What questions did you ask your day-of coordinator during the initial consultation that saved you the most stress or money later on?

What questions did you ask your day-of coordinator during the initial consultation that saved you the most stress or money later on? We interviewed four and these are the questions that separated the good ones:

• "How many weddings have you done at OUR venue?" Venue-specific experience caught a load-in rule that would have cost us an hour.
• "What is NOT included in your day-of package?" One coordinator did not do setup or teardown — that was a $400 surprise we dodged.
• "When do you actually start working with us?" "Day-of" usually means 30 days out. Ours started at 60, which mattered.
• "Walk me through a wedding that went wrong and what you did." The answers told us everything about how they handle pressure.
• "Do you take commissions from vendors you recommend?" Two did. Good to know before trusting a referral.

The consultation is a job interview — treat it like one.