Wedding planner?

Question

I'm attending school to become a wedding planner but have some doubts... I've always wanted to become a wedding planner/party planer and make other people dreams come true... I'm just concerned if this career will take some time to build clients. I am a people person - wondering if anyone has advise on what to ask clients?

GREAT answer but being new what questions to ask clients and planning a free wedding planning how much do i charge the next time.

Answer 1

What to ask clients when you have none? The better question is how to get new clients who will try an unknown, unexperienced planner.

Get business cards and hand them out at every wedding shop in your area. Every Tux Rental, every store that sells prom dresses, even FLORISTS. Get your name out there. Do'nt apologize for being new. Everyone has to start somewhere.

lastly, find someone getting married and offer to do their wedding planning for free. Yeah, it iwll take a lot of itme, but when you're done, you'll have your first entries into your portfolio. Plus, one bride always knows more. Tell this bride what to tell others when asked "how much does she charge?" and "Is she any good." Remember, she got it for free, but she will pay for it in free publicity!

Answer 2

The charge depends on where you live. First off you need to know what there dream wedding looks like. Ask them what they invision their wedding to look like. Then you can go from there. This is your main question. Then ask them what their colors are. This is very important. You have to know what their likes and dislikes of flowers are and what colors they absolutly don't like. This way you know what to stay away from while planning it. Remember that you will be planning it for them, but it is coming from their ideas. They will tell you what they want then you must vision the right arrangement to show.
What does your dream wedding look like?
What are the colors of the wedding?
How many people are you inviting?
Do you want an outside wedding or an inside wedding?
Do you want a sit down dinner or a buffet?
Are there going to be children? You can determine whether or not there should be a lot of candles from this.
Do you have any venues in mind?
Do you have any vendors in mind? Such as caterers, photographers, etc.
Sometimes they have some of these things worked out.
Ask them how involved do they want you. Sometimes they want certain things to be done by you and some things they want to do it themselves.
What I would do is give them a list of what you will do, then ask them if there is anything on your list that they do not want you to do let you know.
Do they want a specific kind of flower?
Round or rect. tables? Chair covers, tablecloths?
What kind of centerpeices? You may have to figure this out, but sometimes they already have it invisioned.
I hope this helps you in you exciting new career.
If you have any questions for me you can email me at [e-mail]

Answer 3

Build partnerships with vendors that can provide referrals. Also, a free wedding is a good idea, from there you should charge about 10% of the total cost of the wedding. That is fairly standard across the board. Your school should be able to assist you with this information, but your expectations should be very realistic. Most wedding planners on average only make $20K-$30K a year if lucky.

Answer 4

OMG...i think it's so cool that u are a wedding planner. I also want to be one becuase i think it would be so cool to be the person to help someone plan a day that they will remember FOREVER (i just think that it so cool)
sorry i'm not answering ur Q ...
...but (i'm in HS now)
i just wanted to ask u what type of classes or what type of colleges i should look into to become a wedding planner??????????

Answer 5

when you first start out, find the rates other wedding planners charge, and undercut them by like 20% until you establish a reputation; once you do that, you can GRADUALLY raise your fees.

good luck!!