Weddings are supported to be days of celebration and joy – but all too often, they end up a source of incredible stress. Coordinating potentially hundreds of guests, catering, entertainment, seating arrangements, photography and countless more other aspects of nuptials is a true feat of event engineering – which is why you should hire a wedding planner.

Think about it: Most people wouldn’t attempt to build an entire house on their own, without any professional help. So why would you think that building the event the begins your lasting, committed relationship would be any simpler? Hiring a professional planner can go a long way towards keeping you sane on your very special day and in the months leading up to it.

Here are some of the best ways a wedding planner can help:

Budgeting
With weddings, the sheer number of different decisions that need to be made makes the scope of things hard to see clearly – meaning that costs can easily spiral out of control. A wedding planner will take a set budget and be able to give you a variety of options within a certain range. They can vet vendors and get bids, acting as your advocate and keeping everything manageable.

Resources
With any luck, your wedding will be a one-time event in your life. Planners, on the other hand, put them together every day. As such, they have a wealth of resources and connections, ones you might never encounter, including ones that can be used as backup. If a supplier or vendor falls through, your wedding planner will be able to act quickly and slot in an alternative they trust at a moment’s notice.

A wedding planner will oversee every aspect of planning you special day.

Mediation
Weddings should be about celebrating the love and connection of a bride and groom – but all too often, there are countless other voices all angling to be heard and to influence the ceremony. The opinions of two sets of parents, friends, bridesmaids, groomsmen and more can all make the happy couple feel like they’re being pulled in every direction. A planner can step in and act as a mediator between all the different parties, communicating what is required, registering advice (and complaints) and accommodating what needs to be accommodated.

Supervision
On the day of your wedding, you should be able to sit back and let the machine take over. The last thing a bride or groom – even the family and friends of a bride or groom – wants to do on their special day is to follow the catering staff around to make sure they are doing their jobs. In addition to the prep work, a wedding planner will oversee the actual execution of the event, managing all the various moving parts.

What’s Left for You?
Now that all the hard parts are taken care of, you and your betrothed are free to get creative and brainstorm ways to make your day even more special. One such idea incorporates our specialty — customized backdrops where you and your guests can have pictures taken. With SignArtEtc, you can design your own background or send us the desired images or texts and we’ll take it from there. Visit our site or call us today at 1-800-799-7436 to learn more.