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why hire an event planner?

Chances are when you’re trying to put together an event, you’re thinking about the end result. Unfortunately, the in-between can be difficult to navigate, which is where an event planner can help. 

In this article from Anticipation Events, you’ll learn why hire an event planner, and how working with an event planner can benefit your event.

the ritz carlton weddinng

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why you should work with a wedding planner 

Getting married is an exciting moment in your life, where you and your partner publicly vow your union to one another and celebrate the occasion with your close friends and family. 

Wedding planning, on the other hand, can be a stressful experience if you’re not careful. 

In this article, the team at Anticipation Events will help you discover the answer to one crucial question for this new chapter in your life: do you need a wedding planner, or can you do it all yourself? 

Read on to find out if wedding planning is the right choice for you.

thalia hall wedding

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finding the best wedding planner in chicago

We’re not going to lie. We think we’re the best wedding planner in Chicago – and beyond. And we know we’ll kick some serious butt when it comes to planning your wedding. But we also know that we don’t want you to hire us unless you agree.

You’re going to spend a LOT of time talking with us in the months leading up to your wedding and even more time with us on your wedding day, so we want you to like us a lot! Let’s go over some stuff you should consider before hiring a wedding planner, what it is that we really do, and why we think it’s key – even crucial – to hire a wedding planner for your big day.

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qualities needed to be a successful event planner

Event planning can be stressful and fast-paced. Before you know it, the event is two months away and you haven’t even booked a caterer yet. Oops!

Most people only plan small events such as birthdays or scheduling corporate parties, but there is so much more to running an event than sending out invitations. If you have a knack for keeping guests entertained and running spectacular events, however, you could be looking at event planning as your next career choice.

There are many qualities that it takes to become a good event planner, but what about achieving success as a professional event planner? Managing other people’s events can seem like a dream come true until it comes down to crunch time.

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how long does it take to plan a wedding?

anticipation events wedding

Many couples today are taking a less traditional route when it comes to weddings and decide to plan it all themselves. But is it worth it? How much time does it take to plan a wedding?

After all, weddings are only a one-day event, the planning shouldn’t take THAT long, right?
Unfortunately, that’s not the case. Even when both partners are working hard to get the wedding planning process out of the way, it can still end up in missed deadlines and pre-wedding stress if you don’t start early enough. How long does it take to plan a wedding, then?

In this article, the team at Anticipation Events will help settle the matter once and for all.

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As any statistician worth her salt will tell you, As any statistician worth her salt will tell you, approximately 50% of new businesses fail within the first five years. Only 25% make it past 15. Today we’re celebrating our S W E E T 1️⃣6️⃣: we’ve got the keys to the car (to take your stuff back to the hotel room) and the wind in our hair (truly, we cannot keep the candles lit in this wind) and we’re still going places (SEARCHING for your best man so we can do toasts) after all of these wedding weekends.

Thanks to all the humans and couple of pups who have made this business go on and on, too numerous to name and special thanks to the team at @ecbg_studio who rushed this cake that we ordered this morning, so we could stop and celebrate the moment. 🔑🍰🎉🥂
laurie + john’s meal of many courses and table d laurie + john’s meal of many courses and table designs and dreamz. we love to see it, design it, and be part of it. 🍾
reincarnate us as this wedding decor. we said what reincarnate us as this wedding decor. we said what we said.
swans are never not a good idea. 🦢🦢 the abso swans are never not a good idea. 🦢🦢 the absolute chicest day for isabella and will.
met these two and knew immediately they wouldn’t met these two and knew immediately they wouldn’t blink an eye when we pitched mushrooms. 🍄‍🟫 their joy: infectious, their kindness: constant, and their taste: exquisite. loved, loved, loved designing and planning with @lauren_acord_ and @bradacord. 🫶
obsessed with YOU. 🌸🪩💚🌺🌷💍 obsessed with YOU. 🌸🪩💚🌺🌷💍
holly + will, and an epic adventure for ✌️

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