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WEDDING PLANNING PACKAGES

Day of Coordination Package

This is our most popular services. It is designed for the bride that wants to plan her own wedding but not work on her wedding day. But, this package really goes beyond just the weekend of the wedding. Throughout the course of your planning, we are your own personalized question resource and safety net. Call and email us with your planning questions.  Shouldn’t planning be this easy?

This service also includes three, face-to-face meetings. During these meetings, we can personalize vendor referrals to you, talk you through family or etiquette issues, help prioritize your to-do list and budget, offer lower cost alternatives, etc. We also assist you in developing a master timeline. Finally, right before the big day, we attend your final reception and/or ceremony meetings. This is to ensure that you, your sites, and At Your Service Weddings are all “on the same page”.

The Day of Coordination service is for unlimited hours of coordination on the day of your wedding and for rehearsal. On your wedding day, the sky is the limit with what we do. Think of it this way, if we are busy managing this beautiful event for an entire day, this would all be on your shoulders without us. That is time taken away from your friends and family to be working! With us there, you just focus on, well, getting married! With the purchase of this package, Ala Carte Services can be added for an additional fee at a reduced price.

The following list doesn’t even begin to describe the services we provide on the day of your wedding, but here are a few main points:

• Two coordinators present for the big day
• Conduct rehearsal with your officiant
• Light decorating of ceremony and/or reception sites
• Be the point-of-contact for your vendors
• Handle issues that may arise
• Field questions from guests
• Make sure the day flows smoothly
• Give cues for walking down the aisle, grand entrance into the reception, toasts, etc.
• Light clean up at the end of the evening

Out-of Towner Package

This service is perfect for the couple getting married in the Twin Cities but doesn’t live here.  With this package, you plan your own wedding but we help you find your vendors. We work with you on establishing a list of vendors that you will need for the big day. We then assist you in putting together your vendor team that will make your wedding day happen. At Your Service Weddings will help match you with vendors that are not just reliable and professional, but perfect for your style and within your budget. We work with you until each contract is signed.

This package does not include the Day of Coordination service. This service can be added for an additional fee.

The Wedding Coach

This package is a “super-sized” Day of Coordination package. Brides want to plan their own weddings.  Some brides need more assistance from us than others.  This package does include Day of Coordination and all of the benefits from that service.  The difference is that there are more face-to-face planning meetings included in this package. We offer more assistance for you to do your planning.

At the beginning of your planning, we meet for a lengthy meeting to establish a general direction for your wedding for you to take the planning in. After this, we meet once a month to check in on your progress. This monthly meeting shaves hours of research time off of you each month. We help to consolidate all of the information you are seeing during the research. This is also a great way to rid yourself of stress. Sometimes, finding the time to do everything is the stressful part of planning. You also have a more peaceful planning process because you know that a professional coordinator is checking in with your plan monthly. This is a great “safety net” to have to make sure the small details are not overlooked. In each meeting, we discuss with you what has been accomplished since our last meeting. We then work with you on prioritizing what should be wrapped up or focused on by our next meeting.

With this package, At Your Service Weddings will be there on the day of your wedding as your Day of Coordinator. That’s the time to sit back, relax and let us handle the work that day! See the Day of Coordination package to see what is included in this package.

A LA CARTE SEVICES

A La Carte Services are available for the bride that wants to plan her own wedding but needs just a little assistance along the way.  These services are designed for when she either doesn’t know how to do some of her planning or doesn’t want to do everything herself.

These services can be either purchased individually or combined with a service package.  You do not need to invest in a service package to benefit from our A La Carte Services.

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• Wedding Concept Development
• Venue Selection Suggestions
• Vendor Referrals
• Menu and Beverage Development
• Customized Budgets and Timelines
• Customized Checklists
• Oversee Vendor Contracts
• Floral, Décor, and Lighting Design
• Rentals, Props, and Furniture
• Invitation Design, Assembly, and Mailing
• RSVP and Gift Tracking
• Stationary Piece Design
• Ceremony Programs
• Save-the-Dates and Invitation Design
• Reception Table Numbers and Place Cards
• Favors and Gift Baskets

• Special Touches Suggestions
• Photography and Videography Tips and Referrals
• Officiant Referrals
• Event Staffing
• Musicians, DJ’s, and Entertainment Referrals
• Wedding Cake, Sweets, and Desserts
• Transportation, Hotel Accommodations, & Activities
• Staging and Audio/Visual
• Seating Plan and Room Layout Advice
• Wedding Party Instructions and Assistance
• Rehearsal Dinner Suggestions and Planning
• Showers Suggestions and Planning
• Hourly Coordination for Ceremony
• Etiquette, Customs, Trends, and Traditions
• Last-Minute Planning and Emergencies

HOURLY CONSULTING

In this day and age, brides want to do their own planning. We offer hourly consulting to help brides “talk through” their ideas and process at any point in their planning. Couples are amazed at how much can be accomplished by sitting down with us for just an hour or two. 

Couples are also welcome to sit down with us right before their wedding. We look at what they have planned and advice them on how to deter minor problems before they happen, how to “wrap up” their planning, and details that might have been overlooked

WEDDING ACCESSORIES

At Your Service Weddings offers an array of wedding accessories and invitations for couples to purchase in the office or order through us.   We can assist you in ordering your:

IDEA LIBRARY

We are please to have an Idea Library in our office available for couples to browse through.  Our Idea Library is a collection of books and thousands of pictures organized into categories to generate ideas for anything from decor to hair styles.  No appointment or contract necessary to browse through the Idea Library. No information for wedding vendors is available in the Idea Library.  There is no charge to browse the Idea Library. It is available from 10 am - 4 pm, Monday - Friday only.

BRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER DRESS DROP-OFF SITE

We are proud to be a drop-off site for donated bridal gowns. The gowns are donated to an organization called Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation. The Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to granting wishes for stage IV breast cancer patients.  Their largest fundraiser is called Brides Against Breast Cancer Bridal Gown Tour Event.  This tour travels to over 40 cities to sell the gowns at a weekend event to soon-to-be brides. Please stop by our office with your wedding gown and $20 for shipping and we will package it and send it for you.  We will also cover the additional shipping cost for any shipment over $20. For more information, visit www.bridesagainstbreastcancer.org