Bill Masson 
June 25, 2009, 4:20 am|
Home Based Business (Full time or Part time)
Do you love weddings?
Do you have experience planning them?
If so, you could have a job as a wedding planner or a bridal consultant. This work at home business does require more planning, but never the less this is a business you can run mostly from your home. The job of a consultant is to plan virtually every aspect of the wedding, by working with the bride and groom.
For those of you who are very organized and pay attention to detail, this could be a great home based business for you and a very rewarding one to.
The Job of a Consultant
Before you consider starting a wedding planning business, keep in mind the stresses and demands of this job. First of all you will need to find clients to work with. You may be able to network with friends and family at first and then later expand through advertising methods. Once you have your clients, you then need to work with them on a budget. Like most people, brides and grooms often want more from their money than they can get. It is your job to make the most of their budget and still make their dreams come true.
Bridal Consultant Tasks
As a bridal consultant you will liaison with the happy couple to locate venues for the wedding and reception. Other tasks will include finding entertainment, photographers, wedding attire, and transportation. The job of a consultant is often multifaceted. For example, you will need to work with the bride and groom to make decisions while keeping the wedding within budget. As a bridal consultant you will spend a lot of time ensuring that tasks have been completed, which is why organization is so important.
Starting This Business
If you are considering becoming a wedding consultant, you will need to be very knowledgeable for the area in which you live, so you know where professionals are located. You may wish to start planning weddings with friends and family who are more forgiving, and hone your skills. Once you have some experience you can then work with churches and other groups to find brides and grooms to work with. There is very little outlay of expenses for this type of job, make sure to have a contract that outlines what your responsibilities are.
For those that love a wedding, keep in mind that many bridal consultants also plan other large events such as anniversary parties, sweet 16 parties and some also do business events. There are often opportunities for bridal consultants who are outgoing and willing to go out and find the business.
As with any home business or any business for that matter its good planning to have an online presence.
Some Helpful Links
Become a Wedding Planner At-Home Course Teaches You How To Start A Wedding Planning Business.
Professional Bridal Consultant
Thanks’ for reading
Getting a job as a bridal consultant or as a wedding planner is indeed very stressful. The whole point of the couple hiring you is so they won’t worry and stress over the wedding details. Leaving you to take care of planning, organizing, and executing things. One has to be prepared to take on the responsibility and the demands of such a profession.
Excellent Post. Thanks
Wedding are something that I never want to do again nor do I ever want to attend another one.
What a nice way of home busyness. But i think it would be challenging not so easy. Best of luck who want to be part of this job. nice post.
Well the job of a marriage consultant is not an easy one and maintaining it alone as you are doing it from home may be tough as per my knowledge.
Really good idea. Thank you. I’m looking for any article about working from home.
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Now i got a very good solution to have a separate business as a bride consultant & i think it will be great for me bacause i ahve the experience of it so i will definitely get the success in it !Thanks for it!
Thanks for the good tips.My mother wants to start work at home and she will love this tips!
Leaving you to take care of planning, organizing, and executing things. One has to be prepared to take on the responsibility and the demands of such a profession.
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Hi , thanks for the post and for being straight forward about this postion. Because this is the industry i would like to take on as a second job or something , i know how stressful it may be but im really creative and i love doing things for people so i think im ready to take it on with alot of training and help of course?!
So is there really a difference between “bridal consultant” and “wedding planner”? Indeed very stressful job, I know I wouldn’t want to do it lol