Wedding planners????

Hi Guys and ladies,
I know its a long shot but does anyone know of a wedding planners or does wedding services in iligan city..planning to get wed oct 2014 but just want prices and packages so i can budget.. thanks richard

Hi ask Paul & Elsa if they can do it as its a year away no time pressure they did our wedding in 19 days perfectly, I dont know if they will say yes as they are based in Cebu but you will be hard pressed to find more honest folk

http://www.cebuexpatservices.com/

Hi richard,you might find some info here http://www.northminweddings.org/index.html -most are probably around cdo area -will pm you some more info.

http://www.weddingsatwork.com/directory_prov_mindanao.shtml

This was a thread I posted on Paul & Elsa

http://www.british-filipino.com/showthread.php?2504-Our-Wedding-Planner-in-Cebu&highlight=

I think that depends on various factors Dom one of which will be the ability of our intended to manage what may well be unknown experience dealing with suppliers as well as understanding what the grooms expectations/wishes may be.

If the Filipina hae no idea what to do the various suppliers can take advantage especialy if they know there is a foreigner in the mix.

I personally wanted the involvement in the decisions including budget whilst not wanting to have to rush around confirming every thing.

Most wedding planners get in addition to their fees a kickback from the suppliers ,guess who pays for that ?

Paul & Elsa where able to take my ideas give clear prices that didnt get bumped and left us to enjoy our day

Weddingsatwork is a good resource, i am a member and got a lot of great tips from fellow brides and met a lot of suppliers to.

Mind if I ask if you have a budget? There are different coordinators from 10k/event to 100k/event. It will also depend if you want an on the day, partial or full coordination. On the Day (OTD) is what most people would get and it is ESSENTIAL as you need someone to help you with different things like -
Make sure suppliers are on time
Man the registration table
Take care of the bride and groom
Coordinate payments on the day
Make sure the program flow is followed
etc etc etc

If you don't have one, do expect to have a crazy and disorganized wedding.

100% agree there Blue

Yes, a lot depends on the Filipina. Some will be able to organise it all themselves and some not so. Depends...but for us hubbies back in blighty it can be difficult. i had to organise some of our stuff and it wasnt easy from the other side of the planet...

As far as we possibly could we stuck with people we already knew. That was all except the reverend...

hi thanks for the responses, Ideally i would love to organise the wedding myself and tailor it to our specific requirements but i wouldnt have no idea where to start and my mahal whom i love dearly would be overwhelmed with organising such an event..she works in manila, but we decided to have the wedding in iligan because her family lives in Tambulig, ozamis. I first thought a wedding planner would be very expensive but i hear its quite popular in philippines.
two wedding planners have got in touch with me and they have provided me with there package and prices..i will try to post it here to see what you think and if its worth the cost..basically we were interested a packaged that cost 140,000 ( 2000 GBP)..is that good value for money ?? any thoughts??? you mind if i ask how much you paid ? a rough estimate at least.. View attachment 1141

There is no attachment but just basing it from the price, it is too expensive for a wedding in the province. When we had our wedding last year, we paid our OTD coordinator 28k which was about 1.5% of our total wedding budget. We had a Chinese wedding and the coordinators are more specialized and cost a bit more. If you got Christine Ong-Te or Rita Neri, I would expect that price.

It's easy to plan a wedding if you know what you want and how much you can spend. I did that while my then fiance was working offshore and was only here half the time. We had 300 guests and it was a pretty organized affair and it didn't look like a fiesta in a barrio, no gate crashers, everyone went home teary eyed with full tummies.

What you need a wedding coordinator for is to make sure that your day is smooth and seamless. I'm sure you wouldn't want to be organizing with waiters and photographers in your wedding gown and suit.

I suggest to tell your fiance to join wedding specific forums like weddings@work, femalenetwork.com. There are also a lot of bridal fairs starting January so she can attend that and meet different suppliers.

Its hard to be more helpful Charly without more info how long will you be in the Fils? How many guests (this can be tricky) What do these packages include and what is extra, have you considered alchohol?(this can also be tricky)The more you share the better the return info

My budget was £1000 I would expect this to be difficult to repeat now but depends what is "essential" in both your views

We had 67 guests of which 10 were mine

Both my wifes sisters had their weddings in the province and used a wedding planner package. They both married Filipinos. I have see the photos and they look great. I cant remember offhand but I was amazed at how reasonable the prices were when I found out. I dont think they were anywhere near £2000.

hi ..Im hoping to get 4 weeks off work..wish me luck on that one
so here is package we were looking at..your replies is making me think i should do a heck more research on this as im not loaded with money, i dont want to be paying more for something i could get less..
-full planning and coordinating 100 pax
-reception venue and buffet 100 pax
-professional hair and makeup 10 pax
digital photo coverage with 100 enhanced prints, magnetic album.
-video coverage dvd
-pre nup pictorial
-photo guest book, slideshow and 1hr photo booth
-invites 75 pax, souvenirs 75 pax
-wedding cake chocolate 5 layers
- chocolate fountain with sidings
-flowers on altar and aisle
-entourage flowers
-cord, veil candles etc.
-reception decorations
- bridal gowns, bridesmaid, mothers, flower girls
-grrom barong, fathers, etc
-bridal car
-doves for releases
-smoke machine
-professinal Emee
- 3 coordinators
- hotel room overnight

Oh if that's the case, it is dirt cheap for me already it is a full package that includes all the suppliers though. You'd be worry free if they are professionals and just concentrate on enjoying.

Our budget was Php2M for a 300 pax wedding (but we got more than half in return plus many other things). If that is the amount that you can afford then work within your budget. Might be good to compare packages with other planners and see what the inclusions are.

Is that your list Charly not very diferent to mine except no chocolate fountain or smoke machine

Whith 4 weeks you are going to need to be focused

http://www.british-filipino.com/showthread.php?2284-The-Marriage-Liscence&highlight=marriage+licence