Thinking About Being a Wedding Consultant?
If planning your best friend’s wedding was something you discovered you were born to do, put your eye for detail and meticulous planning to good use and great pay by becoming a wedding consultant. While wedding consultants seem to be a dime a dozen these days, a good consultant who guides a bride- and groom-to-be through every aspect of planning and arranging a wedding is worth her (or his) weight in gold.
Many people think that not much is required to join the ranks of wedding professionals, perhaps some experience planning parties, a few event-planning contacts such as caterers, florists, etc., and penchant for hosting celebrations. But there is much more to creating a lifelong memory for the bride and groom - it requires the skill of a consummate wedding professional.
A wedding consultant, says Linnyette Richardson-Hall of Baltimore, MD-based Premiere Events, has the primary function of helping a couple to discover, implement, and manage all of the necessary tasks required to host a successful wedding event. In laymen's terms, the role of the wedding consultant is that of facilitator, mediator, money manager, artisan and constructor of dreams.
Mayai Chatman-Whitfield, author of “I Do…Weddings”, a manual for both beginning and seasoned wedding consultants and founder of Wedding Day, Inc. in New York, provides a wealth of useful details on how to start your own wedding consultant business. She describes each step precisely, from developing a business plan, to promoting your business, to coordinating each aspect of the ceremony the day of the wedding. This handbook is not to be overlooked for those serious about becoming a professional wedding consultant. “I Do…Weddings” is also a guide for brides- and grooms-to-be to use in planning their own ceremonies.
Ms. Richardson Hall and Ms. Chatman-Whitfield are both members of the Association of Bridal Consultants.
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