Hi everyone,
We’re working with a wedding planner for a destination wedding. We’ve found a venue and are about to start signing contracts and making payments.
Our planner is proposing that we contract directly with them and pay them, and then they would handle signing contracts with all of our vendors and paying those vendors themselves.
Is this standard for full-service wedding planning?
I’m a bit uneasy about what happens if something goes wrong—for example, if their business runs into issues, they stop working with us, or we decide to switch planners. If all the vendor contracts and payments are in their name, where does that leave us?
They’ve said this setup makes coordination easier and helps with rescheduling if needed, since they would be the “client” with vendors—but I’d love to know if others have seen this approach and how it works in practice.
Would really appreciate any advice or experiences. Thanks so much!