Des Moines & Central Iowa, Iowa

Wedding Planner / Coordinator

In Des Moines & Central Iowa: Five planners and coordinators are listed, two of them in Des Moines with others in Ankeny, Waukee and Pleasant Hill, and fees generally run $1,400 to $5,500. This region makes a stronger case for a coordinator than most, for two concrete reasons. First, weather: tornado risk April through June, 90-degree humidity in July and August, and winter storms from December through March mean a contracted indoor backup is a real deliverable someone has to negotiate, confirm and be ready to trigger on the day. That is not a job for your mother. Second, geography: the region reaches 65 miles and most couples end up combining a metro getting-ready location, a rural ceremony site and a shuttle plan drawn from a very short list of transportation services, which is a logistics problem with real failure modes. A coordinator who works this region will also know which farm and hall venues supply nothing and which small-town sites run their own booking offices. If you book only a month-of coordinator, book them early enough to inherit the weather plan rather than discover it.

5 listings · checked October 2026

• InnovativEvents — Des Moines · innovativevents.com · (515) 208-4330
• Love & Light Events — Waukee · loveandlighteventsco.com · (515) 344-4545
• Smiling Dog Event Group — Pleasant Hill · smilingdogeventgroup.com · (515) 446-9054
• Weddings By ASPIRE — Ankeny · weddingsbyaspire.com · (833) 277-4733
• White Willow Events — Des Moines · whitewilloweventsia.com · (515) 650-3393

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