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by Tracy Hargraves, Tra

Customize your own wedding to your own liking. Everyone wants to have the nicest wedding so why let others choose your wedding details for you when you can do it yourself? Now that you are ready to settle down you are also ready to start making your own decisions for your wedding without the help of a wedding planner.

The retaining of planners actually took root initially in the business world where the owners of different enterprises took it upon themselves to hire so-called professionals to help plan different aspects of the business's operations. Eventually, this started to seep over into the personal lives of many people. Following the business model, people began hiring personal financial planners.

Of course, in due course, the planner started invading the province of personal life: financial planners, party or meal planners, most importantly wedding planners. By leaps and bounds, there has been a marked increase in the number of couples who are headed to the altar who end up hiring wedding planners to aid and assist them in their preparation for that big, momentous day. Perhaps you are contemplating hiring a wedding planner to make the arrangements for your nuptials. You may think this is the best course for you. But in reality there are valid reasons waiting for your attention that can help you decide whether or not you should hire a wedding planner.

The Process is Important

In many countries around the world when people take to traveling, the destination is all that matters. The actually journey from Point A to Point B is irrelevant and something to be endured at best.

This is definitely not the usual practice seen all over the world. In other countries, the actually traveling and journey itself is an integral part of any trip. The impatience that can be found in some sectors in regard to traveling to a vacation destination can also be felt in the planning for a wedding. There are people who simply have concluded that while the wedding itself is magic, the planning for the wedding is not something to be savored. With that mind set, these people readily (and with seeming pleasure) pass off the responsibilities of planning for their wedding to a professional wedding planner.

What you will want to do is give recognition to the fact that the process of preparing for and planning a wedding is important. Memories will certainly be made on that big day -- your wedding day. However, by hiring a wedding planner, you will be missing the chance to make a whole additional set of memories that will blossom through the planning process itself. You need to keep in mind that the process of planning you wedding, the process of having a direct and hands on role in planning your wedding, is important.

Making Your Imprint -- Directly

It goes without saying that if you are like most people you want to ensure that your wedding bears your own distinctive and unique imprint. The fact is that when you use a wedding planner you do have influence on the decisions that are made, your desires and ideas end up being filtered and adjusted by someone else's vision, a person who most likely is a professional stranger no matter how chummy a particular wedding planner may be face to face.

The best and surest way to ensure that your nuptials and everything associated with your wedding day really does bear your imprint is to plan the affair and the occasion yourself.

Conclusion

While there are some practical benefits to hiring a wedding planner, there are some transcendent benefits that attach and adhere to planning your special day on your own. Therefore, before you do consider hiring a wedding planner, consider the pros and cons of undertaking the planning tasks on your own.

The role of wedding planner is a fairly modern one. Until fairly recently, such a job was unheard of, where as now it is almost the norm. These days, such is the pressure on brides and grooms to spend money and get everything right on the day of their wedding, while still working full time demanding jobs, has led to the birth of the wedding planner industry. Whole companies are now evolving who will hire out wedding planners and cater for the whole day. It has also left some people wondering how they can become a wedding planner and what qualifications or training are available to them.

What Are The Business Options For A Professional Wedding Planner?

One of the first decisions to make when you decide you would like to become a professional wedding planner is whether you work as part of an established company or be an independent and work alone. Many budding wedding co-ordinators choose to run their own business as they can work from home with limited overheads. It is also possible to fit it around family commitments and the overheads would not be too serious as you don't have to pay for special premises. With the prospect of keeping all the profits from the venture it is no surprise that 60 to 70 per cent of consultants start as independents.

Even so, working for a public company can have its own benefits. Firstly the publicity is better and you might have access to a wider range of clients. You could also avail yourself of the larger company resources and their contacts.

However, it is even more important to check that becoming a wedding planner is the right profession for you to pursue now or in the future.

Wedding Planner Skills

There are a number of skills required for those who want to be wedding co-ordinators. Some are natural while others are learned. A number of successful wedding planners have degrees in event planning. Others will have done a business course or worked in retail or done art and craft at college. These learnt skills will be very beneficial, especially if you plan to run your own business. You will also need to set up records and accounts as well as develop contacts with a number of reliable suppliers from photographers to caterers, from venues to registrars, etc.

Natural qualities that are very valuable are not only organizational skills but also the ability to keep everyone calm. You will need to be a good communicator as well as a good listener. You will also need to network with businesses and prospective clients. If you feel there is much you need to learn, you might be better to start as part of a larger company and only branch out on your own when you feel more successful and that you have a good understanding of what it means to be a successful wedding planner.

Finance And Wedding Planning

One thing is certain, people are using the services of wedding planners and they are paying for the privileges of their services. This means there is the means to make a living. Many weddings are big affairs and as a consultant you can earn a good sized fee. How big and how successful you become will depend on the size of weddings you do, the reputation you build up as well as how good you are at negotiating deals and building up a reliable network of suppliers. The standard fee is about ten to fifteen per cent of the overall costs. The cost of the wedding will depend on the facilities required and the number of guests. A typical fee for a wedding planner can be between £1000 and £4000 per wedding.

The Life Of A Wedding Planner

As a wedding planner, you will need to be able to handle stress of varying proportions without losing your cool. You will also need to remember all the smaller details as well as the overall events of the day. There will also be many difficulties which you will need to overcome (although with experience these should become easier to deal with if not avoid altogether). On the other hand, you do get to relive countless “happiest days” over and over again. Although they will be other peoples “happiest days” the satisfaction level of this type of job done well, will be high.

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