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vs.
Google
“online wedding planner” and you’ll be bombarded with websites that promise to
do everything from balance your budget to create a seating chart. The Knot,
Wedding Wire and Wedding Channel are, perhaps, the most well-known of these
online planners, but being well-known and reliable are two very different
things.
Many
brides try to substitute an online wedding planner for an in-person planner.
Whoops! Here’s why that’s a huge mistake.
They’re
Not Adaptable
Here,
adaptable refers to malleability. Sure, you can change a website’s format, font
or appearance, but you can’t change its organizational structure. Therefore,
while you may be able to add an extra column to the offered to-do list, online
planners have limits, some of which could seriously impact your planning
process – server changes or crashes might mean your entire planning is gone in
the blink of an eye.
They’re
Not Familiar with the Area
Wedding
planners know the areas in which they work. They can tell you which venue is
scheduled to undergo renovations, which photographer is notorious for having a
bad attitude or whether your ceremony location needs altar flowers. No matter
how many third parties add to “chat” forums on an online planning website,
nothing compares to first-person, experienced knowledge.
They
Can’t Forestall Problems
A
good planner prepares for everything; a great planner (like HJ) predicts what
could become a problem in the future. Online planners help you plan, but not
anticipate future hiccups. Being blindsided is never fun, particularly when it
comes to your wedding.
You
Can’t Take Them with You
Even
though you might take your laptop or iPad everywhere, I’d recommend you not
carry it down the aisle. On your wedding day, you won’t appreciate needing to
lug around and turn to a computer screen at the salon, hotel, church, reception
venue…
The
Don’t Execute Your Wedding
A
planner’s job culminates on your wedding day. Placing flowers, setting up
favors, ensuring that the soup you selected is correct – all that can only
happen in-person. Computers and online sites don’t have arms…making it pretty
clear that they can’t execute the specifics that make your day unique.
