Event Design

$3,000 - $4,000

Pre-Wedding Activities

Initial consultation with bride and groom to determine wedding theme and expectations
1-2 planning sessions per month
Unlimited number of telephone, text and e-mail planning sessions
Provide etiquette guidance when requested
Pre-screen all wedding vendors
Vendor referrals
Attend vendors meeting with the couple
Confirm wedding day vendors
Create and maintain vendor payment schedule
Provide reminders of all payments sent to couple for amounts due monthly to their vendors
Assist in menu selections and drink pairings
Follow-up with vendors on any changes of wedding plans and details
Create and maintain monthly task list
Prepare a timeline of events for the ceremony and reception
Keep an updated list of all guests attending
Wedding budget management
Develop wedding day itinerary for the couple, wedding party, family, and vendors
Assist with selections of the invitations, place cards, napkins, favors, and thank-you notes
Create room and ceremony layouts
Deliver the engagement and wedding announcements to the newspaper companies of
couple's choice (actual announcement costs to be paid by client)
Assist with obtaining the marriage license, if desired
Arrange accommodations for your out-of-town guests including hotel blocks and flight
assistance
Concierge services for out-of-town guests arriving early for event including planning of fun
events in the city
Deliver welcome baskets for out-of-town guests to hotels on wedding day up to four hotels
Assist with transportation details from and to airport; details on the out-of-town guests
arrival times and the printout for bridal couple and family
Assist with compilation of party favors for guests and arrange them as requested.
Assist with compilation of guest gift bags or baskets.
Assist with transportation details from and to airport; details on the out-of-town guests
arrival times and the printout for bridal couple and family
Assist with stuffing and mailing of invitations (addressing of envelopes at an additional cost,
plus postage)
Review and coordinate rehearsal and ceremony with officiates, wedding party, and vendors
Assist with the rehearsal dinner menu, ceremony menu, and reception menu details
Assist in the honeymoon planning
Prepare a timeline of events for Bridal Party
Review and coordinate Bridal Party

Wedding Day Activities

Assist bride, groom, and bridal party
Coordinate with wedding day vendors and assist, if needed
Distribute payments to vendors
Organize and set up any photos, meal place cards, bridal portrait, goblets, cake cutting
items, guest book, and pen at ceremony and/or reception.
Decorating the ceremony and reception sites within limitations described below
(decor to be supplied by client)
Set-up and tear-down of rental pieces (Limitations apply, see below)
Deliver drinks, food, and snack trays to bridal party prior to event (cost of items to be
incurred by client)
Distribute (and pin) wedding flowers
Attend final seamstress appointment to discuss bustling needs of bride with seamstress
Bustle wedding gown
Attend rehearsal
Oversee venue decor to ensure that setting is laid out in keeping with couple's wishes
Follow through during ceremony and reception to ensure that timeline is followed according to plan
Coordinate all reception activities
Provide wedding day emergency kit

After Ceremony Activities

Transport needed items from ceremony to reception
Prepare cake and meal for couple to take from reception, if desired
Distribute tossing items and line up guests
Load gifts and keepsakes left after reception in designated car
Attend reception and ensure clean up is completed
Return tuxedos if needed
Return small florist and rental items if needed
Deliver wedding gown to cleaners or other desired location if needed