What is an Event Consultant?
An event consultant is a professional whose training, expertise, and contacts will help to make your event as close to perfect as it possibly can be, thus allowing you and everyone at your event to relax and enjoy your wedding or other event.

Why should I hire an Event Consultant?
People are often under the misconception that planning your own event and preparing the food, setup, decorating and cleanup will save money. In fact, it can sometimes cost more, not just in money, but in time and headaches too. A good event consultant can work with you and your budget, saving you valuable time and money allowing you to enjoy the event.

Provides Expertise: For example in the case of weddings, a consultant can help to plan, coordinate and direct the complete wedding including Day-of-Event troubleshooting. Event consultants will counsel brides on what is possible within their budgets, offer advice on all aspects of the wedding and can do the actual legwork of selecting professional wedding vendors. On the day of the wedding consultants can manage the events of the wedding and reception, so the bride, groom, and wedding party can be worry-free to enjoy the day. Consultants are responsible for coordinating all wedding professionals as a team. Communication is a key factor in any successful event.

Saves Time: The majority of the time it takes for a bride to plan and coordinate her wedding is spent on research. Amazing Weddings and Events has done the research and had the knowledge and expertise to locate a site or wedding professional to match the couple's personality, style and budget.

Saves Money: Brides and grooms sometimes feel a consultant can be an additional expense that they cannot afford. In fact, a consultant can be your best investment, especially if you are on a strict budget. The consultant's fee should be considered as part of the budget and not an extra expense. An experienced consultant can help a couple avoid common mistakes and keep within the budget. Working with vendors can be costly if the right questions are not asked. A good consultant has researched several vendors in each category and the vendors in your consultant’s preferred list should provide an excellent combination of value, quality, style and personality.

Solves Problems and Saves Stress: Having a personal consultant coordinating and troubleshooting on your wedding day gives you and your family peace of mind so you can enjoy your special day worry-free. The careful planning and expert referrals by a consultant will virtually eliminate the risk of mishaps on a wedding day. However, in the unlikely event of a missed delivery or an attire problem (or another emergency), your consultant will have every resource to rectify the problem right at their fingertips. A well-trained consultant is an invaluable resource for you and your family saving you concern about any aspect of your important event.Amazing Weddings and Events will remove the burden from your shoulders throughout the months, so you truly enjoy your engagement and the end result of the detailed planning - a wedding that is truly a day to remember.

What tools do you use in event planning?

Software for Event Consultants: provides AWE with detailed reports, checklists, vendor and guest list management, vendor payment schedules, deadline notices, schedules and much more.

Knowledge and resources from event planning coursework for Masters and Wedding Planning Certification.

Above all, the most important tools are passion for what Amazing Weddings and Events does, organization, careful planning, attention to detail, professionalism, and being able to work well under stressful situations.

What happens at the initial consultation appointment?

A one-hour no cost and no obligation initial consultation is always happily provided at a time that is convenient to the client. During the initial consultation, we will discuss the overall vision you have for your event and what type of services you desire. Amazing Weddings and Events encourages cleints to ask as many questions as they can think of during this consultation, as many clients have never planned an event of this magnitude.

The consultation is provided free of charge to give you a better understanding of what services we can offer, a big picture of the event planning process, and to provide you with the comfort to know we are here to assist you!

Winthin 2 weeks of the initial consultation, AWE develops a proposal containing information and pricing for all aspects of the wedding or other event discussed during the consultation. The proposal also includes a contract.

What is your payment structure?

When a client decides to hire AWE to assist them with event planning needs, a 1/3 of the cost deposit is required to book us for that specific date. The balance is due 2 weeks before the event date.
Our prices vary depending on various elements of your event. Our prices are competitive so please contact us for a quote for your next event.

How Involved will Amazing Weddings and Events be with My Event?
That is completely up to you. If you want AWE to make all of the decisions regarding your event, we can do that. If you simply want to purchase your stationary and or wedding accessories from us that is fine as well. Any amount of involvement between the two examples above is fabulous. We will be as involved with your event as you want us to be.

How Much Notice Does Amazing Weddings and Events Need to help me?
Depending on the details of the event, for a large event, to meet all of your needs, at least a year is a great time frame. However, contact us and we will see what we are able to do for you.

Further Questions?
If you have questions that were not answered throughout this web site, please give us a call or email us at shoshana@amazingweddingsandevents.com and we will be more than happy to answer any questions you may have!