wedding planner in carmel + beyond

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You Deserve a Partner,
Not Just a Planner

We couldn’t be more excited to be your partner for the most important day of your life. We’re here to offer our support and assistance every step of the way. Whether it’s selecting the ideal venue, developing your design, or helping with the finer details, we’re ready to lend a helping hand. Let’s make this process as joyful and stress-free as possible, ensuring that your married life starts off on the perfect note. Cheers to your union and the wonderful moments that lie ahead!

Wedding Planning Packages

FIND THE BEST PACKAGE FOR YOU AND YOUR BUDGET

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Full Service Planning & Design

For the couple who wants a trusted partner from the very beginning. We handle everything, from venue selection and tastings to contract negotiations, design execution, and event day coordination, so you can actually enjoy the process and be fully present on your wedding day.

  • Offsite vendor meetings
  • Budget management – from planning to monitoring deposits/payment schedules
  • Assistance with stationery design and ordering
  • Catering and dessert menu planning assistance
  • Guest list management
  • Access to 828 Planning tools & assets
  • Vendor research, vendor contract review, and vendor management
  • Set-up of personal items (stationary, favors, etc.)
  • Event design & layout
  • Assistant Coordinator
  • Event day management
  • And more!

Best for: Couples who want every detail, from the big vision down to the smallest touch, to feel intentional and beautifully executed.

Partial Planning & Design

This package is ideal for the couple who has a good sense of what they want their big day to look like but can’t seem to put a finger on where to begin. We begin by getting to know who you are, help track priorities to budget, recommend and manage your dream team of vendors and piece together all of your unique design details. This package also includes event day coordination so you can enjoy the party.

  • Review of vendor contracts prior to client confirmation
  • Mood board creation
  • Creation of customized event diagrams
  • Rental order management and confirmation
  • Detailed event timeline creation to execution
  • Event document collection, including vendor list, COIs, and layouts
  • Set up of personal items (stationary, favors, etc.)
  • Ceremony rehearsal orchestration
  • Assistant Coordinator
  • Event day management
  • And more!

Best for: Couples with a clear vision who need an expert to manage the moving pieces.

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Month-Of Coordination

You’ve done the heavy lifting. Now let us bring it home. We step in eight weeks before your wedding, tie up every loose end, coordinate all vendors, and manage setup and breakdown on the day so you can walk down the aisle without a single thing on your mind.

  • Event document collection, including vendor list, COIs, and layouts
  • Unlimited pre-event support starting 2 months out
  • Detailed event timeline creation to execution
  • Set up of personal items (stationary, favors, etc.)
  • Ceremony rehearsal orchestration
  • Event day management
  • And more!

Best for: Couples who have planned their wedding and need a pro to own the day.

HAVE PASSPORT. WILL TRAVEL.

Getting Married Outside of Carmel? We're In.

Our Carmel wedding planners are available wherever your wedding takes you, whether that’s somewhere else in Indiana or somewhere that requires a carry-on. If you have a destination in mind, let’s talk.

What Makes Us The Go To Wedding Planners

Seamless Experience

Regardless of the planning package you select, our planners will partner with you to ensure your planning is on-track. We embrace your questions throughout the planning process and will troubleshoot as needed.

Continuous Support

From the day you book, to the end of your awesome event, our planners are readily available so you are supported and can enjoy the planning process and your event.

Save Time & Money

Our planners will work with your budget and will help you prioritize where best to spend your money. And you will be amazed by how much time you save throughout the process with the help of our planners.

Enjoy Your Day

There is no better way to enjoy the day of your event than to know that all of the details are in good hands and that someone will handle any issue that may arise.

Frequently Asked Questions

Our month-of package is our baseline service but it has many services included that you would find in a traditional day-of package. In addition to executing and managing all the details on event day, we start prepping and organizing with you 2 months out to ensure everything goes smoothly! 

Yes! We recommend our clients utilize the Partial Planning package if they have multiple locations on their event day schedule.

From Carmel to beyond! If your event venue is more than 30 miles from our home base, we can discuss travel details.

You are assigned your planner, who will be your point of contact, upon booking. We have a team of expert planners who provide support throughout the process as well.

Both our Partial and Full Service packages offer full-day event management and coordination. We will be there from when the doors open until the last piece of decor is put away, and every minute in between. Our Month-of package includes day-of management of all key events and milestones.

Yes, 100%. Our planners work at venues all over Carmel and the Greater Indianapolis area. We’ll travel too!

from our clients

"I used 828 Planning for my wedding!! They went above and beyond as our month-of coordinator. They were professional, thorough, kind, and helped us feel comfortable throughout the whole process! I can’t recommend 828 Planning enough!!"
“The 828 Planning team are rockstars! It was such a huge lift off our shoulders by working with the 828 Planning team. The entire process was so smooth and it made our big day so easy! Would absolutely recommend the 828 Planning team to every couple!”
"My wedding would not have been the same without the 828 Planning team! They made so many important pieces of my day absolutely seamless…and making sure that once the night was over we had everything that we needed."