Q: Why hire a wedding consultant/ planner/ coordinator?
A: The average wedding can take more than three hundred hours just to plan. With today's hectic lifestyles, you may not have time to compare all the options, making sure you get the best deal, choose the right vendor and make sure all the details are in place on the Big Day. Wedding coordinator is needed to take over all the loads from you, to guide and assist you in making decisions, saving your money and letting you enjoying every moments of your wedding from the day of the proposal to your Big Day.
*Certified Wedding Specialists from ADAMAS WEDDINGS provide a worry-free wedding for their brides and turn a bride's dream into a wedding day reality, monitoring every detail and taking charge of any emergency that may arise. A calming presence, coupled with wedding know-how and a "sympathetic ear" combine to make a Weddings Beautiful Certified Wedding Specialist a bride's best friend.
Be careful of coordinators who are not members of any professional organization. These organizations have a code of ethics that the consultant must follow in order to be a member, some also require some sort of continuing education each year to stay a member.

Q: How do wedding consultants/ planners/ coordinators charge for services?
A: There are no standard rate is this. Here are some examples:

• 10% - 15% of the overall budget Fee based on amount spent for wedding coordinated.
• Flat rate for day of services (around RM1,500) plus 15% of vendor contract costs.
• Fee based on number of guests.
• Flat rate based on amount of work needed.
• Hourly rate.

*Certified Wedding Specialists from ADAMAS WEDDINGS charge based on the amount of work needed.

Q: How many months in advance do I need to start doing planning for my Big Day?
A: Ideally 12 to 15 months.

Q: How many gowns do I need for a wedding?
A: Ideally two gowns, one wedding gown for the ceremony and one evening gown for the reception. A good designer could combine the two gowns into one where at the end of the wedding nobody realized that it was actually the same gown.

Q: Is it a must to wear a white wedding gown?
A: No. White has long been accepted as the traditional color of the wedding dress, but wedding gowns were not always white. Queen Victoria put the wheels in motion by marrying in white. Though brides continued to wed in gowns of different colors, white was now set as the color of choice for weddings and has continued ever since.

Q: Do I need to hire a professional wedding photographer on the Big Day?
A: Yes if it is within your budget. Memory can fade as time goes by; but, photos that were taken by a professional wedding photographer that managed to capture the happy moment of yours would last forever. They know what is a MUST HAVE in your album. First kiss, first dance, mother-in-law secretly wipes of her tears; father-in-law happily receiving greetings from the relatives and friends, the bride's expression as she first glimpses the setting, drunken gesture of all your buddies, smiles on faces, all these are the memorable moments that must not be forgetten.

Q: What about a refund policy should my wedding be cancelled?
A: Wedding coordinators have contracts. The contract clearly states the refund policy and is usually based on the number of hours the coordinator has worked on the wedding plans and the forfeit of the deposit depending on the date of cancellation. Each bride is asked to read the contract and to have it explained.

Q: What is a destination wedding?
A: Simply stated, a destination wedding is any wedding in which the engaged couple and/or their guests travel to attend the ceremony. Whether this happens for an intimate beach ceremony on an island, extravagant nuptials in another country or for a simple ceremony in your parents back yard, chances are you're planning a destination wedding. While special arrangements do need to be made, with so many options and choices available, your plans should be easy but PLANNING is still crucial. A backup plan of airlines and hotels is a MUST.

Q: Does destination wedding cost a lot?
A: Destination wedding usually cost less than a traditional wedding. Properly planned, a destination wedding can not only save money, it can also turn your wedding day into an unforgettable "mini-vacation" for you and your guests. Try negotiating with your travel agent for air+hotel package or directly to the hotel.
* Certified Wedding Specialists from ADAMAS WEDDINGS could assist you in planning a destination wedding in Malaysia, as we use email, online chat, and video conferencing to deal with client.

Q: Do I need to buy a cake from the bakery?
A: This is entirely up to you as a tailor-made cake can be made with icing and décor matching in colour with the dress. There is also a tradition of saving a portion of wedding cake. The custom began years ago and is still practiced. couples freeze the upper tier of the cake and use it on their first anniversary. Since normal cakes do not last so long and taste good too, bakers prepare a special layer that can survive upto one year in a freezer.

Q: What does cutting the cake symbolizes?
A: Ceremony of cutting the cake is the most important part of wedding. Following the tradition bride and the groom cut the cake together and feed one another with the first slice of cake. The gesture symbolizes the joining of their lives and their mutual commitment to each other. The cake is then served to guests along with a glass of champagne.