A Day of Coordinator Comes to the Rescue

Mar 29, 2011 by DoC

No matter how well you have planned, how many meetings you have with your vendors, no matter how many times you visit the ceremony site, inevitably something will always go wrong. But when you hire a Day of Coordinator you can relax knowing that whatever goes wrong, you will be covered by your coordinator. An experienced Day of Coordinator will always be ready for whatever the day will bring. She is the calm in the storm. And when the storm does hit it is the responsibility of the Day of Coordinator to quickly solve the problem without anyone but her staff knowing there was even a problem. After almost 10 years, I have seen every problem that can arise and am always looking over my shoulder for the one I have yet to experience. My favorite example of things gone wrong is when the DJ company showed up to set the equipment, but I never saw a DJ. Of course, as the Day of Coordinator I have the vendor list and quickly call the DJ Company. Unfortunately, my call went to voice mail and now the ceremony was only a half hour away. Because I have great relationships with several DJ’s in the area, I started calling from my little black book. With a lot of luck and prayers, the second person I called was at home watching a football game and agreed to come over and help me. He arrived just in time as I handed him the music that was to be playing and the ceremony went off without a hitch. As we moved into the reception I received a call from the DJ company only to find out that the DJ was in a car accident and would not be able to make it. I told the company that I had everything under control and we would discuss compensation on Monday. The bride did notice it was a different DJ than she had met, but then again, he was playing the music she requested so all was good. Can you imagine what would have happen if “Aunt Suzie” was helping out as the Day of Coordinator? She probably would have started humming here comes the bride, and with your luck, off key!!