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Photo by Joy Story Gemma Lavender Blue Questions to ask a wedding planner e1677012961679 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

All of the questions you need to ask a wedding planner

These are all the questions to ask a wedding planner when you’re trying to find the right fit for your wedding! If you’re even considering hiring a wedding planner, you should give yourself a million high fives. Wedding planners are like the superheroes of creative problem solving and hyping you up! We asked pro wedding planners “What questions do you wish prospective clients would ask?,” and they gave us the insider scoop.

hospital wedding for terminally ill on offbeat wed alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Vow ideas for terminally ill people + advice for hospital weddings

From a reader: “It’s very hard to find vow renewal scripts for terminally ill people. We’ve been through so much and the fight has just began AGAIN and this time is the last. We need these.” We’re here to help.

Indian Wells Wedding

Check out the cake-matching manicure at this Indian Wells wedding

We held our Indian Wells wedding at the Sands Hotel – it’s so uniquely beautiful, we didn’t need to decorate!

Weddings Over 40 Photo by Erica S Dietz e1676417361756 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

A little commotion for weddings over 40, please!

ATTN: People over 40 get married too! We’ve been featuring the weddings of folks over 40 since the aughts, from first time weddings to second marriages to blended family weddings and even vow renewals. Since we LOVE seeing love at any age, we asked our over-40 readers to share their recent weddings with us and added it to our round-up of weddings over 40!