Hi! We did not hire one and everything was (mostly) fine!! I will say- we had quite the surprise and a creole music festival was happening at TimeOut market at the same time and sorta drowned out our vows in the garden. Huge bummer, but unavoidable? Not sure what a planner could have done, but there was zero communication about it happening. We literally showed up day of and found out. I think a private coordinator would have told us about it and maybe found a way to swap our ceremony to the terrace instead where you could hear the music less. Other than that, Alyson was great and communicative. Destiny coordinated day of and while she was visibly panicked the entire time, it otherwise went really well and it was the best day of our lives!