During your free consultation you’ll get the information you need to confidently book and hire me as your wedding planner.
Personally, I can’t wait to spend the hour talking about your hopes, wishes and wedding dreams.
Here are 14 general questions that I’d like to answer now, so we can focus on you and your wedding day.
I CAn’t find you on social media…
I don’t have any social media accounts. This is intentional and it was a decision that I really struggled with for years. As an aspiring minimalists - my husband and I have cleared the clutter out of our house, our car, our garage. After years of minimizing we ventured to look to our digital lives and how we might bring more joy into our screen time, it was easy to prune my usage and streamline my posting.
But then George Floyd was murdered and my understanding of how media affects my self perception, my mental health and my time was exposed. Combine that with the desire to be present for my daughter (as a mostly stay at home mom, minus a handful of wedding days), and you can no longer find me on any social media platform.
WHAT DO YOU CHARGE?
Click here to view my Wedding Services Brochure. After chatting with you more about your particular day, I’ll suggest the customized package that experience has taught me you’ll need.
CAN YOU GET ME DEALS OR DISCOUNTS?
Yes, but also no. I do partner with Minted and Generation Tux, and a few local companies which will discount their services for my clients. However, I really believe in the services provided by my preferred vendors and would never ask them to discount their prices to fit a client’s budget.
HAVE YOU WORKED AT MY VENUE BEFORE?
Huffington Post has a great answer to this question.
You know why this question is bogus? Because it doesn't matter at all. There are hundreds of thousands of venues from banquet halls to barns and everything in between. Plenty of planners, myself included, will only take on a certain number of clients a year to make sure the right amount of time and attention can be devoted to those weddings. If a planner only takes a dozen events a year and has been in business for 10 years, that's quite possibly 120 venues out of a significant amount of venues in existence...
Never rule out working with a planner because they haven't worked at your venue before. What is really important to consider is the style of your venue and how much work your planner really will have to do. If you're dreaming of a palace dripping in chandeliers with wall to wall marble floors, it's best to look for a planner that has similar pictures in their portfolio. Likewise, if your dream is to get married at the top of a hill and have a reception inside of a barn, you want the planner that has the experience in that environment and knows how to handle all of the rentals that you will need.
You’ll notice that a Sixpence wedding can take place in a barn, at a country club, or in your backyard but the common thread is LOVE. You are a Sixpence client if you really and truly believe that you’re getting married to your best friend and your soul mate. The person that you can sit with in comfortable silence, share winter socks with, and the person who you put first, before yourself.
*You can always include a final venue walkthrough, just ask me to add it on to your package!
AM I REQUIRED TO USE ANY OF YOUR VENDORS?
No.
DO YOU HAVE INSURANCE?
Yes.
DO YOU ACCEPT VENMO OR PAYPAL?
Yes.
ARE YOU CERTIFIED?
[Quizzical look] I have two bachelor’s degrees, can that suffice?
DO YOU GIVE DISCOUNTS?
Are you currently or have you served in the military?
CAN WE HIRE YOU FOR ONLY A FEW HOURS?
Not advisable, and I don’t currently offer any set-up-and-take-down-decor only packages.
ARE YOU AVAILABLE ON MY WEDDING DATE?
If you’ve inquired and booked a consultation then yes, I am available. If you inquire and I am not available, I will tell you right away and give a few referrals to wedding planners who might be a good fit for your event.
WHAT IS THE AVERAGE COST OF WEDDINGS YOU PLAN?
$12,000 - 80,000. Jk that’s a range. I don’t really have a good answer for this, because I focus on day of coordinating I am not privy to the final budget or in charge of balancing it. My best educated guess is $36,000.
WHAT IF I NEED MORE HELP THAN JUST DAY OF COORDINATING, BUT less than full planning?
Start with partial planning and design and then we can talk about additional monthly conference calls. If you are looking for a wedding planner who is a mix between designer, personal secretary, and virtual assistant, at your beck and call 24/7, I am not your gal.
how many weddings have you planned? HOW MANY DO YOU DO A YEAR?
Few to the latter, more than a few to the former.
The fewer weddings the more time I can commit to each client while ensuring that I have the most amount of time to spend living life with my husband and daughter. Time is a precious commodity and I don’t want to short change anyone. For me, more is less; do you want to be one of my few?
WHat happens if you’re sick on our wedding day?
Another wedding planner of equal experience will take over. This is part of why I take obsessive notes.
Will you still take us on as clients if our wedding is not sustainable, nor non-traditional?
Yes to the latter, unlikely to the former.
Describe your perfect client:
My clients plan non-traditional weddings and implement sustainable practices. They also can laugh at themselves, like hugs and don’t mind rejecting my suggestions outright if they don’t like what they’re hearing.
How does your business practice sustainability?
Sustainability is a stable foundation in my personal life and has always found its way into my business practices. From planting trees and supporting environmental education programs; to making suggestions, plans, and implementing designs that are consciously competent and make a lower impact on the Earth. Weddings are wasteful, but they don’t need to be a mindless mess of pointless papers, plastic cups, or floral foam that breaks down into microplastics. The ultimate in non-traditional, I’ll even encourage you to skip animal products in your wedding menu. I’m your go to resource if you want to feel good about your wedding choices and their impact now and forever.
THREE QUESTIONS EVERY CLIENT SHOULD ASK their prospective planner, AND HOW I WOULD ANSWER:
How do you manage *insert your biggest wedding worry*?
My couples tend to be organized and adept at planning, however they want a well-run wedding, they don’t want to work at their wedding (the day of or while planning). They want to hire professionals because they want a good wedding, they want to do it right, and they understand, there are limits to what they can know about the wedding industry, their venue, the flow of an event with 100 guests etc. I’m happy to step into that role and be their guide.
What do you think about our CURRENT WEDDING PLANS, and have you done something like that before?
I love a non-traditional wedding, one that fits your (plural) personalities. If you don’t want a wedding party/first dance/to wear white then don’t! I support you and I will help you plan an event that still feels like a wedding, even though there’s no ceremony/groom/formal dinner/cake.
What does working with you look like?
Uhmmmm. Each couple I serve is different and so is their wedding and so too is their planning style. I do my best to accommodate and adapt so that our time is efficiently and effectively spent. What does it look like after we’ve worked together? After each meeting my clients thank me (!!) assumedly because I’ve been helpful, we’ve made planning progress that feels authentic, they feel happy to have done the work and are still *so excited* for their wedding day!
MORE QUESTIONS? WRITE THEM DOWN AND ASK ME AT YOUR CONSULTATION.
photos by Aaron Rice Photography. Meghann + Ty.