It didn’t happen if it isn’t written. Your planning with a wedding planner should result in many written contracts to protect yourself. Smart people planning their weddings make sure the details are in writing. With no wedding planner contract covering all aspects from the photographer to the reception room to the cake and more, your journey is not complete.
It isn’t good enough if you simply get along with the vendor you meet, and it most certainly doesn’t matter if you like them. It is unimportant if it is a well know company of good standing. The good things never happened without a written, signed and binding contract. Without anything in writing as proof, just think of all the wasted effort you put in. Keep in mind that a written wedding planning contract not only protects the consumer, it also protects the vendor. It is good for everyone.
There are so many things that need to happen on your wedding day that it is not possible to remember them all. You may have all the details you want in your written notes, but those details must find their way into the official written wedding planner’s contract.
You may show up for your reception only to find that the room is not available for another 3-hours, because there was a scheduling conflict. Even worse, you find that the time of your reception is not noted in the wedding planner’s contract. You may discover that the cook substituted the pork with chicken. You are not covered because you permitted such crucial details to be left out of the contract.
These details are only some examples to demonstrate how crucial it is to add details to your wedding planning contract. Assume nothing and ensure everything is included in the planner’s contract. Protect yourself by including even those details which you think are trivial.
Unless you understand it, getting a written wedding planning contract is useless. That means you have to carefully read it. You may ask a wedding planner or an attorney to go over it with you to make sure you are not missing anything important. Ensure that you are not pressured into signing anything before thoroughly reading the wedding planner’s contract. Do not sign anything if you are being too pressured, just walk away.