Starting A Wedding Planning Business
Since the world has seemed to speed up over the last few years, there is more of a demand for wedding planners than ever. No longer can you count on the ‘man’ to make money and the ‘woman’ to plan the wedding, rather more couples are unable to find the time in both of their busy careers to sort out their wedding details. But that makes wedding planning a great business for anyone to start.
Wedding planners make money by offering their services at an hourly rate. You might look for wedding chapels and reception venues, call caterers and choose the band, or you might work on the menu and handle the decorations. With all of these responsibilities, wedding planning is a big responsibility, but one that pays handsomely.
What You Need To Be A Wedding Planner
The best part about trying to make money through wedding planning is that the initial costs aren’t that high. You can simply print out business cards or some other form of advertising to get your name out and then wait for people to call.
What you may also want to do is spread the word of your services through friends that are getting married. You can offer to help them with planning and coordinating their wedding at no charge. And while this won’t make money for you, it will help get you a reference and some pictures to assemble into a portfolio.
You want to be able to show clients what services you can provide and have provided in the past. With a simple photo album of past planning successes, you can make your prospective client feel right at home with choosing your services and make money in the process.
It’s really as simple as sitting down with your clients and determining what they need from you. If they need you to handle the planning details according to their tastes, then you will make money by making phone calls and ordering samples of things to show your clients. But if the clients are more hands-on, then you can meet with them regularly to see how you can help as needed. Of course, the best part about wedding planning is that once you’ve planned one, you can branch out to make money planning all sorts of events.
Depending on the needs of your clients, you can work with them before, after, and even during the wedding to be sure that every possible detail is covered. As you make money, you will learn about different wedding themes and styles as well as how to handle various problems that might come up.
To gain some background knowledge, you may want to talk with a wedding coordinator to see how they handle their duties and any advice that they might be able to give you to assist you as you make money with this business.
Growing Your Wedding Planning Business Over Time
As you begin to gain experience and to make money from wedding planning, you will form business relationships with various wedding vendors. This will help make your job even easier because that connection can be spread to other couples that might need your services.
Assemble a portfolio of your past wedding planning as well as any testimonials from previous clients as to your expertise. You can make money with these referrals because prospective clients like to see what you can do as well as hear it from other people that they might know.
Wedding planning is a way to make money that isn’t going to slow down soon. As the world speeds up, couples will need someone to slow their lives down and plan the perfect day of their dreams, even if they can’t do it themselves.
