Is a wedding planner a good idea?

Well, that depends on the Wedding Planner. One of my favorites is Myrna Grossman with For All Occasions. I just talked with her and she told me that the average bride spends 12 hours a week working on their wedding. On average, it takes 250 hours to plan a wedding from start to finish. Most people don't have 250 spare hours... not to mention the experience and knowledge to do it right. Here's a shot of Myrna helping Susan prepare for her Pyebaek Ceremony.

When a wedding runs smoothly and on-time, no one notices why. It's my experience that most of the time it's because a professional wedding planner is in the wings taking care of all of the little unforeseen "hiccups" that tends to happen on the wedding day. Your guests notice when things don't go as planned, and again, that's usually when there is no professional planner taking care of things, or "Aunt Sally" (who means well) either can't or just isn't keeping up with the day's events.
Myrna Grossman of For All Occasions, Inc. was the wedding planner at this wedding, and all I can say is.... YES! What a difference she makes. I've worked with Myrna at many events so I know that when she's taking care of the bride, everything will run smoothly. Myrna has a blog with lots of interesting and helpful tips... check it out.

Wedding Tip #18: Hire a professional planner !