Need some help planning a wedding in NSW? This shortlist of professional wedding planners includes the who's who of organising weddings across New South Wales. From 5 star wedding coordinators who offer an extra pair of hands on the big day, to premium wedding planners who provide an end-to-end planning + styling service that takes you from just engaged to just married.
The industry's top wedding organisers below make it easy to plan a wedding that's meaningful, personal, memorable and unique. They save couples many hours of researching vendors, prices and contract inclusions with their extensive industry experience, and have a network of trusted suppliers to suit a wide range of wedding budgets.
One of the reasons we highly recommended booking a top wedding planner is because they offer thousands of dollars in budget savings including payment of unnecessary vendor charges. They guarantee no budget waste on things that a more experienced wedding planner is attuned to avoid, often involving simple oversights early in the planning process.
In addition to time & budget savings, another benefit of booking a high end wedding coordinator is that they're experts in streamlining concepts and styling ideas to create a chic wedding aesthetic. Event planners who specialise in design are particularly skilled in this area, simplifying the styling brief for maximum visual impact.
Below are 15 highly recommended wedding planners that offer organisational support for all wedding budgets. From one hour consults to help you fast track your wedding to-do list, to luxury wedding planners & stylists who do everything for you.
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Best Wedding Planners in NSW
Wedlockers Consultations
- Location: Online or phone
- Package: One-hour consultation
- Cost: $260
Want to get quick answers, fast track your to-do list and feel in control of your wedding plans? Our one-hour wedding consultation gives you one-on-one access to the Wedlockers team who have an encyclopaedic knowledge of the wedding industry, and will save you hours of planning time & thousands of dollars.
During your hour-of-power you can pick our brains about anything you like. If you need help getting started we'll create a simple planning checklist specifically for your wedding. Together, we'll shortlist the best venues to suit your theme, guest list & budget, and curate wedding suppliers that perfectly match your needs. We'll also point out budget saving opportunities.
Wedding Planners in Newcastle & Hunter Valley
Hunter Events NSW
- Location: Maitland, Hunter Valley
- Services: Planning, styling, MC, Celebrant
- Cost: $1,000+
Hunter Events NSW are award winning wedding planners who specialise in arranging weddings throughout the Hunter Valley, Port Stephens & Newcastle region. The creative team are highly recommended for private property weddings with particular expertise in streamlining the logistics of outdoor and marquee celebrations.
Louise Manning's expert team provide on-the-day wedding coordination, task-based planning support as required, and an end-to-end planning + styling package for couples who want everything done for them. With an in-depth knowledge of the region's best wedding suppliers and a team of in-house vendors, Hunter Events make it easy to organise a Hunter Valley wedding from anywhere.
The Event Artists
- Location: Maryville, NSW 2293
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- Specialty: Full service
- Cost: $8,000+
The Event Artists are a comprehensive team of creative professionals who design high end weddings with stunning aesthetics. Offering the complete wedding planning package, your dream team includes an in-house stylist, florist and graphic designer, and all hire furniture & furnishings to complete a meticulously chic wedding experience.
Creative Director Martina Long is among Australia's leading wedding planners, renowned for her ability to fill any space with feeling, character & charm. Complete wedding planning packages start at $8,000 with collaborative styling and custom graphics down to your floor plan, schedule & run sheet.
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Wedding Planners in Sydney
Girl Friday Weddings
- Location: Crows Nest, NSW 2065
- Service Area: NSW
- Specialty: Full service
- Cost: $2,198+
Sarah Johnston is one of the state's most experienced wedding coordinators with more than 15 years of planning beautiful ceremonies, receptions and destination weddings throughout New South Wales. Based in North Sydney, Sarah has an in-depth knowledge of the Sydney wedding scene and regularly organises weddings in the surrounding country regions.
Partial planning support for Sydney weddings starts at $2,198 and is tailored to your requirements. Full service planning & styling starts at $10,998 and involves Sarah leading you through the design process, provision of a curated list of vendors for your approval, appointment organising in the lead up to your wedding and on-the-day logistics.
Honey Lane Events
- Location: North Manly, NSW 2100
- Service Area: World-wide
- Specialty: Styling
- Cost: $10k+
With her weddings regularly published in the world's top wedding magazines such as Vogue, Lara Beesley of Honey Lane Events is universally recognised as one of Australia's best wedding planners. Based on Sydney's Northern Beaches, she is a popular planner among the city's elite as she is highly familiar with all the most beautiful places to get married across New South Wales.
Lara's full styling & planning package includes a collaborative design process, followed by all organising & execution of a beautifully curated wedding filled with unforgettable moments set within a magical atmosphere.
Upside Down Events
- Location: Sydney, NSW
- Service Area: Australia-wide
- Specialty: Full service
- Cost: $5,000+
Lilac from Upside Down Events is one of the best wedding organisers & stylists in New South Wales, bringing a unique creative edge to the styling of beautiful wedding spaces. Her reputation for lavish ceremony backdrops and multi-textured bridal tables precedes her and she consistently achieves a high level of personalisation with every wedding planned.
Upside Down Events specialise in full service wedding planning that incorporates the detailed styling of your ceremony & reception spaces. Lilac curates vendors to suit your wedding theme & budget, manages all correspondence, creates a run sheet for the day and manages time lines along with on-the-day coordination.
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Wedding Planners in the Blue Mountains
Penny Lane Studio
- Location: Katoomba, NSW 2780
- Specialty: Planning + hire
- Cost: $1,800+
Penny Lane Studio offer bespoke wedding planning, styling and prop hire throughout the Blue Mountains and surrounding NSW regions. Led by creative director Kirsty Thompson, the team plan weddings with meticulous attention to detail including custom building props, styling mood boards and sourcing the perfect furniture, florals and lighting pieces.
Full wedding planning starts at $5,000 and includes vendor curation, quote sourcing, scheduling, run sheet creation, floor planning and on the day coordination. Day of wedding coordination is priced from $1,800 including set up of your hire items.
NH Weddings
- Location: Little Hartley, NSW 2790
- Service Area: Blue Mountains, Sydney
- Specialty: Planning
Having organised more than 500 ceremonies & receptions, NH Weddings are among the state's most experienced wedding planners. Founder Natalie Hagopian and her team offer full & partial planning packages as well as on-the-day wedding coordination with a focus on taking the stress away from couples in the lead up to, and on the wedding day.
Planning packages include as much or as little organisational assistance as required from sourcing and managing suppliers, pre-planning and managing wedding day logistics or the execution of your aesthetic vision on the day.
Wedding Planners on the Central Coast
Behind The Scenes Event Hire
- Location: Central Coast, NSW
- Services: Hire, Styling, On-the-day Coordination
- Cost: $1,000+
Behind The Scenes Event Hire offers a premium wedding planning service specialising in creating stylish & unique event spaces. The family-owned & operated business have a comprehensive inventory of wedding marquees, furniture and decor, and provide all inclusive styling packages that elevate events into memorable experiences.
Services available through BTS include styling consultations, mood boards, venue walk throughs, hire equipment including marquees & cool rooms, vendor referrals and set up & pack down. The minimum hire fee is $1,000 with ceremony packages from $670 including chairs, arbor, signing table, aisle runner and altar rug and signage easel.
Wedding Planners on the North Coast
Moon & Tide Collective
- Location: Taree, NSW 2430
- Years in Business: 11+
- Speciality: Elopements & small weddings
Moon & Tide Collective specialises in end-to-end wedding planning for elopements & micro weddings across the Mid North Coast of NSW. All inclusive wedding planning packages are tailored to the individuality of each couple and come with styling from initial concept to on-the-day coordination, vendor referrals and provision of all furniture & decor items.
Owner Meg is a highly experienced wedding coordinator who is well known in the industry for pulling together beautiful styled shoots with the region's most talented vendors. Other services offered by Moon & Tide include proposal planning & the planning of pre-wedding events such as champagne breakfasts and long lunches.
Wedding Planners on the South Coast NSW
The Wedding & Event Creators
- Location: Gerringong, NSW 2534
- Specialty: Planning & hire
The Wedding & Event Creators are the most popular wedding planners on the NSW South Coast thanks to their huge range of ceremony hire packages that make organising weddings easy. All planning packages include collaborative styling & mood boarding, run sheet creation, seating plans, decor sourcing & on-the-day set up.
The wedding coordination package gives you an extra set of hands for 8 - 12 hours on your wedding day and includes set up of your ceremony & reception decor such as chairs & aisle runners, guest book, place cards and napkins. Your coordinator also greets guests, troubleshoots weather issues, and repurposes decor from your ceremony to reception.
Rhianna Smith Weddings
- Location: Wollongong, NSW 2500
- Service Area: NSW & ACT
- Specialty: Planning
- Cost: $9,000+
Rhianna Smith specialises in organising destination weddings at private properties throughout NSW and has an extensive portfolio of beautifully styled marquee weddings to her credit. She is one of the state's best wedding planners of 3 day events, curating & managing impressive guest experiences including memorable welcome nights & recovery parties.
Rhianna's collaborative approach to planning weddings allows clients to be as involved as they wish in the design process. Packages range from full-scale wedding organisation where your venue & all vendors are selected for you, to partial planning including timeline & budget support, day-of coordination and set up & pack down.
Be Designed Weddings & Events
- Location: Fairy Meadow, NSW 2519
- Service Area: Wollongong, South Coast
- Specialty: Styling & hire
Be Designed are interior design experts who specialise in styling beautiful wedding spaces. All inclusive wedding planning packages include custom styling & floral design, stationery & signage, hire furniture & decor, and on-the-day coordination, creating a cohesive aesthetic across your ceremony & reception spaces.
Furniture & decor is available to hire with pick up, delivery or delivery + set up, and there is no minimum spend. Floral design packages are available from $3,000 and the typically spend on an all inclusive wedding hire, florals & styling package is $8,000+. On-the-day styling packages are also available for couples who need an extra pair of hands for set up/pack down.
Wedding Planners in Country NSW
Bespoke Country Weddings
- Location: Orange, NSW 2800
- Service Area: Central West NSW
- Specialty: Florals & hire
If you're looking for help to plan a wedding in the Central West region of NSW, Sarah Powell at Bespoke Country Weddings is your guru. Sarah specialises in wedding styling and florals and has a huge inventory of furniture & decor that can also be dry hired if you prefer to DIY your own wedding ceremony & reception.
Enhance Styling & Event Planning
- Location: Albury, NSW
- Service Area: Albury, Wodonga
- Cost: $3,250+
Tracey from Enhance Styling + Events is your end-to-end wedding coordinator for ceremonies & receptions in the Albury Wodonga region. She offers premium wedding planning & styling for micro weddings through to grand celebrations and has a vast inventory of hire items to furnish both ceremonies & receptions.
Enhance Styling offer a complete wedding planning & styling package from $5,500 including design concepts for ceremony & reception spaces, collation of vendor quotes & vendor management, run sheets & floor plans, bump in & out and on the day wedding coordination & styling.
What A Wedding Planner Does
The state's premier wedding planners make it easy to book their services no matter where you are in the planning process. Through an initial consultation they'll help you determine the tasks that lay ahead and what you wish for them to complete on your behalf. They'll then provide you with a quote to execute that to-do list.
Things To Outsource To Your Wedding Planner
Here's a list of popular tasks undertaken by wedding planners:
- Shortlist wedding venues
- Curate the best photographers for your taste & budget
- Curate the best celebrants to suit your vibe & budget
- Style consultation (book a planner who specialises in styling)
- Source & book hire furniture & decor
- Source other vendors as required
- Review contracts & package inclusions
- Schedule appointments for cake & menu tastings
- Schedule hair & make up trials
- Schedule appointment with florist
- Keep track of budget
- Track RSVPs including dietary requirements
- Manage accommodation (for destination weddings)
- Run sheet creation
- Manage seating layout
- Create wedding website & gift registry
- On-the-day set up (laying out hire furniture, table styling etc)
- On-the-day coordination (liaise with vendors & guests to keep to schedule)
Cover Image: Hunter Events NSW by Dream Tree Photography