Why Hiring A Wedding Planner Is A Great Investment.

Your wedding day is a magical celebration of love, commitment, and the beginning of a new chapter. It is EXCITING and as you embark on this wonderful journey together you should savour every moment along the way. But whilst planning a wedding is a wonderful experience, it is also hard, overwhelming and incredibly stressful at times.

How difficult can this be? 🤔

Should we hire someone to help? Can we afford to hire someone to help? 😕

Why should we pay someone to organise our wedding when we can do it ourselves? 😩

Is it really worth the investment? It’s sooo much money we could use that towards something else in our budget! 🤯

If we do hire a wedding planner, how can we be sure they are good professionals? What if we lose control? 🫠

How can they guarantee everything will go seamlessly? 😬

Do we REALLY NEED a wedding planner, and what exactly are we investing in? 😊

We hear you! And they are all great questions, and valid concerns.

The truth is you are right, hiring a wedding planner is a big investment and it’s not for everyone. It is a very personal decision to make and not one that should be made lightly. But hiring a wedding planner is also an EPIC INVESTMENT for so many reasons and we’re about to tell you why. . .

1). You Benefit From A Wealth Of Wedding Knowledge 🤓

One of the primary reasons to consider hiring a wedding planner is for our wealth of expertise and experience within the wedding industry. As experienced wedding planners we have an intricate understanding of the latest trends, supplier networks, and logistical challenges that may arise during the planning process. Our expertise and insights can save you valuable time and energy, helping you navigate the complexities of wedding preparation with ease. We give you a stress-free wedding by taking control of the boring stuff, all the tedious bit’s that kill the magic - so you only have to focus on the fun stuff.

2). We Save YOU Money + Get MORE For Your Budget 🤑

Another great reason as to why you should consider hiring a wedding planner is because we can actually save you money! Yes, you heard that right…  I’ll say it again we can
SAVE YOU MONEY! 💰

Contrary to popular belief, as experienced wedding planners we can actually help you stay within your budget.

An experienced wedding planner can save you 10 to 20 percent of your total wedding cost. With our extensive knowledge of industry prices, negotiation skills and ability to source budget-friendly alternatives, we can stretch your budget further while ensuring that you get the most out of every £ spent. As luxury wedding planners we have spent years building strong relationships with award winning suppliers, who always go the extra mile for us, and if they cannot provide a discount they often extend their appreciation in other ways - more flowers, extra photos or longer wedding videos are just a few examples. The prices that our preferred suppliers give to us often go way below the rate that you will get by contacting suppliers directly.

But us wedding planners, don’t just help you curb the costs, we do SO MUCH more.

3). We Cut Out The BS + Save You Time! 🤩

Ladies + Gentlemen. . . Let us tell you one thing straight: Wedding planning takes an abundance of time and patience!

Planning a wedding is very time consuming; it involves numerous details and decisions, hours spent researching and sourcing for best suppliers. Lot’s of back and forth conversations and rigorous management of timelines and deliveries. To give you an idea, for an average wedding you can expect to hire anywhere between 10 - 14 suppliers. This means you will have 10 - 14 people to manage, to hold conversations with weekly and to keep in check. . . that is a whole dam team!

A recent study actually showed that the average wedding takes 528 hours to plan. That is 528 hours extra you need to work whilst struggling with your busy work hours, inevitable daily chores, and occasional social commitments. Not to mention the awful feeling of pressure… when time starts to run out!

This extra kind of responsibility can quickly turn wedding planning tasks from exciting joyful decisions to heavy burdens.  But planning your wedding shouldn’t fill you with dread, fear or intense stress. Your wedding day is one of the most important days of your life, it should be enjoyed, every moment should be remembered, every decision should be made with excitement and a calm, collected mind and every ‘to do’ should be celebrated with champagne! (At least that’s our working method!)

But this is where us wedding planners come to the rescue, we cut out the BS and allow you to focus down on the things that matter. As your wedding planners we act as your time-saving ally by giving you time saving wedding solutions and inheriting all the stressful responsibilities, so you can enjoy your day without worry or work. We manage the suppliers, defuse heated conversations, shelter you from any problems that may arise, negotiate on your behalf, attend appointments on your behalf, arrange meetings on your behalf, and we take care of all the paperwork, timelines and logistics.

We are your financial advisors, family therapists, professional bridesmaids and loudest cheerleaders. We are your builders, designers, cleaners and friends. We free up your schedule, put out fires on the day (theoretically speaking… we hope!), educate you and show you how to be resourceful, sustainable and creative with your budget.

We’re pretty badass. . . If I do say so myself!

4). An ABUNDANCE of tailored options ❤️

Options are good. Options are always good!

We LOVE giving our couples options to choose from!

But when you are planning your wedding alone, without the experience and expert knowledge - options can quickly become overwhelming and often this is when couples settle for the easiest solutions and not the BEST solutions. We always want our couples to have the best of everything which is why we invest a heavy proportion of our time into getting to know you, so that we can understand what makes you and your love stories unique. This allows us to then provide you with an abundance of options all which are tailored and suited to match your unique personalities and meet your specific requirements - which means you always have a selection of choices to choose from and that the final decision is always yours.

This is particularly helpful if you are having trouble deciding on your theme, overthinking the little details, or you simply want to take your wedding design to the next level. As wedding planners we can help you tap into a more creative way of thinking, we can advise you and help you to get the most out of your budget by providing you with original ideas, clever sustainable solutions and bespoke wedding designs that fit your style + budget.

5). Organise Your International Wedding Legals 💒

Whilst planning any wedding is hard, planning a destination wedding is understandably harder! In order to successfully plan a destination wedding you need to be highly organised and extremely thorough. There are so MANY elements to consider. From travel logistics, to sourcing local suppliers, making international safe payments and finalising your legal arrangements. These are tasks that require a little more effort than a quick google search - because if you make a mistake it could be a very costly one.

As experienced destination wedding planners we take care of these nitty-gritty details for you, from accommodation, recommendation, wedding coordination, logistical coordination to guidance on international legal processes and marriage licence requirements. We do it all! These are huge stressful decisions to make especially when you don’t know what you are doing. Imagine knowing you can tick all these tasks off your list without any worry! Wouldn’t that be nice?!

6). Learning to MANAGE your budget in a FUN way 🥳

If you thought setting a wedding budget was a hard job! You are going to find keeping track of it even harder!

Wedding budgets amount up quickly, all the little bits and bobs stack up and before you know it you are over budget and only half way over the finish line. When you hire a wedding planner, we teach you how to prioritise and maximise your budget. Because drum roll….. Brides I hate to break it to you but not everything is a priority!

We’ll show you how to snatch in areas so you can still afford the venue that stole your heart and the fancy extras that will take your wedding from average to EPIC.

I know we are biassed but I would say the points above are pretty compelling. The right wedding planner can be a lifesaver and should not be overlooked. It might seem like an unnecessary expense at first, but ultimately, it will be your BEST wedding INVESTMENT without a doubt! 🥂

Overall we will save you time, many headaches and, believe it or not, money. But most importantly, at Abigail Lucy Design we will show you how to have fun with it! 🤍

Get in touch today for your complimentary wedding consultation, or if our full wedding services don’t feel like quite the right fit for you then head over and explore our
1:1 Power Hour Service - where you can get all the advice + support you need today for just £300!

Please Note:

We do not offer any partial planning or on the day management services.
Our wedding services are: Full Planning, Design + Management or Design & Styling. Our full planning service starts from £10,000, Our Design + Styling service starts from £5,000 + Our 1:1 Power Hours are only £300 per hour with block booking discounts available