Chicago, Illinois

Wedding Planner / Coordinator

In Chicago: Here the job is largely jurisdictional. A Chicagoland wedding can touch a county clerk for the license, the Chicago Park District for a lakefront or city park ceremony, a separate county forest preserve or conservation district for a suburban outdoor site, and a building's dock and freight elevator for every delivery — four different desks, four different lead times, none of them talking to each other. Someone who works this metro should be able to tell you without checking which county issues your license, that it is not usable until the day after issuance, and that the certificate has to reach that same county clerk within 10 days of the ceremony. Ask what the winter contingency looks like, because a cold-weather or lakefront date needs a real indoor plan rather than a sentence in a contract. The listed planners sit in the city, Schaumburg, Lake Forest and Oakbrook Terrace, and the reference range runs $2,800 to $11,000.

12 listings · checked August 2026

• An English Garden Wedding & Event Floral — Tinley Park · anenglishgardenweddings.com · (708) 263-0751
• Bella Bridesmaids Oakbrook Terrace — Oakbrook Terrace · bellabridesmaids.com/pages/bella-bridesmaids-oakbrook-terrace · (312) 943-0344
• Big City Bride — Chicago · bigcitybride.com · (773) 525-7526
• Blooming Events Chicago — Schaumburg · bloomingeventschicago.com · (773) 968-0085
• Chicago Cinematic Weddings — Downers Grove · chicagocinematicweddings.com · (708) 442-8154
• Creatively Yours Wedding & Event Planning — McHenry · creativelyyoursevents.com · (815) 276-5197
• Engaging Events by Ali — Chicago · engagingeventsbyali.com · (773) 777-2299
• Essence Weddings — Schaumburg · essenceweddings.com/schedule-an-appointment · (847) 923-9800
• Events by TMA — Chicago · eventsbytma.com · (312) 244-3764
• fairy godmothers — Oak Park · eventsbyfairygodmothers.com · (708) 989-0812
• NSWE Events — Winnetka · nsweevents.com · (312) 546-2360
• The Gilded Aisle Weddings — Lake Forest · thegildedaisleweddings.com · (312) 699-7959

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