tl;dr: yes you absolutely need a wedding planner (it's a necessity, not a luxury), and yes you should absolutely hire Jennifer. She is OUTSTANDING. // During our wedding weekend, I was going to set up part of the reception the day before the ...wedding. That didn't happen (an unexpected issue on our venue's end). The morning of the wedding, I woke up early to try to do some of the work, but another logistics issue on our venue's end made it so I couldn't. Here's the important point -- I WASN'T EVEN STRESSED. This was worst case scenario, but I just called Jennifer, said "hey this happened, I'm sorry this is a lot more work than I originally told you", and she said " don't worry! Go enjoy your wedding day, I've got you". Not only did she get it done, she did it so much better than I ever could have imagined. Every single detail was thought of. Fast forward to the reception, and the strap of my dress broke. Jennifer swooped in like batman responding to the bat signal, and literally said "keep enjoying your food, I'll fix this no problem". AND SHE DID. // It's not just the luxury of peace of mind, it's the necessity of dealing with all the little, moving details during the day and the problems that inevitably will arise. Jennifer is attentive to details, thoughtful in her approach, compassionate during stressful times, and proactive in dealing with problems before they even come up. She's accessible, easy to get ahold of, a strong communicator, incredibly organized, and truly the one vendor in my wedding that I would pick over and over and over again without hesitation.