Do you want to decide what the cake looks like? Just tell your planner.
If you want to hire someone to plan your wedding, do you know what that means? What parts of the planning will the professional do and what won’t they do? Who will make the decisions? Every planner has her or his own answers to these questions. Here is how I see it.
When I do full-service planning, I generally take care of all the parts of the wedding and reception, except clothing, jewelry, and invitations. I have found that most couples prefer to do those things themselves. Of course, I can recommend vendors for all of those categories and I am able to help you with them, if you need it. Every couple is unique and I spend a good bit of time in the beginning of the process to discover what they need me to do.
As for decisions, there are two different ways they can be handled. Either my clients can make all the final decisions, or they can tell me which decisions they want to make and which they want me to make. At one extreme, you could tell me that you want me to make all the decisions. I don’t necessarily recommend this course of action, but it is a possibility at one end of the spectrum.
At the other end of the spectrum, I would make recommendations on vendors and so on and let you decide what to do. I’ve worked this way with clients and find that the results are very good. But if there are things you don’t really care about, with a full-service planner you can offload those choices and simplify the process for yourself. The important thing is communicating your wishes to your planner.
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