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There has been a lot of discussion about day of coordinators on Weddingbee recently, so I want to differentiate between what I call the true DOC (an emerging trend in recent years) and the DOC+.

When I got married four years ago, I hired a coordinator about 2 months out before my wedding. While the services were called day of coordination, they would probably be more appropriately named month of coordination, or day of coordination plus.  Not only did my planners oversee the entire wedding day, they referred several of my last minute vendors, accompanied me to meetings, managed all contracts and vendor communication, and most importantly they were prepared to tackle all the unexpected emergencies that arose that day.  Traditionally, these services were within the scope of day of coordination packages.

What we’ve been seeing lately is brides who act as their own planners, researching, diy-ing, designing, and planning every aspect of their weddings.  But because they’ll be busy on their wedding day getting married, they want someone there to execute and oversee all their hard work on the day of.  Many brides these days are looking for a true day of only coordinator, often on a small budget.

I know this can be a contentious topic amongst professional wedding planners because there is no shortage of newcomers to the industry who charge very little and have commensurate experience.  

But I’m really interested in hearing… Brides - are you looking for a true day of only coordinator or a DOC+? Planners - do you offer true day of only services?