CharmyPoo
Ideal_Rock
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- Dec 10, 2004
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I am not happy with my wedding planner and wanted some suggestions. Some background .. I interviewed many wedding planners before landing on this one. Although no one I knew referred her, I took the risk as I was really impressed by our interview. She required full payment within 3 months which I have done. I know I have really high expectations but wanted to get your thoughts on what is reasonable or not. She hasn''t really done anything wrong but I am not sure what value she adds.
Some of the things I haven''t been happy about:
1. I asked her for help to find me a church - she sent me a link to wikipedia which I have already seen
2. I gave her my criteria for a videographer - the ones she recommended were so far off base. I ended up finding my own.
3. I asked her for unique venue options - she gave me the standard popular wedding spots. I ended up finding my own.
4. I have been asking for a wedding plan and finally received one after 4 months. On my first review, I noticed a lot of critical tasks were missing and a bunch of irrelevant tasks that I have already completed months ago.
5. I send her all my contracts and tell her what I booked. She forgot that I already booked a church and photographer.
6. I asked her for other vendor suggestions .. I got nothing.
7. I asked her to follow-up with my venue on a few items. All she did was forward them my email to her which I could have easily done myself. I ended up sorting it out with the venue event planner who is great.
8. She told me she would help me with negotiations and she was excellent at it. Well .. so far only I have been doing the negotiation as she hasn''t even spoken to any of my vendors.
9. She was suppose to help me design my theme but the most creative idea I have received from her was her contract!!
I feel like I am the one reporting to her for absolutely no reason. I am really not seeing what value she adds what so ever. To make it worse, I found a girl that used her and was really unhappy with her services and told me so many things gone wrong. Then another one popped up who said she just does the basics and doesn''t go above and beyond but was ok overall. At this point, I really don''t know how to proceed - she is paid in full. I also feel that I probably don''t need a full wedding planner and probably just a day of.
I am extremely happy with all my other vendors who have been so responsive - I spend a lot of time interviewing each one and selecting the best in the industry. The wedding planner is one of the most important vendors but I am just so disappointed. Am I out of line or expecting too much? Should I talk to her about this or would it make things worst? Should I wait it out and see if she gets better?
Some of the things I haven''t been happy about:
1. I asked her for help to find me a church - she sent me a link to wikipedia which I have already seen
2. I gave her my criteria for a videographer - the ones she recommended were so far off base. I ended up finding my own.
3. I asked her for unique venue options - she gave me the standard popular wedding spots. I ended up finding my own.
4. I have been asking for a wedding plan and finally received one after 4 months. On my first review, I noticed a lot of critical tasks were missing and a bunch of irrelevant tasks that I have already completed months ago.
5. I send her all my contracts and tell her what I booked. She forgot that I already booked a church and photographer.
6. I asked her for other vendor suggestions .. I got nothing.
7. I asked her to follow-up with my venue on a few items. All she did was forward them my email to her which I could have easily done myself. I ended up sorting it out with the venue event planner who is great.
8. She told me she would help me with negotiations and she was excellent at it. Well .. so far only I have been doing the negotiation as she hasn''t even spoken to any of my vendors.
9. She was suppose to help me design my theme but the most creative idea I have received from her was her contract!!
I feel like I am the one reporting to her for absolutely no reason. I am really not seeing what value she adds what so ever. To make it worse, I found a girl that used her and was really unhappy with her services and told me so many things gone wrong. Then another one popped up who said she just does the basics and doesn''t go above and beyond but was ok overall. At this point, I really don''t know how to proceed - she is paid in full. I also feel that I probably don''t need a full wedding planner and probably just a day of.
I am extremely happy with all my other vendors who have been so responsive - I spend a lot of time interviewing each one and selecting the best in the industry. The wedding planner is one of the most important vendors but I am just so disappointed. Am I out of line or expecting too much? Should I talk to her about this or would it make things worst? Should I wait it out and see if she gets better?