How Much Does a Wedding Planner Cost in the UK? (2026 Guide)
A UK wedding planner costs £3,500–£7,000 for full planning, £1,500–£5,000 for partial and £600–£2,500 for day-of coordination. What each level covers and why.
A wedding planner in the UK costs £3,500–£7,000 for full planning, £1,500–£5,000 for partial planning and £600–£2,500 for day-of coordination in 2026. Hourly consultancy is £25–£100. On bigger weddings, full-planning fees follow the budget at 10–15%, and luxury or multi-day weddings reach £10,000–£20,000+. Couples spend less than those ranges suggest: Bridebook's 2026 report (about 7,000 couples) puts the average spend on a planner at £1,543, a figure that blends the different levels of service. The level of service, your wedding budget and where you marry move the price most.
Wedding planner prices by level of service
- Service — Typical UK price — What it is
- Hourly consultancy — £25–£100 per hour — Advice while you plan it yourself
- Day-of coordination — £600–£2,500 — You plan and book everything; the coordinator takes over the logistics, usually starting 4–8 weeks before the wedding
- Partial planning — £1,500–£5,000 — You do some of the planning; the planner coordinates the detail and runs the day
- Full planning — £3,500–£7,000, or 10–15% of your budget — The planner manages the wedding from the start
- Luxury or multi-day — £10,000–£20,000+ — More hours, bespoke design, larger teams; Lucia Penman Events quotes £10,000–£15,000+ for luxury weddings
The median of the published prices we found is £75 an hour (3 planners), about £1,000 for day-of coordination (10), £2,100 for partial planning (5) and £5,000 for the entry or minimum fee for full planning (5).
Key takeaway: "Day-of" coordination is not one day's work. It starts weeks before the wedding, when the coordinator takes over your supplier contacts and the running order, and it covers 8–12 hours on site.
Wedding planner cost calculator
Worked examples for a wedding planner's fee. The calculator on this page prices any other combination.
| Example | Estimate |
|---|---|
| Day-of coordination · Elsewhere in the UK | £600–£2,500 |
| Partial planning · Elsewhere in the UK | £1,500–£5,000 |
| Full planning · London, South East or East | £4,500–£10,100 |
The planner's fee for the service level you pick, including a pre-wedding meeting and supplier calls; travel, overnight stays and extra meetings are quoted separately.
What moves the price
- Your budget. Planners charge the greater of a minimum fee and a share of the budget: 10–15% for full planning (Bridebook), 10–12% at Guides for Brides and 5% for partial planning at two planners. The minimum fees we found are £3,500, £4,200, £5,000 (two planners) and £7,000. At the UK average wedding budget of £20,604, 10–15% is £2,060–£3,091, below most minimums, so smaller budgets usually suit partial or day-of help. At £40,000 the share is £4,000–£6,000; at £80,000, £8,000–£12,000.
- Hours and scope. Day-of fees work out at £50–£100 for each hour on site, pre-wedding meetings included (derived). Wedding Delights charges £300 for 4 hours and £550 for 8, which is £62.50 for each extra hour.
Regional and seasonal differences
Planners in London, the South East and the East charge more. Of the ten day-of prices we found, three come from London and Essex, with a median of £1,297. The other seven have a median of £900. That is 44% more, or 28% more if we leave out the one price from a February 2024 page, so the calculator uses an uplift of 28–44%. Both are derived from the published prices we found, from a small sample. Bridebook separately says London suppliers charge about 25–30% above the national average, and Hitched's directory averages, which mix service levels and state no basis, show £2,616 in London against £961 in Greater Manchester.
- Where the planner is based — Day-of price
- Nottinghamshire — from £550 (8 hours)
- Glasgow — £600 (10–12 hours)
- Bridgend — from £650
- Manchester and Cheshire — from £900 (up to 9 hours)
- Cornwall and Devon — £995
- London — from about £1,000
- Essex — from £1,297
- Cotswolds — from £1,400
- London (page from February 2024) — £1,500 (12 hours)
- Warwickshire and Rutland — from £1,650 (up to 10 hours)
Only day-of prices were numerous enough to compare. Full-planning entry fees do not split cleanly by region: £3,500 in Glasgow, £4,200 in Edinburgh, £5,000 in London and £7,000 in Essex. The calculator applies the uplift to the three levels, so treat its London full-planning estimates as rough.
No planner in our sample publishes seasonal prices, though some limit their weddings each year, so popular dates book up.
Extras and add-ons
- Extra — Typical cost — Basis
- Two extra meetings and final-month supplier liaison — £700 — Wild Wedding Company, Gold £1,695 against Silver £995 (derived)
- Day-before set-up, more meetings and coverage to the end of the night — £600 — Platinum £2,295 against Gold £1,695 (derived)
- Extra task hours (styling, supplier booking, RSVPs) — from £450 per six-hour block — The Wedding Day Coordinators
- Guests above 150 — £250 per extra 50 — The Wedding Day Coordinators
- Marquee or tipi wedding — about £200 more — that black & white cat, £1,850 against £1,650 (derived)
- Travel — 55p a mile, plus accommodation — BODA, when the venue is over three hours away
What to check before you book
Ask what the service covers, how many meetings it includes, whether the planner takes commission from suppliers (some advertise commission-free fees) and who is there on the day. Get the fee, payment schedule and cancellation terms in writing.
How we researched this
We used Bridebook's 2026 UK Wedding Report (about 7,000 couples), Hitched's directory averages for 22 areas, and 2025–26 price guides from Guides for Brides, Battle Abbey Weddings and four planners. We then collected 25 published prices from 15 planners' own websites, accessed on 14 October 2026: 10 for day-of coordination, 6 for partial planning, 6 for full planning and 3 hourly (two of the 25 are a percentage of budget, not pounds). They are based in eight regions: London, the South East, the East, the South West, the Midlands, the North, Wales and Scotland.
Where sources disagreed, we chose the like-for-like figure. Bridebook's £1,543 sits below the lowest full-planning price we found (£3,500) because it blends service levels; it has fallen from £2,436 in 2024 and £1,892 in 2025. Planners' own day-of starting prices (£550–£1,650) run lower than the guides' ranges (£750–£2,500 at Guides for Brides, £1,200–£3,500 at BusyBrides), so we read them as small independents' entry level and set the range at £600–£2,500. The regional gap is 1.25–1.30 times in Bridebook, 1.28–1.44 times in the day-of prices and 2.1–2.2 times in Hitched's directory, which mixes service levels, so we used the lower ratios. Wild Wedding Company's page shows £995 for its Silver package and £1,595 in a table; we used the lower. We left out a Weddings Hub regional table with no stated method.
Confidence is medium for the service-level ranges and low for the regional uplift. We found no prices from Northern Ireland or the North East.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a wedding planner cost on average in the UK?
Bridebook's 2026 report puts the average spend at £1,543, but that blends service levels. Full planning costs £3,500–£7,000, partial planning £1,500–£5,000 and day-of coordination £600–£2,500.
How much does a day-of wedding coordinator cost?
£600–£2,500. The median of the ten published prices we found is about £1,000, and planners in London, the South East and the East charge about 28–44% more (derived).
Is a wedding planner worth the money?
It depends on how much of the organising you want to do. A planner quoted by Bridebook says planning can take 200–300 hours. Partial planning suits couples who are happy to plan but want a professional to coordinate the detail and run the day.
Can I pay a wedding planner by the hour?
Yes. Published hourly rates run £25–£100, and the median of the three we found is £75 (the £100 comes from a 2021 page). We found no UK planner charging £150 an hour.
Sources
- Bridebook: wedding planner costs 2026, average wedding cost 2026, London wedding cost 2026
- Guides for Brides: the true cost of hiring a wedding planner
- Battle Abbey Weddings: wedding planner cost 2026
- Hitched: wedding planner directory
- Planners' own guides: BusyBrides, Emily Young Weddings, Emily Young on-the-day coordination, Weddings By Mary, Lucia Penman Events, Hannah Rose Weddings, Amie Jackson
- Planners' price lists, accessed 14 October 2026: BODA, Emma Louise, D Semple Consulting, Wedding Delights, The Wedding Hand, that black & white cat, Wild Wedding Company, Holly & Rebecca, Nicola Rose, Mollineau, The Wedding Day Coordinators
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