| Your destination wedding planner is usually working on | | | | You should have fun looking through magazines and |
| several weddings at the same time. Don't feel | | | | the internet to find things that you love. Cake design, |
| marginalized, if she's good each wedding is looked at | | | | the bouquet, hair styles, etc. If you are planning pretty |
| individually and each is different. | | | | far out, keep files of the images that you like. You will |
| Every wedding has a lot of details that need to be | | | | fall in love with a lot of things so don't send every |
| taken care of. Try not to call your coordinator several | | | | picture of every bouquet that you like. Wait until about |
| times a day to discuss details one by one. Make a list | | | | 6 weeks prior and then go through your files. Choose |
| and then either call or email your planner with your | | | | the one that you like best and send that. It can be very |
| questions. | | | | confusing to go through images of 16 bouquets to find |
| Email is another area we need to discuss. If your | | | | the bride's final choice. |
| coordinator sends you an email to discuss seating | | | | And try to avoid using terms like ASAP. Most |
| arrangements and puts "Seating Arrangements" in the | | | | coordinators will automatically get back to you as soon |
| subject line of the email please don't hit reply and talk | | | | as they can and terms like ASAP can be irritating |
| about the cake. Each email should have a pertinent | | | | because they imply that you think your planner is |
| subject line. That way, when the coordinator is pulling | | | | ignoring you. |
| things together, he or she knows exactly which email | | | | You hired your planner partly because of their |
| pertains to what. Other wise he or she will have to | | | | expertise. Respect them and you will get the very |
| read through all the emails (and there can be a lot) to | | | | best of everything. |
| find the necessary information. | | | | |