The First Coast Weddings Client Portal

All of our event management and planning packages include our Client Portal to streamline the planning process and keep you and your planner on the same page. Some of the popular features include:

• A To-Do List to help keep you track of what needs to be done when.

• An RSVP tracker to keep track of who is coming, their table assignment, their meal choice, etc.

• A Budget worksheet to help you keep track of expenses.

• Worksheets to organize ceremony and reception details.

• An Inventory List to make sure nothing is forgotten - before or after the wedding.

The Client Portal is based in Google Drive, which means:

• You can sign in using any Google account - no new software to sign up for or learn how to use! You can even share access with anyone you would like.

• Files are as easy to use as Word or Excel.

• Documents can be accessed using any computer browser, via the Google Drive app on your phone or tablet, or even offline.

• You’ll have one place to store digital copies of all of your wedding files, like contracts and floor plans. You can also add your own photos, documents and spreadsheets!

See an example of the client portal below!

A Reminder About Wedding Insurance

We've written a few blog posts about wedding insurance before, but here is a reminder: every wedding should have wedding insurance!

As I type this post, fierce storms with damaging winds and enough rain to cause flooding and landslides are hitting California. What if your wedding was this weekend?

Closer to home, a North Florida wedding venue had some issues last month that caused them to tell couples getting married in December that they can't host their events. What would you do if you had 10 days to move your entire wedding? Or if you DJ or photographer suddenly went missing?

Wedding insurance covers so many things that brides and grooms don't want to think about. But saying "it won't rain on my wedding day" doesn't mean you shouldn't have a backup plan. And wedding insurance is the ultimate backup plan.

This article from CNBC illustrates just what a benefit insurance can be. Josh and Kristina paid around $250 for their insurance policy and were reimbursed for roughly $14,000 in deposits they had paid when their Brooklyn wedding venue went out of business. Just like you wouldn't want to drive your $25,000 car without insurance, you don't want to invest that amount (or significantly more) in your wedding and not have protection.

We recommend WedSafe and Wedding Protector Plan for wedding insurance - check out their websites for more info!