Expert Tips for Finding a Sedona Wedding Planner

So you fell in love with the beauty of the Red Rocks the same way you did with your partner. You both decided you want to elope in Sedona. The beauty of the area combined with your personalized wedding vows is something you want to remember through your wedding photos for many years to come.

But, you need help in the planning department. Here’s everything you need to know about finding a Sedona wedding planner to help you bring your wedding day vision to life.

Sedona Wedding Planner

When it comes to finding a Sedona wedding planner, there are 3 types. Full-service, month-of, and day-of planners. We’ll explain a bit more.

A full-service Sedona wedding planner is committed to helping you create experiences and memories through forward-thinking ideas. From the beginning, they are there to help you manage your budget while providing you with recommendations. But, once they provide you with those recommendations, it’s up to you to book those additional vendors.

A “month of” planner is exactly what it sounds like. A wedding planner who only starts working with you 30 days out. You’ll pretty much have all your boxes checked by the time they step in. Their job is to make sure you haven’t skipped a beat.

Finally, the last type of Sedona wedding planner is a “day of’ coordinator. Their name is their role. They are present on the day of your wedding to make sure everything goes off without a hitch. You’ll be left with the rest of the leg work.

Our Approach

From start to finish, your wedding is an event with so many details. Finding and hiring the right kind of coordination is crucial for creating the wedding of your dreams. Our approach to planning Sedona weddings is to provide our couples with a blend of all 3 types of planners.

During the beginning stages of planning, we help our couples find & book other vendors. From there, at the mid-way point, we ensure all the boxes are checked and everything is in order. Finally, we have a day of coordinator on staff. They are present when our couples are ready to say I do to make sure every last detail is nothing less than perfect. But most of all, they are there, in the presence of your friends & family to make sure they have an awesome experience too.

Wedding Planner Sedona

We know you want a rad experience. So how do you avoid the stressful nonsense folks are trying to sell and focus on the planners who will provide you with a stellar experience from beginning to end?

We’ll let you in on a little secret. Reviews from their past clients. What are their past couples saying? Is it a one-sentence review? Or are they writing paragraph after paragraph about the unforgettably amazing service they received? 

Look, we get that couples aren’t exactly in the business of writing a short novel about their event pros. But the thing is, if you find a Sedona wedding planner you are genuinely interested in working with, and all of their reviews are one or two sentences then their business is nothing more than a transaction to them.

Your Wedding is More Than a Transaction

Let us be clear, all businesses are transactional in that they receive money to provide a service. But the wedding industry is so much more than that. We are there on the biggest day of your life. There has to be a level of love, care, and detail that goes into our work, especially as a Sedona wedding planner.

Unfortunately, not every vendor treats their business the same. There are plenty of caring Sedona wedding planners out there who provide their couples with excellent service and a wealth of expertise. But, there are also plenty of vipers too. Take the time to fall in love with the planner who will write your story.

Sedona Weddings

We need to point this out. When you begin planning your event, you’ll come across plenty of photographers in Sedona who list planning as part of their package. If we need to say this twice, we will; a photographer is not a planner! Photographers are visual creatives. There is a big difference between capturing a photo and coordinating a timeline.

We know first hand, these photographers hand their couples a to-do list. Leaving them stuck to figure out how to align timeframes, coordinate vendors, and double-check everything on the day of their wedding. Who wants to work on their wedding day?!

Leave it to the pros. There are plenty of Sedona elopement packages that include a planner who will do more than offload the dirty work to you.

Finding the right planner to help you design & create the wedding of your dreams is no small task. Arizona Elopement Collective is a company whose offerings include flexible, personalized Sedona elopement packages. Our background includes helping our couples save money while eloping in a dream location.