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Wedding Planner 808 provides stress-free wedding planning and coordination services. For a limited time, earn double HawaiianMiles (up to 10,000 HawaiianMiles) when you plan your wedding with Wedding Planner 808.

Offer valid now through August 31, 2008. Plus, visit our booth at The Hawaii Bridal Expo on July 25 - 27, 2008 and register to win a Honeymoon Roundtrip for 2 to the West Coast on Hawaiian Airlines!

Call Janice at (808) 349-1983 or Toll Free (888) 808-9337 for a complimentary consultation today.

*Must present HawaiianMiles number at time of booking. Miles awarded at time of final payment of services. Entry deadline for Honeymoon giveaway is 8/31/08. Retroactive miles not allowed. Other restrictions may apply.

Hawaii Bride & Groom Magazine - Spring/Summer 2006 Issue
By Janice M. T. Bachiller of Wedding Planner 808 - page 38

A wedding planner is someone who plans a full service wedding to simple tasks and duties to include research, planning, consulting and coordination as well as any assistance required in the developing process of a wedding. The planner is a person who is assisting throughout the planning process that can start as early as 18 to 12 months prior to your wedding date.

A wedding coordinator is someone who is responsible for organizing different and diverse elements into the coordination of a wedding day. Furthermore, the wedding coordinator is someone who coordinates the services of all of your wedding vendors to ensure the management of your contracts are executed. A coordinator is a person who implements your wedding day plans and executes the contracts between your and your vendors. Coordination of your wedding day can start as soon as all of your vendors and contracts are situated and can be hired anywhere from 6 months up to 2 weeks prior to your wedding date.

A wedding consultant is a professional and experienced advisor who charges a fee for providing advice or services requested to plan or coordinate a wedding. A wedding consultant can be anyone who can be professional, experienced, respectable and reputable in the wedding industry that can provide a service that can be executed through a contract. A professional consultant should be one who can provide a clear and understanding contract of services to be provided between both parties in exchange for a fee.

A wedding planner, coordinator or consultant can almost act as a couple¡¦s personal assistant, taking care of as many, or as few, preparations as you deem necessary. In addition, the wedding planner may also have a network of regular suppliers at his or her disposal, through which some cost savings can be made.

Professional wedding services are available to assist you with almost every aspect of your wedding preparations from printing the invitations to arranging quotes and bookings, as well as decorating the venue for the reception. Professional cooks, bakers, cake decorators, venue decorators, dressmakers, drivers, florists, hair stylists, make-up artists, a master of ceremonies, DJ¡¦s, musicians, photographers, printers, stationers, travel agents, videographers and banquet help can also be employed to assist with preparations or to contribute to your day¡¦s requirements.

Before you decide on which would benefit you most, you should always do your research by doing the following:
„« Inquire for Services. Inquire with several different planners or coordinators for the type of services they provide.
„« What type of Service do I need? Complete a Questionnaire for Services or a form that will help the planner or coordinator help you decide what type of service would suffice for your wedding day plans.
„« Get a price Quote. Request for a price quote and the services that they will provide for you from several planners or coordinators based on what you would require for your wedding day.
„« Request for an initial consultation. Meet with several planners or coordinators to insure that all of your questions have been answered.

Now that you have done your research, you will be able to decide on what type of services are needed, the type of professionals required to create your wedding day, and the costs required to produce a successful, organized and stress free wedding that will be ¡§A day to remember!¡¨

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