When you have a really special event coming up in your own personal life or that of your company, and you want to show everyone that you mean to celebrate, then engaging the services of a party or event planner is very often the best way to really put your event on the map. The same goes for wedding planners of course. There are some fantastically glossy sites on the internet – agents offering all manner of spectacular feats of planning and execution. Show stopping designs and utilising the best venues with high end personalities – what can possibly go wrong ?!
What you absolutely must ensure is that your chosen event planner is experienced – you do not want to be their very first client. Check out their website and enquire of some of the past clients. Your event will be show casing you, possibly your family and possibly also your company so it has to go properly without any hitch or embarrassment. If the event planner messes up and only half the event takes off or any part of it fails to deliver, then an insurance should be available to compensate for the losses and embarrassment.
The only way to ensure absolute perfection is to do research and engage a top notch well experienced event planner who really knows their stuff and understands your needs and the brief first time. Whatever the costs. Within reason, of course.