How much do wedding planners usually cost?

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this is going to vary tremendously by location

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DC wedding, DMV based planners, full service was $10k.

Not worth it, would’ve been worth it for maybe half that price.

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Also planning a DMV wedding - would welcome recs if you liked your planners

From my recent research, anywhere from $2k- $6k+. It really depends on what you want the planner to be responsible for and of course many other factors.
My hubby and I are super type A and are having a $20k or less wedding and so we decided to plan it ourselves and hiring a day of coordinator for $800. We’re still going to have a bit of support from her leading up to it but 90% of her responsibilities will be for the day of.

Chicago suburbs full priced planning was running around $6-$8k and day of coordinator who does timelines etc. was at least $1700

Destination wedding in Mexico planner was $4100 but it was entirely necessary bc we don’t speak Spanish

Depends on the amount of service you want from them. Day of vs full service is drastically different.

Source: My wife is a wedding planner

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