Your wedding planner and your travel advisor are two key players dedicated to making sure your big day goes exactly as planned, but their roles are very different.

Travel Advisors Wedding Planners

The Big-Day Directors

Who They Are

• They help you organize and plan all your wedding events by referring trusted vendors

• Destination wedding packages likely include an on-site wedding specialist

What They’ re Good At

• Knowing exactly what questions to ask to make sure your expectations are met and you aren’ t taken by surprise

• Keeping day-of details organized and working with you to make your day as memorable as possible

What They Won’ t Do

• Help arrange excursions, make itinerary upgrades or compare wedding packages for different resorts

• Field questions from your guests or make bookings for friends and family

Wedding Planners are there to plan wedding events only.

The Big-Picture Champions

Who They Are

• Specialists in specific areas, such as destination weddings and honeymoons

• Unbiased experts who aren’ t affiliated with any one resort

• Advisors who organize the entire event and are there to help in the case of any travel issues

What They’ re Good At

• Organizing groups, from booking travel to handling payments— they take care of all the details

• Developing relationships with travel suppliers, which gives them access to secret discounts and exclusive VIP perks that you can’ t get on your own

What They Won’ t Do

• Book your vendors or monitor your wedding-day timeline

Travel advisors are there to handle all your travel-based wedding needs.