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A Simple Wish specializes in full service wedding planning in Virginia, DC, and Maryland. We also offer partial wedding planning packages and month-of wedding coordination packages for those brides and grooms that are further along with their plans. All of our packages are very comprehensive and provide a thorough service for our clients.
Please note that travel beyond 120 miles roundtrip from our office in Ashburn, VA is $50 per hour and $1 per mile. We also require that the client provides an overnight hotel stay at or near the reception location for the rehearsal night and the wedding night. For information on events, please view the event services page.
Full Planning
- 5-10 hours of one-on-one consultation (in addition to vendor meetings)
- Ceremony and reception location selection
- Initial and month-of site visits
- Analysis and management of budget
- Selection and consultation of wedding style, theme, and décor
- Creating design concepts and implementing them
- Suggestion and management of all wedding vendors
These typically include (not limited to) caterers, photographers, videographers, reception music, ceremony music, officiants, florists, transportation, hair, make up, cakes, chocolate fountains, favors, invitations, rentals, lighting, and non-floral decorations.
- Attend initial meetings with vendors
These typically include caterers, photographers, videographers, florists, bakers, and rental companies. Client visits officiants, hair and make up stylists, and stationer without consultant. Appointments typically not necessary for reception musicians, ceremony musicians, transportation companies, lighting companies, etc.
- Arrange hotel stays for out-of-town guests
- Etiquette guidance
- Provide monthly timelines and progress reports
- Vendor payment management and reminders
- Assistance with invitation wording and seating arrangements
- Development of wedding party line-ups
- Rehearsal dinner planning
- Day-of coordination to include:
- Comprehensive consultation before wedding
- Creation of day-of vendor and wedding party schedules
- Assistance with light set-up at ceremony site
- Assistance with guest seating
- Distribution of personal flowers to appropriate parties
- Emergency kit (hairspray, sewing kit, etc.)
- Help keep everyone on schedule
- Timing of the procession, bridal march, recession
- Maintaining list of desired formal pictures
- Assistance with light set-up at reception site
- Directing guests to restrooms, gift table, seats, etc.
- Stay until the end to make sure gifts get sent home safely
- Attendance at and management of rehearsal
- Confirm details with vendors the week-of
- Day-of assistant
Partial Planning
- 5-10 hours of one-on-one consultation
- One ceremony and reception site visit
- Attend final meeting with caterer or walkthrough of venue
- Selection and consultation of wedding style, theme, and décor
- Creating design concepts and implementing them
- Suggestion of unbooked wedding vendors
These typically include (not limited to) caterers, photographers, videographers, reception music, ceremony music, officiants, florists, transportation, hair, make up, cakes, chocolate fountains, favors, invitations, rentals, lighting, and non-floral decorations.
- Management of all wedding vendors
- Etiquette guidance
- Provide monthly timelines and progress reports
- Vendor payment management and reminders
- Assistance with invitation wording and seating arrangements
- Development of wedding party line-ups
- Day-of coordination to include:
- Comprehensive consultation before wedding
- Creation of day-of vendor and wedding party schedules
- Assistance with light set-up at ceremony site
- Assistance with guest seating
- Distribution of personal flowers to appropriate parties
- Emergency kit (hairspray, sewing kit, etc.)
- Help keep everyone on schedule
- Timing of the procession, bridal march, recession
- Maintaining list of desired formal pictures
- Assistance with light set-up at reception site
- Directing guests to restrooms, gift table, seats, etc.
- Stay until the end to make sure gifts get sent home safely
- Attendance at and management of rehearsal
- Confirm details with vendors the week-of
- Day-of assistant
Month-of Coordination
- Comprehensive consultation before wedding
- Unlimited phone and email consultations
- One ceremony and reception site visit
- Attend final meeting with caterer or walkthrough of venue
- Details finalized with vendors one month before
- Confirm details with vendors the week-of
- Ensure that final payments to vendors are made
- Creation of day-of vendor and wedding party schedules
- Attendance at and management of rehearsal
- Assistance with light set-up at ceremony site
- Assistance with guest seating
- Distribution of personal flowers to appropriate parties
- Emergency kit (hairspray, sewing kit, etc.)
- Help keep everyone on schedule
- Timing of the procession, bridal march, recession
- Maintaining list of desired formal pictures
- Assistance with light set-up at reception site
- Directing guests to restrooms, gift table, seats, etc.
- Stay until the end to make sure gifts get sent home safely
Additional Services
- Rehearsal dinner planning
- Day after brunch planning
- Bridal party activities
- Errands during the week of the wedding
- Hotel welcome bags
- Bathroom amenity baskets
- Programs
- Favors
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