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Wedding Planner

Summary

Although it may sound like an easy task, however lot of hard work goes behind making a wedding ceremony successful. A wedding planner is a professional who helps couples design, plan and manage their wedding. Wedding is a special and ceremonious day for most of the people thus they want this day to be as perfect as a fairytale. To make this come true, couples approach wedding planners who in turn look after everything starting from setting up a budget to shopping, decorations, venues, invitation cards, caterers, photographers etc. Hence, with an organizational and management skills along with good communication skills and the ability to deal with different kinds of people are few essential characteristic of wedding planners.

Career Opportunities as a Wedding Planner

  • Event Management Companies
    Event management companies hire skilled wedding planners who not only are experts in their jobs but also are promising enough to take the company to a much higher levels.
  • Wedding Planner Firms
    Like event management companies, there are wedding planning firms who are solely devoted to the planning of weddings.
  • Hotels, Resorts and Banquet Halls
    Wedding planners can start their career by getting employed as event coordinator at various hotels, resorts and banquet halls which can help in building up of contacts and gaining initial experience.
  • Bridal Boutiques
    One can get hired in bridal boutiques to look after the bride in terms of their makeup, personality grooming, counselling etc.
  • Self Employed
    For the ones who want to do their own work can start up their own company of wedding planning. This will require a team of people from different fields and backgrounds.

How to Become a Wedding Planner

Stream Graduation After Graduation After Post Graduation
Path 1
Clear Class XII in Any streamPursue Diploma in Event Management for 1-2 years Pursue PG Diploma in Event Management for 1-2 years-
Path 2
Clear Class XII in Any streamPursue Graduation in Any Stream for 3 years Pursue PG Diploma / MBA in Event Management for 1-2 years -

Leading Institutes

Top Wedding Planning Institutes in India
College Location Website
The Wedding Academy Mumbai www.vobium.com/weddingacademy
National Institute of Event Management Mumbai,Ahmedabad,Odisha,Tamil Nadu www.niemindia.com
National Academy of Event Management & Development Delhi,Ahmedabad,Jaipur,Mumbai www.naemd.com
Indian Institute of Learning & Advanced Development Gurgaon www.inlead.in/event-management.php
Impact Institute of Event Management Delhi www.iiemdelhi.com/index.html
College of Events and Media Delhi www.coemindia.com/html/wedding_planning.html
Top Wedding Planning Institutes in the World
Institution Location Website
Johnson & Wales University North Miami, Denver www.www1.jwu.edu
Canadian Tourism College Canada www.tourismcollege.com/programs/hospitality
International career Institute United Kingdom www.icieducation.co.uk
Academy of wedding event planning United Kingdom www.weddingplanningacademy.co.uk
William Angliss Institute Melbourne, Australia www.angliss.edu.au
SHMS Swiss Hotel Management School Switzerland www.shms.com/en

Work Description

  • Plan and organise weddings and related ceremonies on behalf of clients
  • Be aware of different beliefs, cultures, traditions along with latest trends in a marriage
  • Coordinate and organize work with different vendors, suppliers or other stakeholders
  • Take charge of the event right from the beginning stage till the end
  • Discuss and negotiate the plan with the client before implementing it
  • Coordinate and make arrangements for guests, venues, decoration, invitation cards, food, clothing, DJ, etc
  • Monitor the expenses as per the budget plan
  • Communicate effectively to build a good network
  • Manage accounts and tasks in an organised manner

Pros & Cons of a Career in Wedding Planning

Pros
  • Wedding planners also have the opportunity to travel to exotic locations for destination weddings
  • Can work independently and earn good.
  • The person becomes more open to different perspectives of people and strengthen team work abilities.
  • The person gets to travel around the city as well as outside city and sometimes country.
Cons
  • Planning wedding can be exhausting, emotional and involve high-stress.
  • People who like to take total control can have problem as a wedding planner.
  • Lack of stability.
  • There is no fixed time of working hours
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