
Some agencies who track salaries report yearly incomes in the $50,000 range for wedding planners.
The Wedding Gown
* The wedding gown can be expensive enough to break any budget.
* Another way would be for the bride to wear her mother's wedding gown, if she saved it.
The Reception
The Wedding Invitations
Newly engaged couples can go way overboard on their wedding invitations and your task, as their Wedding Planner, is to suggest ways for them to save money on this expensive item.
The thank you notes would stand out if they were sent with a wedding picture on the stamps.A few inexpensive vases, some ribbon and both the wedding and the reception will be beautifully decorated while not breaking the family's budget.During the entire wedding ritual, most of the guests were focused on the bride and groom; weren't they?
The Wedding Cake
There's lots of tradition around the wedding cake, including saving a piece to be eaten on the first anniversary of the wedding.
Today's "traditional" wedding cake practices can be anything the couple wants them to be. Friends can make the cake for the reception or something else can replace the cake entirely, like a wedding cake made of frosted cupcakes stacked in layers.
As the Wedding Planner, you will need to have a list of different and affordable wedding cakes to give the couple choices. If no one in the family or set of friends can make the wedding cake, you will also need a list of economical bakeries.
Lists - How To Plan A Small Wedding
o Have the bride and groom choose their wedding date as soon as possible.
o Decide upon the wedding site, church, chapel, garden, park, etc.
The wedding ceremony rehearsal needs to be scheduled as soon as possible. Additionally, the church or chapel might be previously booked by another wedding party.
The wedding reception has its own set of details to schedule and set in motion.
Normal wedding reception activities need to be scheduled and coordinated so they feel like a natural progression before the couple leaves the reception.
Resorts in popular vacation spots are becoming sites for destination weddings and would have the need for a Wedding Planner. If you, in return, used their services in the wedding planning, it would be a Win-Win situation for all involved.
You should have enough information to decide if being a Wedding Planner is the career for you. If you want to avoid going insane while planning your wedding, you need a wedding check list -- no ifs, ands, or buts about it. Without such a wedding check list, you'll not only waste time, you'll waste money too. If you don't have a wedding check list, consider using this one to make wedding planning a tad bit easier.2 Months Before the Big Day- Look over the guest list and determine, with the help of your partner, the seating arrangements. Brides family on one side, grooms on the other, immediate family upfront, etc. etc. etc.- Finalize the beverage and menu choices for the wedding reception. - Make any of those last minute changes to your wedding decor (for the reception OR for the ceremony) before the decorations are “stamped” and finalized.- Begin mailing your wedding invitations. (You should have written/ordered them months ago, as outlined by the 6-12 month wedding check list)- Make plans for a rehearsal dinner.- Arrange the transportation for the wedding party.- Choose gifts for the members of the wedding party.- Congratulate yourself because you just completed the 2-months before wedding check list. Time to move onto the 1-month before checklist.1 Month Before the Big Day- Take care of lodging for guests coming from out of town.- Last fitting for all wedding attire, both bride and groom.- Select and order your wedding cake.With this wedding check list in hand, the 2 months leading up to your wedding day should be 100%, or at least 95%, hassle free.