How to Be a Wedding Planner (Without Having to Find a Job)

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Wedding Planning Courses: By far the easiest and most popular way to become a wedding planner is to undertake a decent wedding planning course and set up in business on your own.

   This is because more than 90% of wedding consultancies in the UK are small 1 or 2 man bands who have little need for an extra pair of hands.
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   Step 2: That is not to say vacancies do not arise within wedding planning companies.

   Only that competition is fierce for the positions that do crop up and as we have seen, wedding experience is practically a prerequisite if you are to land such a coveted job. , As a wedding planner you must possess first rate administrative, organisational and planning skills, alongside the ability to multi-task effectively.
   
   Exceptional research and sourcing skills are also essential. , You will see that many of them are skills that are transferable from other careers and most people possess the majority of them, to varying degrees.
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   Step 3: Take heed-as in any industry

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   Step 4: the route of self-employment is not for the faint hearted and a diverse set of skills are required in order to succeed in running your own business.

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   Step 5: A selection of additional useful attributes is below

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   Step 6: in no particular order.

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