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Designed for the bride that wants the very best in wedding consulting and design - this package includes all the services you’ll need to transform your engagement dreams into the perfect wedding day. With end to end consultative, planning and coordination services, you’ll be able to relax and enjoy the experience. And because this package includes wedding design services, you can sit back and let your designer bring fresh and creative ideas to you. Your wedding designer and coordinator will be by your side throughout the process - with an attentive ear, a steadfast work ethic, a dedication to detail and an inspired eye for design.
The ideal package for the student, working bride or bride living away, CW Platinum services includes vendor prescreening, interviewing and wedding weekend coordination.
This package includes up to 10 meetings, up to 100 hours of planning time, 80 hours of day of the wedding time, and unlimited phone and email support.
CW Platinum Clients may select from the following services. Other services are available on request:
Wedding Design
- Designer visits to ceremony site and reception site for evaluation
- Presentation of two complete design schemes at design meeting
- Pricing of design elements with area vendors
- Includes price of all prototype materials
Budget Management
- Preperation of a first draft of your budget
- Provide a budget template and category estimates
Insurance, Legal and Travel Assistance
- Research and negotiation for appropriate wedding insurance
- Marriage license information
- Provide name change assistance -- social security forms, form for banks and credit cards
Organization and Management
- Assistance with save the dates letters or preperation of wedding information website
- Maintain timelines, checklists, task lists, and budget
- Provide a planning and wedding weekend timelines for bride, groom, wedding party and families
Site Selection
- Pre-screen venues according to your criteria
- Schedule appointments and tours
- Contract negotiation
- Service, installation and timing coordination
- Develop a "day of" the wedding schedule for site liason
- Map directions to site for guests - requires client approval
Family & Attendant Coordination
- Develop a "day of" schedule for family and attendants
- Assist in finding attendant attire
- Develop and send a bridal party update - one communiqué with info for the wedding party
- Document wedding day assignments for family and bridal party
Guest Communications & Relations
- Design and create save the dates for out of town guests or produce wedding information website
- Deliver of guest baskets for out of town guests
- Plan weekend activities for out of town guests
- Negotiate and reserve hotel room bock for out of town guests
- Create a note for out of town guests assistance
- Interview and book babysitter(s) for the ceremony/reception
- Plan and coordinate activities for younger guests
- Assist with seating plan for ceremony or reception if required
Ceremony Planning
- Provide vow and reading selection assistance
- Provide ceremony etiquette assistance
- Drop off and pick up bands to be engraved
- Provide ritual planning assistance
- Suggest ways to personalize ceremony
- Work with church sextons, coordinators or wedding committe to plan rehersal.
- Communicate schedule, participant and music information to officiants and church staff.
Floral Planning and Vendor Relationship Management
- Assist with choosing floral scheme given preferences, budget, and season
- Pre-screen florists
- Negotiate contract with florist.
- Manage ongoing correspondence and updates
- Prepare Florists Prep Pack - includes delivery times and schedules, map with placement of key floral decorations, map of site water and refrigeration sources.
Catering Planning & Vendor Relationship Management
- Pre-screen caterer
- Suggest menus based on overall wedding design
- Maintain headcount, delivery time and other detailed information
- Pre-screening pastry chef
- Suggest cake styles in line with overall design
- Book tasting appointments
- Confirm of menu details
- Confirm of service details
- Develop a "day of" the wedding schedule for caterer and pastry chef.
Reception Planning
- Assist with seating chart and layout
- Arrange escort cards of seating assignment grid
- Manage installation and delivery of all decorative elements
- Prepare reception timeline and distribute to vendors
- Manage tent and chair rental booking, delivery and setup
- Arrange parking for reception
- Order liquor, wine and champagne
- Collect presents as they are received
- Gather and assist with loading gifts after the reception
- Prepare and manage time schedule of the reception
- Assist in planning receiving line
- Assist in writing toasts and thank you speeches
Dress Selection Assistance
- Pre-shopping boutique screening
- Boutique appointment scheduling
- Have dresses pulled in advance of visit (at participating salons).
- Scheduling gown fittings
- Confirmation of all attire shipping dates
The Big Day Coordination
- Manage of decoration delivery, installation and setup
- Manage wedding day transportation for bride, groom, wedding party and guests
- Book appointment for dry-run with hairstylist
- Distribute wedding day schedules to all vendors, bridal party and officient
- Meet, check in, and confirm details with with each vendor on the wedding day
Music and Entertainment
- Pre-screen bands according to your criteria
- Negotiate contract with band or DJ
- Prepare play list for reception and cocktail hour
- Manage timing with bandleader/DJ
- Check availability backup band/DJ in event of major complications
Invitations, Announcements & Other Printed Items
- Assist with wording for announcements in regional and national newspapers
- Pre-screen calligraphers
- Book calligrapher
- Provide place card selection and calligraphy assistance
- Provide invitation selection assistance
- Assist in preparing and printing ceremony invitations
Photography
- Prepare Photographers pack - includes must take photo list, style preferences, special and unique item for photograph, schedule, map of facility
- Confirm date and time for formal photos
- Assist with formal photo session
- Assist with development of "must take" photo list
- Check availability backup photographer in event of major complications
Transportation
- Reserve of Transportation Providers
- Fax transportation providers schedules and directions for pick-up and drop off
Favors
- Assist in selecting favors
- Assist in assembling or purchasing flowers
- Arrange/place of favors on wedding day
Planning For Children
- Coordinate and arrange babysitting services
- Develop facilitated on and off-premises programs for younger guests including tours and group games
- Develop custom concepts for children’s favors
- Develop custom coloring books, search-a-word puzzles and other activities for junior guests
Gift Giving
- Assist in selecting, preparing and assembling bridal party gifts
- Assist in selecting, preparing and sending parent gifts
- Assist in selecting, preparing and wrapping wedding gifts
And You're Off...
- Delivery of overnight bag to hotel
- Mail gifts to parents to thank them for support
- Box top layer of wedding cake for anniversary
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