One of the tasks we spend a lot of time on as wedding planners is creating and managing timelines. And it can be quite overwhelming, especially during a busy wedding season! After executing countless weddings, I have created a system that I use to organize and manage my client’s wedding day timelines. This system has [...]

As a wedding planner, you are focused on all of the fine details. From working with multiple vendors, booking clients, and chasing around getting final payments, there are many things you have to juggle! And while you might pride yourself in your attention to detail, sometimes things slip through the cracks. You get into a [...]

While wedding planning can certainly be a fun and joyous time, it can also be stressful, slightly overwhelming, and even pretty confusing at times. After all, it probably is the biggest party you’ve ever thrown. And the best way to avoid problems, later on, is to ask your wedding planning questions early. As wedding coordinators [...]

As a wedding planner, there are only so many hours in a day to get everything done! From marketing your business to client emails to remembering to pay yourself on time, it’s pretty overwhelming. I love systems and processes, so when I started my wedding planning business, one of the first things I tackled was [...]

As we enter the fall, we start to enter the off-season in the wedding industry. Fall business winds down, and as wedding planners, we have time to reset, reorganize, and refocus! While things are slower on the wedding front, now is the time to shift your focus to the backend of your business (aka everything [...]

I started my wedding coordination business, Jessica Dum Wedding Coordination, in 2012 - and after being in business for a decade, I have learned a lot of things. And I have changed a lot of my processes. One of the hardest parts of being a business owner is making mistakes. But the most important part [...]