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On-the-Day Wedding Coordinator

Recently, engagements here and there are happening and wedding planning was the second best part of getting married (aside from of course, "getting married"). When Lester and I were starting the wedding plans, we initially thought of getting my sister and cousins to help me on our wedding day because we were carefully planning which of the expenses we can eliminate. After a couple of bookings for suppliers, we realized that on-the-day wedding coordinator is really a must. Thanks to my sister-in-law for sending us budget that we were supposed to put for musicians but we opted to use it for OTD. :) Budget tip: It's always a big help and it's not bad to receive wedding budget help from your families and friends :) But use it wisely! 

However, there's a big responsibility behind getting an OTD. Still, you must do your planning carefully, and everything must be in order. I suggest to extensive research on wedding planning. There are lots of checklists, wedding timetable and budget templates available over the internet. As I've written before, google has been my bestfriend while doing the preps.

Of course, our wedding still had glitches. It wasn't perfect, but the planning worked out fine (at least!). I'm not an expert and I'm basing this from experience, here are some tips to help your on-the-day wedding coordinator ease their job. Remember, your OTD's will just work around on how you did your preps. 

  1. Do extensive research. If you cannot allocate time for this, hire a full wedding coordinator and you may not proceed reading the rest of the items :)
  2. Do your research about the wedding timetable. I found a checklist about what to do 12 months before, 6 months and on the day of the wedding. Read, and follow the timeline.
  3. Upon booking an OTD, review the contract. Normally, they will list the things that we will do for you on the day. Meaning, those are the things that you should prepare for the wedding day. All other things essential to your wedding not listed in the contract will be your responsibility.
  4. Make a list of all the things you need on your wedding day. The OTD will provide you this list of essentials needed for the wedding. Make sure you put a check mark on each of the items.
  5. Upon putting a check mark, put them all inside a box. Make another list outside the box to label the things inside it. This way, your coordinators will have an easier time looking for things. Remember, they are yours, not theirs :)
  6. When you meet up with your coord, do your assignment. When he/she asks you to do this and that, do it. They still know better than us. They are professionals, and must have attended more weddings that you did so they still know what's best for the wedding.
  7. Not because "unlimited" consultation thru text is written in the contract, you can boggle them every now and then whenever there is a problem. Solve the issue first between you and your partner. If still you cannot solve it, then probably it's okay to ask. Always go back to the contract and review the service you are paying. 
  8. If your OTD sees during your meet ups that you're doing your homework, they will sure provide excellent service on the day of your wedding :)
Tried and tested, not only you, the couple, will be happy for a smooth wedding, but the coordinators will be honored to have you as their customers as well. :)

I'm very happy also to help brides and grooms prepare for their wedding through my blog review. Lester meet up with 7Ten5 Events - our OTD wedding coordinator to book their service for my sister-in-law's wedding (And happy to have JR Salonga as well). Yey, we can have our pictures :) we forgot to have a picture with our suppliers during our wedding so probably next year, we can have one :) Anyway, not only did my sister-in-law was able to book them through us (and experience :D ) but I was able to help the Jaboom twins book them through my blog as well :) Yey! Mission accomplished :)

Sharing our picture during the wedding that shows happiness behind the hardwork. Thanks JR Salonga for this photo :)




Happy wedding preps to all brides and grooms to be. And for Lester and I, happy moving-day preps :) Yey! House in a few weeks! Good vibes!



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