You may be a very hands on bride, excited and organised enough to do most of the planning yourself.
But it’s unlikely, even then, that you or your groom will want to be running around the night before, or
even day of your wedding finishing last minute touches.
Most wedding planners offer a DOP service. Despite its name, this service generally takes over the
reigns from the bride and her family during the week leading up to the wedding. A Day-of-planner
generally takes care of the following things:
• Confirms all bookings and payments for vendors (photographers, celebrants,
flowers, cake)
• Either organises or helps to organise setting up of the venue the night before, confirming
catering numbers, place settings etc.
• Confirms time and location for cake, flowers and other deliveries on the wedding day
• Ensures all vendors are in the right place at the right time
• Helps to organise guests for ceremony, photos, reception
• Deals with any hiccups that may occur
For an excellent real life account from a bride who didn’t hire a wedding planner, but in retrospect can
see the benefits, this Huffington Post article is worth reading.