Shortly after I got engaged, a friend of mine texted me to let me know that her husband has some friends that are wedding planners. As soon as I read it I said to myself, “no way and no thanks.” My sisters were married a year apart and we all c...hipped in to help plan amazing, beautiful weddings. Why would I need planners when those two weddings went off flawlessly? Seems like a waste of money. I brought it up to my fiancé James and he thought, “well, let's just email them and see what they have to offer.”
Long story short, it was love at first meeting. James and I had a wedding with lots of moving parts – an outdoor ceremony, a separate reception location and 250 people to bus around the jersey shore on 4th of July weekend. I think what really did it for us at our first meeting is when we told them our thoughts on the boardwalk ceremony (mind you, it's a public place) and James asked, "What if a crazy beach guy comes running through our ceremony in a speedo?" Kelly quickly answered, "Oh, we'll take care of that. I’ll tackle them if I need to.”
Jen and Kelly helped us every step of the way in planning our big day and looking back, there is no chance our wedding day could have happened without them. Over 7 months, we met with them about 5 times and each time they supplied us with an agenda to go through to keep the meeting running smoothly and efficiently. In between those 5 meetings, there may have been about 50 emails.... a day. Jen and Kelly answered these emails so quickly that I (a teacher) would check my phone after work and realize not only is our question answered, but whatever the situation was, they took care of it. Whether it's booking vendors for you, researching favor options, or calling Old Navy to find out what day the $1 flip flops sale is, Jen and Kelly do it all.
Rather than stressing over wedding plans that we've seen ALL of our friends experience, our year of engagement was FUN. We couldn't have enjoyed it as much if it wasn't for Jen and Kelly. Also, it RAINED during our outdoor ceremony, and our reception lost power and was running on a generator (which also failed and they had to reboot). Jen and Kelly helped pick up all those pieces for us to make the day go flawlessly, even with those minor/major setbacks :)
If you're thinking about not having planners, send these gals an email before you make that decision. If you are thinking of wedding planners, then you should 100% give them a chance to be yours. They are wonderful people who are kind, hard working, efficient, and not to mention affordable in the grand scheme of things. I could go on and on about how great they are but you’ll see for yourself the moment you speak with them. We can’t tell you enough to reach out to Jen & Kelly immediately.