I didnt use a wedding planner at all, most only dealt with major places which wasnt where we were wanting out wedding to be.

We were engaged for a fair while. I found a place online where you could have either your cermony and/or reception. When i saw this, i said to DH this is it, this is where we are getting married. He laughed, fobbed me off . We went and saw the place and booked it for 8 and 1/2 months later, we were very restricted for the dates we could due to my work.

I did nearly everything myself. DH was so proud of all the effort. As well as guests. The venue which we had now uses our table set us as there promotion picture. Which i do feel very proud off as i planned and made table decorations, place cards etc.

I also found other things done by booking others. I got the cateror through the reception venue who then recommended a person for the cake. We booked our photographer as we had previous photos taken and were happy, she recommended a florist who she had done her wedding photos recentally. This saved a lot of time. I think smaller companies are better than larger ones due to personal experiences through friends.

If you want anything at all PM me, I have kept all the lists and things such as who you want to be photographed, a standard list which we edited etc. Photos collected for various themes, colour ideas etc as have planned and helped lots of friends as well recentally.