A Wedding Planner is a decision maker who helps you with every decision and attends every wedding related meeting. Whereas, a Wedding Coordinator is the professional who ties your plan together and makes sure you haven’t missed anything. The Wedding Coordinator’s job is also to work the wedding day so that you, your family, and your friends can be completely present. Weekend Wedding Warrior does Wedding Coordination, not Wedding Planning.

We believe that “day-of” coordinators (DOC) don’t truly exist. It implies that someone will work only your wedding day and you will pay them only for that one day of work. That would be magic. There is no way someone could know where everything is supposed to go and what everyone is supposed to do without a few meetings before the wedding day. We are an abbreviated service compared to a Wedding Planner, but we are so much more than a DOC! After years of wedding coordination and hundreds of weddings served we offer the very minimum in our package that is needed to ensure we can execute the day on your behalf. Trust us, we’ve got your back!

It is not unheard of (e.g. if you are not having a ceremony rehearsal then we can remove that), but we rarely decrease our package. We think of our package as a cookie recipe; have you ever made cookies and left out the baking soda? They are still cookies, but they just aren’t as good. That’s how we feel about all of the steps we take in our wedding day coordination package. Every ingredient serves an important purpose to give the best product possible in the end.

We love all weddings! We are experienced in Catholic Weddings, Jewish Weddings, Indian Weddings, Same-Sex Weddings, Persian Weddings, Celebrity Weddings, Non-Denominational Weddings, Estate Weddings, and so much more. Every wedding is different and we like to expand our knowledge by asking you all the right questions to make sure we know exactly what traditions you are or are not following. Weekend Wedding Warrior is a very proud member of Inclusive Kentucky Weddings that strives to give equality and inclusion to all couples.

Although the planner at the venue is there to help you, his/her first responsibility will be to the venue.

Coordinators that work for venues answer your questions about their policies, assist with menu choices, and process your paperwork. Many times on the wedding day the coordinator for the venue is not there for the entirety of your wedding. Also, if they are on site, they will likely have responsibilities other than your wedding to attend to (showing the venue, paperwork, or even another wedding or event). The coordinator will most likely not set up your many personalized items such as your favors, seating assignment names, sign-in book, gift box, champagne flutes, and other details that you want on your special day. If there is a problem in the kitchen while you need to have your dress bustled, any venue challenge will take precedence.

Your Wedding Warrior works for YOU and will be there every step of the way to help. In addition, your Wedding Warrior is trained in helping you with the entire wedding weekend, not just the part that relates to the venue.

This is quite the dilemma and initially it can seem cost-effective to hire, or get the service for free, from a friend of the family. However, we have seen this go wrong many more times than it has gone right for a couple. Your friend of the family may be very organized. However, unless they work weddings regularly, the Friend may not be aware of the many things that a wedding professional does to keep the schedule seamless. We have seen many weddings succumb to chaos because there was no wedding professional on staff. It’s too much work for the Mother of the Bride or Maid of Honor to manage. Don’t your family and friends deserve to enjoy your wedding day with you? Do yourself and your friend of the family a favor and hire a Wedding Warrior instead!