For the 2001 movie see The Wedding Planner.

A Wedding planner is a professional who assists with planning and organization of weddings.

Weddings are thought to be a once a lifetime event and the organizers of a wedding (the couple and their families) are often willing to send a considerable amount of money to ensure it is organized as perfectly as possible. Wedding disasters can be quite painful.

This has given rise to professional wedding planners in several countries and communities. They attempt to ensure that the planned events occur as expected.

Some wedding planners charge either a fraction of the wedding cost, (which can range between $20,000 to $2 million in relatively affluent communites in USA) or a flat fee.

Services

The services can include:

• Interviewing the couple and the parents to identify their needs.
• Budget preparation
• Planning detailed checklist (from about a year in advance to a few days after the wedding)
• Attendee list preparation
• Identification of event venues (hotels, wedding manor etc)
• Identifying and hiring of wedding professionals and service providers (caterers, photographers, videographers, beautician, florists, bakers etc).
• Coordination of deliveries/services on the wedding day.
• Have a back-up plan in the event of a disaster.

Self help

There are resources that can be found in several books publications and websites that can allow a couple or a family to do the planning on their own.

In popular culture

• The 2001 comedy The Wedding Planner, with Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey, was on the busy life of a wedding planner who falls in love with one of her clients.

  Wedding traditions

  Ceremony aspects

  • Wedding cake
  • Wedding videography
  • Wedding photography
  • Personal wedding websites

  Related travel

  • Honeymoon
  • Wedding trip (traveling to meet a bride or groom in an arranged marriage)

  Religious aspects

  • Chastity
  • Celibacy
  • Spiritual marriage
  • Traditional marriage movement
  • Major world religions

  Related events

  • Bachelor party
  • Banns of marriage
  • Betrothal
  • Bridal shower
  • Bride price
  • Brideservice
  • Dowry
  • Dower
  • Mayian
  • Prenuptial agreement
  • Wedding anniversary
  • Shaadi
  • Event planning