Wedding Planning
Take the stress out of your big day with our tailored Wedding Planning Services.
Wedding Planning
11th Hour Weddings and Events manages or works with Venues and Event Homes in the Outer and Inner Banks of North Carolina and Tidewater and Sandbridge Beach Virginia. We can tailor a Planning Package to fit your budget and to begin at whatever stage of the process you are in, before or after the venue choice has been made.
Our Wedding Planning Services are tailored to your exact needs and budget and can include:
- Venue selection
- Rental and Equipment needs
- Timeline creation
- Ceremony Rehearsals
- Caterer and Baker tastings
- Vendor choices
- Officiant vows
- Floral design
- Decor details
- Bartender hire
- Photography and Videography
- Budget management
- Musicians, DJ or Band Styles
Working with 11th Hour for your wedding planning
Free Consultation We can be available day or evening to discuss your needs and vision for your event.
Planning We can manage your planning process in the beginning stages or after the venue selection has been completed.
Venue tours After your free consultation, we can set up tours of venues or event homes that are best suited for your needs and budget.
Tastings When the venue is under contract, we can set up tasting with our favorite caterers and bakers.
Organizing the Day Of Our Certified Planners create detailed Timelines and perform Day of Direction from start to finish.
Rehearsal Our planning packages include an hour long ceremony rehearsal, one or two days prior to your day.
Details of our Wedding Planning services
Decor Details
This is another aspect of your day that is so important to be able to convey to a caring planner. We understand whether the look you want is simple or over the top, we need to listen to every detail, then carry out your desire.
Musicians, DJ, or Band
Our planners can make suggestions on which to use by considering your budget, and ceremony and reception styles. There is beauty in listening to live musicians perform during your romantic ceremony, but if you and your fiance have a special song that the recording artist’s words make it special, then using a DJ is what you will want. If you intend on your reception being a dance party, our planners can match you with the band or DJ that fits your music style.
Bartender Hire
Whether simply pouring drinks or creating them with flair, our planners can make your bartender match your group. From naming your designer drinks to suggesting ways to display the drink signs, we can assist.
Photography and Videography
Our planners know when your day is over, memories will fade, but great photography and videography make them come back to life. We will help you choose a qualified artist to fit your style, timeframe, and budget.
Budget Management
We will always make suggestions on how to save money and not take away from the beauty of your wedding vision. We don’t want you to start your life in debt nor do we want to break your parents!
Caterer and Baker tastings
Like you have your favorite restaurants, we have our favorite caterers and bakers. The caterers and bakers we work with are talented and tasty and at the best price point in the area. Most of them offer free tastings and can offer advice on how they can provide the best service for you. Even the venues that require you use their food and beverage services, will provide structured tastings taking your budget into consideration. We can be with you helping to guide these vendors to supply your needs.
Timeline creation
Our Planners are trained and certified through the Bridal Society. Every successful event begins with a well thought out schedule. We forward “Wedding Homework” for you to complete and design the Timeline from there.
Ceremony Rehearsals
Nothing makes a couple and their wedding party feel more at ease on the wedding day, than an organized ceremony rehearsal. Lasting no more than an hour, our directors lead two to three run throughs of the processional and recessional, and show exactly where and how to stand. All members of the wedding party will have access to the Timeline at least three weeks prior to the day, with the ceremony in detail to familiarize themselves.
Venue Selection
We can assist you in finding the venue that meets your vision and budget. We can set up on site or virtual tours and negotiate pricing and dates.
Vendor Choices
We are proud of the quality and knowledge of our staff members and we can arrange meetings in person or online. We want our vendors to have a deep understanding of what you desire for your event. And, we want you to know what to expect.
We have packages for all size events and budgets
and our Certified Planners can create a tailor made one for you.
We can create a Micro Wedding with the Ceremony Only or add a Small Dinner Reception.
Venue Packages can be at one of our own locations or your choice of others.
Event Home Packages can be in the Outer Banks of NC or Sandbridge Beach VA.
11th Hour Weddings and Events own equipment from arches, to farm tables, to linens to decor and lighting. Our Wedding Planners are Certified, and our Photographers and Florist have been in business for decades. Our Musicians and DJs are outstanding! The Caterers and Bakers we work with are talented and tasty at the best price point in the area. We feature Cafe String Lighting and give you two nights for the price of one. All of our Rentals and Decor are set up and taken down with staff onsite to tie it all together.
Even if you have already reserved a venue or event home and/or hired vendors, we can fill in the missing parts. Our staff can construct your wedding the day of, and direct your event from start to finish.
If you choose to start with one of our Packages, the Planning / Directing is included.
Wedding Planning Only or within our Packages includes:
Communication, Planning, Tours, & Tasting
The staff of 11th Hour believes in a personal touch. We want to get to know our couples and not just read their needs, but listen to their vision. Within an email, a bride may state she wants a “laid back beach party” but when she explains herself verbally, it isn’t at all what she wrote. We want to give our couples the wedding they have dreamed about and we feel the only way to achieve this is simply to talk.
Flexibility
We like our couples to send us images of ceremony and reception set ups, so we can pull the items we may already have, then supplement with items we don’t. This can save our client money and also give them the exact look they want.
Cost Efficiency
Detail
If our company is handling your Photography needs, we send you a Wedding Photo Checklist. This important document allows you to list family groupings by their first names and how they are related to you, so no desired portrait is missed. It also allows us to see your style of images requested for the Wedding Party and the two of you.
Rehearsal
Transportation
Setup and Event Management
Organisation
We will assist in placing escort or cards in their place but we require your appointed friend or family member to assist us. Since we don’t know your family members and friends, this will cut down on seating mistakes if people aren’t attending at the last minute or you have changed their seating after your directions have been sent to us.
Coordination
No Waste
Gifts
We will pack up all your personal items to give to the appointed friend or family member. Gifts and envelopes placed in your card box are very important to us. We want to make sure these items are secure half way through the event.