Wedding Planner

Weddings are not the same these days that they were thirty years ago. In our days, it was a big occasion; the plans will go on and on; aunts and uncles will come earlier and there will be so much of excitement in going out to a shop and buying betel leaf.There will be discussions about the menu for every day[five to six occasions per day[breakfast, lunch,snacks, dinner, intermittent juice ], offering sweet packets in hand[and what to include where],etc etc. Nowadays, there is less number of relatives.Earlier connect that was there between siblings[old aunts and uncles]is lacking and thereby the cousins also feel distant. Friends and relatives are still invited and due to lack of man power, the brunt of organizing falls on the immediate people concerned, making it slightly tension filled. Here the planner comes in handy. So much of hassle is taken away ; I am not too qualified to talk about it because in our community, while there is work for the boy's people, the major responsibility is the girls'.They have to make arrangements for providing food, accomodation etc for the groom and his relatives.There are tiny little rituals which call for a lot of meticulous planning and the girl's parents do engage a contractor[for organizing everything]. If it suits them it is fine. I would prefer the earlier halla balloo associated with the wedding if I had a daughter; but, I need help because I can trust my husband to not to lift a little finger and if help is not forthcoming from other sources I will opt for a wedding planner.

My only daughter and 2 sons were married long back, our marriage function lasts for 8 days, and one extra day for the reception party/feast, that night they have the honey moon. During all the 3 weddings i along with my brother, who too is retired now,we arranged every thing, there are so many rituals at home, then go to brides place for the marriage rounds, oath taking, back, again so many rituals; we used doing that. In January this 2014 my grand daughter's wedding will be done, we wont take help of wedding planner.

Hi there Allknowing! I do plan weddings and other events, but just like you, I only do it for family and in some cases, events held in our beach resort. If ever time will come that I will have a big wedding, or renewal of vows, I would ask my sisters to plan it for me instead. I can tell them what I want, or actually, they may already know what I want. As for wedding planners, I think it would be wrong to do everything the way they want it instead of how the couple wanted it. I mean, the process should be, the couple will tell the planner what they want, detailed or not, and then they will tell the planner how much money are they willing to spend on the wedding, then the planner can give them options depending upon the budget and the couple gets to choose among those options.

For couples who does not have much time to take care of all the things needed for their wedding, their only resort is to seek help from a wedding planner. Well, some might not think of asking help from a family member thinking that they wouldn't want to disturb them. When I got married, it was my husband and I who took care of everything. We both had the time but we also asked some help from his aunt as well with regards to where the flowers should be bought.

We have a Wedding Planner in the house, perhaps we'll have her thoughts on this when she sees this topic... Myself, I have not thought of hiring a professional planner for any weddings yet. Mine many years ago was just a simple, small wedding with family and close friends where the term Wedding Planner was never even came up to mind...

There is a film called "The Wedding Planner" that was released in 2001 and I'm sure I've heard of wedding planners here in the UK, so maybe it's a trend that is slowly spreading across from America and is just reaching you? Personally, I'd prefer to plan a wedding myself as then you know exactly what you are going to get, without the fear that the planner had favoured suppliers who paid them for the business. And you'd save a lot of money on an event that is going to cost a small fortune whatever you do.

Hi, You are right. Wedding planner is in great demand these days. i would prefer wedding planner for my son's wedding. Thus I don't have to bother about all the things necessary for the wedding. I have only son and so I have to spend only once for wedding planner. It is very costly but it's OK.