totori

Just wondering why do you think you need a wedding planner to help plan your wedding? Are you invite more than 400, 500+ guest to your wedding? Or wanting to have a 2-3 days banquet? In that case you may need one, otherwise, IMHO the money you pay your wedding planner could have used on your own instead e.g nicer wedding dress, better makeup artist, videographer or photographer...

totori

Good points. I guess that really depends on personal preferences. For me, the wedding planning part is one of the most exciting and memorable "tasks" for my wedding. Of course there were good and bad experiences/decisions but the most important part is I have personally experienced them. Suggestions from wedding planner will usually be good I guess but you never know if they are affiliated with some vendors coz I doubt if they will tell you about that. (it is like when you are on a tour a tour guide brings you to a shop to buy stuff and they get commission) I am sure there are many good wedding planners out there but for me when it comes to such important decisions, I usually trust my own researches and my girlfriends references/feedback/experiences more.   Because I can never blame myself too much if I made a bad decision because after all it is my own choice.

Good luck on your wedding and finding a wedding planner.