Wedding planners in Spain for American couples

Why a local planner is non-negotiable

• Spanish vendor communication runs on WhatsApp — often in Spanish, sometimes slowly.
• Vendor contracts, deposits, and cancellation terms differ from US norms.
• Site visits are impractical from the US; your planner is your eyes.
• Cultural context (late timing, family courses, sobremesa) requires local knowledge.

What to expect on pricing

• Full planning: €7,000–€15,000. Handles everything from venue search to day-of.
• Partial planning: €4,000–€7,000. You book venue and photographer; planner books the rest.
• Month-of coordination only: €2,500–€4,500. Rare in Spain — most planners want the full engagement.

Where to find them

• Junebug Weddings, Vogue Weddings — vetted planner directories.
• Instagram hashtags: #spainweddingplanner, #mallorcaweddingplanner, #andalusiawedding.
• Referrals from top Spain venues — most estates keep a preferred-planner list.
• Wedding Planner Central directory (coming 2026) — filtered by region and language.

Vetting questions to ask

• How many US couples have you worked with in the last 24 months?
• Do you handle the Gibraltar legal + Spain symbolic combo?
• What's your vendor kickback policy? (Some planners take 10–15% from vendors — that shouldn't be hidden.)
• Do you carry professional liability insurance?
• Can you show me a full timeline from a recent 80-guest US couple wedding?

Contract terms to confirm

• Deposit + payment schedule (typical: 25% at signing, 50% at 3 months, 25% two weeks out).
• Cancellation and postponement policy (post-COVID this got much clearer).
• Currency of contract (usually EUR — you bear the FX risk).
• Force majeure clauses.

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