Wedding Planner

If you are creative, love planning events and are extremely detail oriented, becoming a wedding planner may be exactly what you’ve been looking for. Wedding planners handle all the details of a wedding. It can be a highly stressful job, but very rewarding when you see the smile on the bride and groom’s face.

• There is no specific wedding planner license, but you should check with your city or town to get your business license.
• College degrees in event planning or wedding planning are beneficial, but not required. There are also wedding planning certification courses offered by a professional bridal association. These are the types of things you can learn from a wedding planning course:

• You will need business cards and an advertising plan for your new business. A professional web site is a good idea, especially since most brides use the Internet to plan their wedding.
• You can also join a professional bridal association. The benefits include access to online communities of planners, information on the latest trends and pricing and ways to continue your education.
• You should also try to build relationships with people in your area that you will have to do business with.  Businesses such as bridal shops, floral shops, photographers, venue managers, etc.

How Much Can I Make?

Wedding planners usually charge a minimum of $1000 to plan a wedding.  Some wedding planners take a percentage of the total cost of the wedding, so their fee depends on the size of the wedding
 
Other wedding planners charge by the hour. According to payscale.com, wedding planners average anywhere from $10-$30 per hour depending on location and experience. You should find out what wedding planners in your area are charging and use that as a starting point when deciding what to charge.