About

The wedding industry is preparing for a big boom in the post-pandemic world, so there has never been a better time to become a specialist Wedding Planner.

The profession of Wedding Planner has become a reliable and very exciting career. It involves planning the biggest day in most clients' lives and will call on your organizational skills and creativity to design and manage a stylish celebration.

If you’ve always loved weddings and would feel fulfilled working on these magnificent occasions, get started on building your rewarding new career. This could be the start of a new, exciting time in your life.

What you will learn:

• The different types of weddings and how to plan them
• Your duties at the engagement party
• How to choose venues
• How to design and send invitations
• All about the event checklist
• How to dress the wedding party
• Ways of organizing the reception
• Setting budgets and getting paid
• Marketing your Wedding Planning Business
• Launching and running your business
• Checklists, table plans, and the essential Wedding Planner Manual

Requirements

Eventtrix courses are designed for anyone with an interest in learning. No formal qualifications are required. Our courses are suitable if you want to learn new skills, start a new career, or if you’re already working in a particular industry and wish to upgrade your talents and enhance your resume.

Lessons

Module 1: Profession Of A Wedding Planner

• What is the profession of Wedding Planner?
• Characteristics of a Wedding Planner
• Customer Questionnaire
• Process of planning a wedding
• Types of wedding
• Choosing music for the ceremony
• Choosing music for the banquet

Module 2: Planning For The Big Day

• Engagement Party - wedding planner’s functions
• Bachelor party
• Choice of venue for the celebration
• Invitations: design and content
• How to prepare the guest list
• Bridesmaids, groomsmen and pageboys - functions and costumes
• Godfather and Godmother
• The speeches - who, how, when and why?

Module 3: Dressing The Wedding Party

• The bride
• The groom
• For the bridesmaids and best man
• Other things to consider when dressing the bridal party
• Make up
• Hair colour and style
• Nail care

Module 4: The Reception, Party And Gifts

• Choosing the banquet menu
• Complementary Services
• Floral decoration for the church, for the couples’ mode of transportation and
• for the banquet location
• Layout of tables
• What to give to your guests?
• What to give the couple?
• Capturing lifelong memories
• After party
• The honeymoon

Module 5: Budget, Payment And Review

• Final Budget
• Payments
• Incidence Analysis

Module 6: Marketing Your Wedding Planner Business

• Market research
• Build your brand
• Take advantage of low cost marketing techniques
• Make your website work hard for you
• Use social media
• PR and advertising

Module 7: Starting Your Wedding Planner Business

• Funding
• What help is available
• Setting up your business
• Running your business

Module 8: Wedding Planner Resources

Career

Who is this course for?

Are you a creative problem solver and good at thinking on your feet? Are you organized and good at directing clients and employees? Are you stylish with a flair for design? This career could be perfect for you.

Career path

After completing this course, you could:

• Start a Wedding Planning business
• Join the team of a Wedding Planning business
• Use your improved skills and knowledge to impress your boss and get a raise or promotion
• Plan your own wedding, or that of your friends and family
• Add Weddings to the functions you provide as an Event Planner
• Arrange weddings at the hotel, entertainment venue, or leisure center where you work
• Advise hotels and leisure centers on how to stage weddings

Certification

Certification details

You will be required to complete each lesson in full, and answer exams at the end of each course module. If your pass rate exceeds 55% on each exam then you are eligible to access a certificate of achievement or other accreditation options to recognize your achievement.

Most of our courses will earn you credits through Continuing Education (CE) / Continuing Professional Development (CPD). CE/CPD points are accepted and recognized by professional member bodies and academic institutions across the US and internationally. All courses are accredited by the International Council for Online Educational Standards (www.icoes.org).

When successfully completing a course, students can choose to purchase an ICOES certificate that recognizes the achievement, from this third-party institution.