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services + investment
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At The Gathering Co., we offer wedding planning and design services, including Full Planning, Design + Coordination, and a Select Number of Event Management Packages. These offerings extend into a range of wedding days, weekend experiences, elopements, and destination weddings.
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Full Planning is our most comprehensive experience, beginning early in the planning process and including venue and vendor sourcing/booking, contract management, budget management, logistics, and wedding-day coordination. Included in our full planning package is our design experience where we craft and creatively plan the vision, vendors, and decor details.
Design + Coordination is the perfect middle ground, offering a design-focused experience paired with wedding day logistics. Our team will create an intentional design vision, manage and attend design meetings, source design-relevant vendors, and bring everything together alongside our event management package.
Event Management is designed for couples who want to plan most of their wedding but see the value in professional guidance on logistics and coordination. We offer logistics support immediately once a couple books with us so they can make informed decisions when booking their vendors and have professional assistance leading into the wedding day! Think timeline, layout, rental appointment, final walkthrough and more.
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Our pricing is based on your location, season, guest count, scale of plans, and the logistical needs of your celebration! Current starting investments are $10,000 for Full Planning, $7,000 for Design + Coordination, and $3,500 for Event Management. Elopements, destination weddings, and wedding weekends are priced individually.
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Yes! We love creating custom experiences, most commonly for wedding weekends, elopements, and destination weddings. We’ll talk through what level of support you are envisioning and create a proposal around it!
For our couples that are interested in wedding weekends or destinations - these tend to be percentage based as this allows for us to work alongside the scope of services being provided. We would love to chat and see if this is the right fit for you!
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An in-house wedding planner works directly for your venue and typically focuses on the venue’s logistics, policies, and operations. A third-party wedding planner, like The Gathering Co., works directly for you, advocating for your wedding and overseeing the details across your entire vendor team. We’re familiar with wedding venues throughout Raleigh and Charlotte, and also love working at new and private venues, taking the time to learn each property and its unique logistics. Your venue team knows their venue best, while your third-party planner knows you and your wedding best. Having both means you have a dedicated advocate focused on your vision, your guests, and making sure every detail comes together seamlessly.
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Yes, we do! We love helping couples plan a full wedding weekend, not just the wedding day. Our wedding planning services can include welcome parties, rehearsal dinners, brunches, post-wedding events, and other wedding weekend celebrations. We offer any of our packages across additional wedding events, creating a cohesive experience from the first celebration through the last. After an introduction call, we’ll create a custom wedding planning proposal based on your wedding weekend plans and the level of planning and coordination you need.
getting started
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Fill out our inquiry form via our contact page - we are so excited to meet you!
Feel free to message on socials as well! We’d love to add you to our community!
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We recommend reaching out to us at The Gathering Co. as soon as you have a general idea of your date range and location. Our team books an intentional number of weddings each year so we’d love to chat with you as soon as you’re ready!
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First, we’ll check our team’s availability for your date. Upon availability it is important to us to have an introductory call with the lead assigned to your special day! We deeply value relationships and care to learn more about you, your couple, wedding vision, and what you’re looking for from a wedding planner. From there, we’ll send a personalized proposal and walk you through the next steps.
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Yes! While we’re based across the Raleigh and Charlotte NC areas, we serve couples throughout the Carolinas and beyond. We’ve planned celebrations in destinations including Utah, Virginia, Italy, Spain, Mexico, South Carolina, and more, and we can help with everything from finding the right destination and venue to creating and executing the wedding itself. Our expertise travels anywhere and we are ready to follow you wherever you want to go!
what to expect
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At The Gathering Co., we’re people first, always. Our offerings and process have thoughtfully been put together with our client in mind. You will always be treated with care, respect, and experience through your time with us, and in the end we are here to celebrate you and develop a relationship with you, your plans, and your dream vendor team. We believe your wedding should reflect who you are as a couple, not simply following a “formula”. Our team combines intentional planning, thoughtful design, strong vendor relationships, and detailed coordination with a genuine investment in getting to know our couples.
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When you inquire with The Gathering Co. it starts with an introductory call with one of our lead planners and a personalized proposal! Once you officially book, you’ll receive your welcome information and planning portal, and we’ll begin building your intentional planning process from there. Depending on your package, that can include vendor bookings, design development, budget tracking, timelines, layouts, meetings, and ongoing guidance. Every step is done with intention, relationship, and a value-driven process.
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You’ll have an assigned lead planner who will be your primary point of contact throughout the planning process. Our team is always supported by The Gathering Co. as a whole, our COO, Maddy, and our founder, Chelsy, so you’re never relying on just one person behind the scenes.
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This will depend on your package and where you are in the planning process. Each package has communication tailored to its scope and completion.
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Absolutely! We provide our preferred vendor list and will recommend vendors based on your needs, aesthetic, location, budget, and overall wedding vision. Our relationships with vendors are a big part of what allows us to guide you toward a team we trust!
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No! You are always welcome to choose the vendors who feel right for you. Our preferred vendors are simply professionals we’ve worked with, vetted, and trusted to provide the level of service and quality we want for our couples.
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Absolutely! Team dynamic is strong over here! Your lead planner is supported by 1-2 The Gathering Co. team members on the wedding day. The number of assistants depends on your guest count, venue, locations, and logistical needs, and any additional staffing needs are discussed with you in advance
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Yes, within the scope of your package. Our team coordinates setup and helps with wedding-day breakdown and venue cleanup. We do not replace specialty vendors such as full-service florists, caterers, or rental companies for services that fall within their contracted scope who do manage their own setup and cleanup.
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