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To all of you who have already

lisalisa27 Posted:

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had your wedding. Did anyone use a DOC? Was it necessary...

N.Y.bride Posted:

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I didnt. I planned my wedding in 4 months and LIW was all I needed!! I worked full time and was a single mom at the same time, so IMO you can do it yourself and save money.

103005FallBride Posted:

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I had a DOC. In the long run I feel it was a complete, total waste of money. Probably the only thing that was beneficial of the DOC was the rehearsal dinner. We spent a LOT of money and we could have done without IMHO.

Unfortunately you really won't know if getting a DOC is needed until after your wedding. I know many that had wonderful experiences...


ETA: The DOC did NOT make any plans, or do any projects...I did them ALL myself. It was my wedding...I didn't need her input. As I'm reading these posts I think many do not understand what a DOC is for.

The purpose of a DOC is to make sure everything runs smoothly that day. There were MANY issues that should have been addressed by the DOC we hired that was NOT.
jeanla4c Posted:

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Didn't have one and didn't need one....

Mrs. dleeny Posted:

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Needing a DOC definitely depends on a lot.

how big is your wedding?
how much detail do you have?
are you organized?

I had a very small wedding and was SUPER organized. so I didn't need one. I put a lot of faith in my Maitre D and she came through for me, BIGTIME! she got a big fat tip too
slwh2005 Posted:

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I did not have one, but wish I did. I planned the whole wedding pretty much by myself. My mom and sister live out of state. Dh was very helpful. A few things did fall through the cracks on the wedding day and I really think that a DOC would have prevented that. In the long run, it wasn't a big deal, but we did have a minor crisis that may have been avoided if I had DOC. If you have help organizing everything, I would say you don't need one.

Summer05 Posted:

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I did not have one, and definitely did not need one.

Nautical bride Posted:

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I didn't have one. I was pretty organized even though I planned the wedding from MD. Without LIW I may have needed some help. I did however ask my aunt to look over the reception room before we got there to make sure things like seating cards and menus were set up correctly.

AnniesSS Posted:

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Didn't have one and didn't need one. The matra D did everything she was supposed to and there was nothing that would have been better or worse to have a DOC.

As posted above...... I did all the planning myself and in 5 months, did all the projects myself with help from DH and the wedding went smoothly
DMcK Posted:

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I did and it was the best money we spent!!!!!! I HIGHLY recommend it and recommend Laura from LA Productions.

divabride Posted:

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I had one only because I had a lot of little details that I wanted one person to be responsible for. She also helped by dealing with pop up problems the day of.

orchid24 Posted:

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i had one... could i have gone with her? probably yes... would i have been more stressed out, though? probably yes. but alot of things didn't go as planned on my day--- i say if you have a trusted friend/relative to watch out for unplanned things, you could go without one.

BlondeJD Posted:

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I had one and she was fantastic. I don't think it's necessarily a question of how big your wedding is going to be, because we only had 100 people. Thanks to my DOC (Elaine from Exquisite Events), on my wedding day I was able to just focus on the fact that I was getting married and I was able to enjoy that experience. I didn't reaize that on the day of, so many vendors would be coming to me with last minute questions/getting my approval on things. But Elaine took over and made sure that everything went exactly as I'd planned. It was such a relief having her there
hbradio Posted:

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I won the services of one and although she was great, I do not think it was necessary to have one at all.

KimberlyBride Posted:

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I had a DOC and to me she was 100% necessary. She did EVERYTHING for me and my family that day and we didn't have to worry about a thing. She made sure all my details were executed exactly as I had specified. She made the day so much more stress free. I high recommend hiring a DOC.

lilacwine Posted:

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Had one and it was completely necessary for me. I did not want to spend one minute on logistics issues on our wedding day and I didn't want DH, our parents or our friends to do anything other than enjoy the day.

Personally, we should have met with a few more DOCs before hiring ours, but in the end she was very professional and did what we hired her to do.

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