I’m going to be honest here. My now husband and I were trying to save as much money as we could for our wedding, and one of the costs I had opted out of was a day of coordinator. I figured, with all of my family, we’d be able to decorate and se...t up the venue the morning of. When I told my mom this, she panicked and worried that there’d be no time for us to set up the entire reception hall and get ready for that morning. My mom is actually the one that suggested we hire a coordinator, and thank God she did. As we got closer to the wedding, I started to realize how much was going to actually need to be done the morning and day of and I was stressing. The MOMENT we hired Ashley I felt a HUGE wave of relief. Every single worry I had, she told me would be handled, and she did not disappoint. My venue actually had a good amount of decor items for their brides to use. So, we went up to the venue and Ashley came along. There was so much in the closet that I couldn’t even decide what to use or how to use it. Ashley started looking through the items and within 30 minutes had come up with multiple beautiful center piece ideas for us to use. Before the wedding, Ashley was sending us newsletters that had everything outlined for us. She handled communication about the wedding day with our bridal party and made sure they all knew exactly when and where they needed to be on the day of. When it was wedding day, my family and I were completely stress free. Ashley got to the venue before us and was straight to work. I seriously never even had to leave the bridal suite for a single thing. When I finally did come out, the entire chapel and reception were beautiful!! Everything was exactly how I imagined it and Ashley had done it all!! She had picked up my florals for me that morning, and just made everything look amazing. Not only did Ashley have an amazing eye for decor, she did AMAZING at keeping everything on schedule. I don’t know how she managed to keep ME on time (I’m late to EVERYTHING), but she did. My wedding ran so smoothly and it was honestly a dream come true. I am SO grateful that my mom found Ashley and recommended her to me, and I do NOT regret the little splurge one bit. Hiring Ashley was the best thing I could’ve done to ensure the perfect wedding day. All I can say is, if you’re thinking about saving money by not hiring a day of coordinator, you are wrong! Save your money elsewhere because piece of mind on your wedding day is priceless.