by Gina Clayton | Feb 15, 2026 |
A couple I worked with last spring told me they’d put off calling planners for three months because they couldn’t find straight answers about pricing. Every website said “contact us for a quote.” Every blog gave ranges so wide they were...
by Gina Clayton | Feb 2, 2026 |
If you plan events professionally, or you’re hosting a personal event like a wedding or milestone party, event insurance deserves more than a checkbox on your vendor list. It deserves actual understanding. This guide covers what event insurance actually...
by Ashley Marie | Dec 31, 2025 |
A corporate client once hired me to plan their annual sales conference. I was three years into wedding planning at that point. Over 50 weddings. I figured: an event is an event, right? Wrong. I spent the first two weeks trying to create “ambiance.” I...
by Ashley Marie | Dec 29, 2025 |
My friend Sarah booked her wedding venue after a single 20-minute tour. She loved the chandeliers. Six months later, she found out there was no backup generator, the caterer charged a 40% premium to work there, and the bridal suite was a repurposed storage closet with...
by Ashley Marie | Jan 10, 2021 |
You may be wondering… “what is a styled shoot?” Well, here is everything you need to know about styled shoots! Let’s start with the basics. A styled shoot is a micro event setting. This mock wedding or pretend event setting is created by a team of event vendors. The...
by Jenn Stafford | Dec 19, 2020 |
Almost everyone who plans a wedding has to decide how much of their budget to allocate toward the bar and how many beverages to stock their wedding bar with. A wedding planner should be equipped to help with this information. Before you read this article, watch this...
