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Every wedding planner dreams of having that perfect client, with a very large budget, great taste and style, who comes with clear direction as to how she wants her perfect day to be with her submissive and supportive mother.

 

But alas, more often then not, this is merely a whimsical dream of a wedding planner’s life in a faraway land called ‘Neverneverland’. 

 

We at The Perfect Plan are destination wedding planners who’ve seen it all… the good, the bad and the ugly.

 

The Perfect Plan blog is a light-hearted place where we share advice, funny things to brighten your day, listicles to help you with your planning, featured & styled shoots, and tips from other vendors and planners.

 

We hope you enjoy reading and can see that every situation has the ability to be turned into ‘The Perfect Plan’.

Wedding 101

Gift Ideas For Your Newly Acquired Soon-to-be-Married Couple
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Gift Ideas For Your Newly Acquired Soon-to-be-Married Couple

8-12 months is usually the time you spend with your newly acquired couple -> friends.   From our experience, setting the tone right at the beginning of the working professional relationship for how you want the next year to go is crucial. So here’s a little suggestion for all your wedding planner extraordinaire.
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Old-World Sultry Boudoir Photoshoot at Balquisse Heritage Hotel
Wedding 101

Old-World Sultry Boudoir Photoshoot at Balquisse Heritage Hotel

Be it a flirtatious gift for the groom or simply a way to boost the bride’s self-esteem before the big day, boudoir photo shoots have been increasingly popular in recent years. So, if your bride’s feeling up for a session - here’s some inspiration for her sexy boudoir session. 
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9 Different Types of Grooms and How to Manage Them Best
Wedding 101

9 Different Types of Grooms and How to Manage Them Best

Dear Wedding Planner, Yes, the classic Bridezilla exists however it is disproportionately hyped in the wedding media. Grooms are there, and grooms are a big part of the equation. Just like fathers are more present now in their kid’s life than they were 50 years ago, grooms are having a more significant say now in the their wedding day. They have opinions on colour schemes, menu selection... they even care about PRE-DINNER AMBIENCE MUSIC for God’s sake! Well some of them do. Some of them don’t. Here’s the 9 types of groom you will encounter.
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Lifestyle

15 Terribly Punny Cards for Your Favourite People in the Industry
Lifestyle

15 Terribly Punny Cards for Your Favourite People in the Industry

Just for the LOLs, we hope you thoroughly enjoy these Valentine's Day cards!
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Your 2020 Career Foretold By Your Chinese Zodiac
Lifestyle

Your 2020 Career Foretold By Your Chinese Zodiac

The long origin story is the Jade Emperor (Basically Zeus in Chinese Mythology) hosted The Great Race to select 12 animals for the calendar. In order of who came in first, the zodiac signs are Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig.
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Say Yes to Boundaries!
Lifestyle

Say Yes to Boundaries!

What a world it would be if clients grasped the concept of professional boundaries. Yet, the matter of fact is that in the wedding industry, boundaries are often blurred and hazy. It’s easy to see how – weddings are highly intimate affairs.
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Real Weddings

THE Dream Wedding at Finca Cortesin
Real Weddings

THE Dream Wedding at Finca Cortesin

If ever there was a wedding which checked off all these hashtags: #weddinggoals, #relationshipgoals, #lifegoals, it would be this one. If you’re up for it, grab some popcorn and make yourself comfy in bed. Here’s a snapshot of the ultimate fairytale wedding journey with the romantic groom, Matt, and the blissful bride, Kim in Malaga, Spain!
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Inspiration

Gift Ideas For Your Newly Acquired Soon-to-be-Married Couple
Business Inspiration Shop Wedding 101

Gift Ideas For Your Newly Acquired Soon-to-be-Married Couple

8-12 months is usually the time you spend with your newly acquired couple -> friends.   From our experience, setting the tone right at the beginning of the working professional relationship for how you want the next year to go is crucial. So here’s a little suggestion for all your wedding planner extraordinaire.
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7 Most Out-Of-The-World Wedding Stationery
Inspiration

7 Most Out-Of-The-World Wedding Stationery

Although the trend in recent years has been for couples to build customised wedding invitation sites, the romantic art of wedding invitations is not all lost. For the traditional lovebirds, wedding invitations makes a significant part of the trajectory –– meeting up with long-lost friends over a cup of coffee, catching up to speed with each others’lives, before finally sliding a crisp envelope across the table (an affirmation of the friendship!).
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