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A couple looking for a wedding planner is not looking for a name, they are looking for a place: “wedding planner Lyon”, “wedding planner Bordeaux”. If they do not find you on a map, they find someone else. Here is what a well-filled listing changes, what couples really look at, and how to get listed with no account and no sales call.
· 7 min read
Two weddings on the same Saturday. A couple who wants you for their wedding in Corsica while you are based in Lille. A day-of coordination you have no time to take. In all three cases, the answer is the same: a fellow planner. You still have to find them, and work with them without losing the client or the margin.
· 7 min read
Flat fee, percentage of the budget, hourly rate: each method has its traps. The only one that holds over a whole season starts from your real hours, and it usually gives a higher figure than the one on your website.
· 8 min read
The caterer arrives at 2pm, the DJ at 5pm, the photographer at 10am at the bride’s. Each needs their time, their instructions and your number. Not the full forty-line timeline.
· 7 min read
A wedding always runs late: a hundred and twenty people never move on time, however well it was prepared. What sets good coordination apart is what it does with those forty minutes.
· 8 min read
Notion for tracking, a Google Doc for the schedule, a spreadsheet for RSVPs, WhatsApp for everything else. It works until the fourth wedding running at once. How to choose your tools without changing everything at once.
· 7 min read
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Budget calculator, how many bottles, guest-list template, QR code for the invitation: to send them from the first meeting.
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