Premiere Portland Wedding Planner

Q. Describe the most common types of jobs you do for your clients.

A. Destination weddings here in Oregon. We have had 5 out of state brides get married here in Oregon from New Jersey, Texas, Idaho, North Carolina, and California. We love beach weddings, but we have done weddings everywhere from Mt Hood, the Columbia Gorge to the Oregon Coast. We also plan special events like anniversary, birthday, sweet 16, and retirement parties, showers, bar and bat mitz-vahs

Q. What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A. Hire a professionally trained and educated planner!
Make sure you hire a planner you are comfortable working with, as you will be spending about 250 hrs together planning your event.

Q. If you were a customer, what do you wish you knew about your trade? Any inside secrets to share?

A. That we work very hard at planning & coordinating our clients weddings and that it's not easy work. We hold our clients hopes and dreams for their special day in our hands and that means alot to us. It takes approximately 250 hrs to plan a wedding and we put our reputation on the line for every event and we take it very seriously. Best advice we can give anyone Please find a planner who has been professionally trained & educated, not someone who just planned their own or a friends wedding and it was so much fun.

Q. Why does your work stand out from others who do what you do?

A. WE pride our selves on customer service and going the extra mile for our clients. Our clients happieness is very important to us and we do anything we can to make them happy.

Q. What do you like most about your job?

A. I love working with brides & grooms to make their special day a reality. The joy and amazement on their faces when they see their ideas come to life is what I work for.

Q. What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?

A. How many weddings have you planned? over 60
What do you charge? It depends on the location,size,season and complexity of the event.
Are you professionaly trained and educated? yes 2 of our planners hold the title of Professional Bridal Consultant through the Association of Bridal Consultants.
Do you do day of coordination? yes
Do you do more than 1 event per day? yes, we have a staff of coordinators to handle multiple events.

Q. What do you wish customers knew about you or your profession?

A. That planning weddings is not all fun and games it's hard work to plan and make sure your clients day goes off without a hitch.

Q. Do you do any sort of continuing education to stay up on the latest developments in your field?

A. Yes we do atleast 10 hrs of continuing education every year, and we try to go to atleast 1 conference every year. We are attending The Wedding MBA in Las Vegas this year.

Q. If you were advising someone who wanted to get into your profession, what would you suggest?

A. Pick a company and get yourself professionally educated! I can not say it enough you need to be educated before you try to handle one of peoples most important days of their lives. So much rides on this one special day for your client please get properly trained so you can plan it correctly and you will be able to handle anything that pops up or goes wrong.