Met with a wedding coordinator
I actually left my name with four different wedding coordinators, and only one got back to me. The only thing I can think of is that our wedding is does not have a high enough budget for the others to bother with us.
Fortunately, we liked the coordinator. She doesn’t have a lot of experience herself, but has been working with the company for about a year. The company, however, is owned by someone who has been coordinating weddings for years. The owner also makes sure she knows what’s going on with the various weddings of all her coordinators, and would certainly be a resource for our coordinator if there was anything we needed that she didn’t know how to help with.
Also, there will be 1-2 interns working our wedding on the wedding day, so that the reception site will be ready when we are, even with our coordinator overseeing the wedding itself. Since she is part of a larger company, should she have a family emergency or for some reason be unable to oversee our wedding, there are other coordinators who will be available and up-to-speed on what needs to be done.
Unless we hear from the other coordinators, or unless there is something weird in the contract, we feel comfortable enough with them to sign on.