What’s a Master Wedding Planner?

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This week, our Special Moments Event Planning team is tackling a question we sometimes hear from couples and some local wedding vendors. It’s an important question as our fearless leader and Lead Dream Maker, Tammy Waterman, holds this prestigious designation.  Master Wedding Planner, or MWP, as it’s often abbreviated, is the highest designation awarded to…

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Featured on Marry Me Tampa Bay!

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Recently, our Special Moments Event Planning leader, Tammy Waterman, was featured in a Marry Me Tampa Bay Expert Advice column, “Wedding Planner vs. Venue Coordinator.” This is an excellent feature, as the struggle is real!  Thankfully, after nearly twenty years of providing wedding planning services across Tampa Bay, we find that we don’t clash with…

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More Marry Me Tampa Bay Expert Advice

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Our Marry Me Tampa Bay colleagues recently published Expert Advice: 10 Things To Know About Setting A Wedding Budget. It featured information and tips on setting a wedding budget from the region’s planners, photographers, and caterers. Our Special Moments Event Planning team was featured on several tips they shared in the article.   From Our…

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Wedding Traditions and Customs Unraveled

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Our Special Moments Event Planning team knows all too well that weddings are full of traditions. Some things we do are driven ‘just because,’ while others are based on our family’s ethnic and cultural customs. We know that unless you are a total wedding geek – lots of hands raised in our office – you…

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Special Family Dances

Father daughter dance at Carlouel Yacht Club in Clearwater Florida

Last week, our Special Moments Event Planning team tackled the topic of the First Dance. It’s one of the most important moments of a wedding reception. From picking the right song for the two of you to the dance itself and possibly taking dance lessons, we tackled it all.   Lifelong Photography Studio Universal Music…

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Marry Me Tampa Bay: Expert Advice

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Our Special Moments Event Planning team loves it when our friends at Marry Me Tampa Bay come to our Lead Dream Maker, Master Wedding Planner Tammy Waterman, for planning advice! We don’t always get to share everything, but this is always an important topic! Their latest article, Expert Advice: 10 Things to Know About Setting…

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2 Mistakes Newly Engaged Couples Make

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Recently, a wedding industry colleague asked our Special Moments Event Planning Lead Dream Maker, Tammy Waterman, what is the most common mistake that she sees newly engaged couples make. After the discussion, we decided it would make a fantastic blog post! Read to the bottom for a few tips to keep you sane during wedding…

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It’s NOT Our Wedding – Honest!

Master wedding planner and owner of Special Moments Event Planning during an interview with ABC Action News Tampa

Our Special Moments Event Planning team has been planning Tampa Bay weddings for a long time! Since 2004, to be exact. And one of the things we hear in the wedding industry is: “We don’t want to hire a wedding planner because it will become their wedding, not ours.” Honestly, that could not be farther…

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The Conversation No One Wants to Have: TIPPING

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As wedding professionals, we often have to have those uncomfortable conversations. Because, after all, couples come to us for all their wedding-related questions! So, this week our Special Moments Event Planning team tackles the big questions no one ever wants to have regarding tipping wedding professionals! Asking The Wedding Pros Rather than just sharing our…

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Expert Wedding Planning Advice

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Special Moments Event Planning has been planning Tampa Bay weddings and events for 17 years. Additionally, our owner and Lead Dream Maker, Tammy Waterman, is one of only 47 Master Wedding Planners in the world. So, when publications, news outlets, and websites are looking for expert wedding planning advice – we’re happy to get the…

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Wedding Planners and Venue Coordinators

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Our Lead Dream Maker and Master Wedding Planner, Tammy Waterman, shared her expert advice with Marry Me Tampa Bay. Tammy and other Tampa Bay wedding pros were asked about their advice on The Difference Between A Wedding Planner And A Venue Coordinator.      Say It Again For The People In The Back! This topic…

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Unplugging, COVID-19 and FOMO

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Unplugging at weddings is nothing new for our Special Moments Event Planning team. We’ve seen national publications talking about unplugged weddings, typically ceremonies, for the last five years or so. Here’s a piece from Huffington Post from 2016: Why You Should Consider An Unplugged Wedding (And How to Tell Your Guests)   The Good and Bad…

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