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How Your Wedding Planner Can Help You Beat the

Wedding Tax

Your wedding is supposed to be the happiest day of your life. You've been planning and

daydreaming and scrapbooking since you were 12. Now you've met the love of your life, saved

up what you believe is a good amount of money, and want to get started planning right away.

Only one problem: the wedding tax.

What is the Wedding Tax?

The wedding tax is what people refer to when the price of something goes up when you say it's

for a wedding. Sometimes, the price increase can be several times higher. Imagine seeing a

makeup artist charge $100 for a full face glam then having to pay $500 for the same thing just

because it's your wedding. Or how about ordering 100 cupcakes for a corporate function and

paying $100 for them, but the price for the same 100 cupcakes for a wedding is $700? We all

know it’s necessary with some vendors. It takes more people, more prep, more editing, and

more equipment to take pictures and videos of a wedding than a child's birthday party. That

can't be helped. But for some of these vendors, there seems to be no justifying the price hike!

So What Can You Do?

And just like that, you see your dreams of an elegant soirée slowly disappearing. These vendors

aren't willing to work with you. They won't (or can't) explain why their pricing is higher for the

same products. Your budget is quickly disappearing before you've even tried on your first dress.

You want the great wedding you always dreamed of, but don't want to go into debt over just one

day.

This is where a great wedding planner comes in.

And I know what you're thinking. "Wedding planners are just another expense. They cost a lot,

too!" And it's true. Full-service wedding planners aren't known for being the cheapest option. But

what you spend on a planner, you could be saving elsewhere.

How Planners Can Help.

The biggest pro of hiring a wedding planner is that with every wedding, they build relationships

with vendors. You have a good experience with a wedding vendor, you're still only using them

the one time (hopefully). Wedding planners, on the other hand, can bring that vendor repeat

business if they have a good experience working with them. Because of this, vendors tend to

put a lot more effort into making a good impression on a planner than on a couple. This shows

up as better rates, great service, and sometimes even freebies. Is it fair? No! Can you use this

to your advantage? Yes!

Wedding planners can not only choose not to work with that vendor again, but they can warn

other potential clients away from that vendor. If you're a wedding planner and you're looking into

that vendor for the first time, hearing another planner warn you away from working with them

because of a bad experience can cost that vendor dozens of contracts and thousands of dollars

over time.

Wedding planners, or the great ones at least, also tend to have inside knowledge. If you're

wanting a particular look but the vendor or materials needed to create that look is way outside of

your price range, a great wedding planner probably has a few tricks up their sleeve. Maybe

they've come across this before and can suggest a few ways to save money. Maybe they can

connect you with vendors they can vouch for who are starting out and cost a little less.

Whatever it is, your wedding planner is often a great resource for ideas on how to achieve your

vision without breaking the bank.

Consider Hiring a Wedding Planner

A great wedding planner is your lifeline. Use them!

Ready to hire an awesome planner? Check out our list of services to see how we can help you!