Why Hiring a Local Wedding Planner for your Maui Destination Wedding is Essential

Working with a Maui destination wedding planner is an essential part of planning a wedding on the island. Though it may be enticing to book your wedding online, there are many nuances involved with planning a wedding in Hawaii. Below, we’ll discuss four reasons why hiring a local wedding planner for your Maui destination wedding is crucial.

1. Venue Selection, Walkthrough & Setup

By far, a key aspect of planning a wedding is visiting a venue beforehand. Booking your wedding venue allows you to solidify your wedding date. From there, you can mail out your save the dates, and your guests can begin planning their travel itinerary.

However, with a destination wedding, you may not always have the option of viewing the venue ahead of time to see whether or not it’s a fit. We like to remove the possibility that a venue may not provide the same experience in person as depicted online.

Our first step is to talk with our couples about the atmosphere and experience they hope to create. Next, we provide feedback on the local venues we feel may best suit their needs.

Outdoor Wedding in Maui Overlooking the Water

From there, we can perform a walk-through to ensure that preferences, such as ceremony views, reception seating, and breakout spaces, will flow from one event to the next; all in all creating an immersive experience. Additionally, many Maui wedding venues offer an al fresco experience, but some do not provide a contingency for weather. Depending on the season you’ll be hosting your wedding, we can assist with finding a venue that can accommodate you in any situation.

2. Local Expertise

As wedding planners who live and work in Maui, we have professional connections to a vast network of wedding industry professionals. Maui Love Weddings can provide you with recommendations on other professionals who are also based locally. Our connections stem far beyond photographers, videographers, and caterers. We have strong working relationships with a trusted group of event professionals who understand the key aspects of bringing a destination wedding to life.

3. Logistics

Whether hosting a wedding or a weekend of events, several accommodations need to be made for you & your guests. Your chosen wedding venue might not be a hotel or a resort. In which case, your guests will need shuttle transportation. Or, perhaps, you plan on staying along the coast to enjoy your honeymoon after your wedding. But your venue is further inland. Your destination wedding experience in Maui should be a seamless experience, without the added stress of trying to map transportation. While it may seem like part of the wedding planning process that can be taken care of from afar, the truth is that there are many nuances to navigating the island that are better entrusted to a local wedding planner.

4. Budgeting

Every couple planning a destination wedding in Maui has a budget to be mindful of. However, there tends to be a misconception by engaged couples as to what the term “budget” means.

The budget for your wedding is the total dollar amount you are able to allocate, which must then be broken down further into percentages per vendor.

How your budget is earmarked will also be driven by the experience you wish to have during your Maui wedding. For some couples, wedding reception decor is high on the list, while others prefer a more comprehensive food and beverage service. Hiring a local wedding planner for your Maui destination wedding will provide you with insight as to the expected costs of other local vendors, while also helping you be mindful of the overall total.

Maui Love Weddings Destination Wedding Planner

Maui Destination Wedding Planning Packages

Maui Love Weddings is a local, full-service wedding planning company that specializes in design & coordination. You can find more information on working with us to plan the carefully curated wedding of your dreams on the beautiful island of Maui when you inquire with us here.