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How do you become a wedding planner?

  • 19-05-2008 9:15pm
    #1
    golden gal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 261 ✭✭


    As the title suggests! How do you become a wedding planner? Is there a big demand for them in Ireland?


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  • #2
    melekalikimaka
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,686 Mod ✭✭✭✭melekalikimaka


    i work with and for one of the bigger planners, there is a huge demand and not sure how ya get into tbh, start like everyone in this industry starts.... do a friends :D


  • #3
    golden gal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 261 ✭✭golden gal


    I am nearly finished an Arts degree (history and English) and although there is really no relevence I think I could be a really good one! I am starting to think about what I want to do after I finish my degree and I really want to do something I love. I am really interested in fashion and I love to organise things and I think that I have a good deal of background knowledge that would benefit me as an organiser.

    From what I gather, an events management course is the way to go. True?


  • #4
    melekalikimaka
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,686 Mod ✭✭✭✭melekalikimaka


    email a few of the bigger planners for their opinion, thats the best advice i can give you


  • #5
    Savman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,323 ✭✭✭Savman


    melekalikimaka wrote: »
    email a few of the bigger planners for their opinion, thats the best advice i can give you
    They are hardly gonna start giving out information to a potential competitor! The wedding planning role requires a lot of organisational skill and the ability to be very humble and accommodating. You will be at the mercy of some bridezillas but that aside it's not the worst job in the world.


  • #6
    harlem
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭harlem


    An events management course would definitely be the way to go, then try get work experience in a hotel as a conference & events organiser?
    At least that way you'd get the experience without the risk of setting up on your own.

    It is a great job, I worked as a Wedding & events/Conference & Banqueting organiser in a hotel & it is great seeing the big day coming together, seriously stressful though and omigod bridezilla's are far worse in the flesh than on tv :D


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  • #7
    MJOR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,796 ✭✭✭MJOR


    I would imagine working for somewhere like a big hotel or somewhere like that for six or eight months .....

    then once you know where to go interms of supplers etc start out on your own, start with a website and get to alll the wedding fayres


  • #8
    dodgyme
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,581 ✭✭✭dodgyme


    anyone rem the 1st series of Brides of Franc. this one in Dubai was really picky about all the arrangements. Then after the show you found out she became a wedding planner in Dubai for couples to get married over there etc. So the way she did it was . Go on the TV prog - find out how he does it - decide if you could do it or just copy him.


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