. You gained a teeny bit of weight and now your dress doesn't fit! (eeek!)
47. Your photographer gets sick and needs to leave early
48. Your bar runs dry at 9:30PM
49. A Kitchen fire breaks out while cooking the dinner
50. Your reception venue is under staffed
51. Head table collapses (Oh NO!!)
52. Your flower girl gets a tummy ache and throws up
53. Power failure
54. The fire alarm goes off
55. Your Hairdresser doesn't remember the "do" she "did" at your trial and gets it all wrong!
56. The bathroom gets flooded
57. Your ice sculptures start to melt before the reception
58. The weather wreaks havoc and makes transportation a mess!
59. The Band shows up late
60. Your Doves/Butterflies you have for release end up escaping!
61. You lose a contact lens
62. Someone has a medical emergency
63. Your Ex shows up –uninvited
64. Say the wrong name at the alter
65. Reception room isn't set up
66. Your linens don't arrive on time
67. The chair sashes aren't tied
68. Your cake arrives– FROZEN!!
69.  The food is served cold
70. The Photographer's camera gets broken
71. Your Bartender doesn't show up
72. Your tent collapses
73. The wait staff forgets to bring out dessert table
74. The reception hall serves chicken instead of the prime rib you had decided to go with
75. Your "littlest attendants" decide to taste your cake icing with their fingers
76. The DJ misplaces your song for the first dance
77. Your hair dresser is running late and doesn't have enough time to finish everyone
78. Monetary gifts get "misplaced" from the money box
79. Your decorator set up the wrong colour
80. One of your hired vendors suddenly goes "out of business"
81. You get sunburnt from your last tanning session the day before your BIG day!
82. Your limo driver gets lost-(not good)
83. Your limo driver takes you to the wrong Church!! (even worse!)
84. Your flower girl/ring bearer loses bladder control
85. Your cake topper sinks into the cake
86. Your dress comes un-done.."up top"!!
87. The bartender runs out of ice
88. You weren't told a parade was going on at the location you chose for your photos
89. You get stuck in traffic on the way from photos to the reception
90. A guest gets rather "loud and opinionated" while speeches are in progress
91. Your Groom forgets his written vows
92. You misplace your shoes
93. You rented a white horse and carriage and on the day-of they sent the burgundy one!
94. An attendant drops out at the last minute
95. Your relative no longer wants to get up and do the reading at the ceremony
96. Your vocalist gets a cold and can't sing
97. Your guests show up to the venue and the doors arelocked!!
98. You forget the guest book and pen
99. Your bouquet comes apart
100. The tuxedo hems are too short
101. Uninvited guests crash the wedding

WHEW!! That is a lot of things, and sadly, the list goes on. 

BUT having a Wedding Planner can definitely cross out many of these painful mishaps. 

The solution is simple-Hire a Wedding Planner.

Super Planner? ABSOLUTELY! 

~Carol Rame