Im from Western Australia how do I become a Wedding Planner?
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The problem is that most courses like "Wedding Planning" actually don't lead to any work. In this business it is experience that is A&O. The best two ways to get that experience is to contact a Wedding planner/company in for ex Sidney, tell them that you have a deep desire to do this kind of work, and then ask to do a mounth practice at there office or side-by-side with an experienced planner(that mounth will probebly be unpayed, so you need some savings). If they think you have potential to exceed in that carrer, they might take you on as a wedding-assistant and train you up to be a Wedding Planner. This is by far the best option to get into a very competetive business, and you will bypass LOADS of outher people with "WP-courses" behind them. The outher thing you can do means a lot more work from you from day one, but you don't need to move to do it. Plead with your friends(and even people you used to know from school, but only know by name). Offer to take care of all there arrrangemangs for there wedding-day(for FREE) and tell them they only have to pay for the actual cost of the arrangements, such as the food, the venue, the Church etc, but you give your services for free. This will not only give you a lot of important experience, but if the wedding goes well and smouth, use them as a reference. I can promiss you one thing: If it (the wedding-arrangements) go goes well and the cuple are happy, they will tell there friends and you will get work automatically... but by then you need to charge for your services. Good Luck!!!
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There are no real requirements on wedding consultants.  Any formal education in marketing, business management, the hospitality or food and beverage arenas are plusses to your professionalism.\n\nThere are a number of sites to get more information on the web.  Although I no longer do it as a profession, I personally learned how to professionally party plan from a mentor.
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Your question doesn't make any sense - but here's an attempt to answer:\n\nWrite a resume - http://www.e-resume.net/index.html\nSomething for a wedding - http://announcements.com
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there are actual schools for that sort of position. Also if there is anyway you could get in touch with a wedding planner you could try a sort pf apprenticeship. try looking for things on google.
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Get your location, set the date and time\nAsk your best friend if she'll stand up with you...the groom is on his own! Skipping the Bridesmaid Chorus line simplifies planning since you only have to shop for dress/shoes/hairstylist for yourself and one other girl. Find a photographer (try the local college...a senior photography student may be available on much shorter notice and will be thrilled at the opportunity)buy a bunch of one use cameras to let guests take pics, too.\n(If you have the wedding around 1 0r 2 in the afternoon, you can have just  champagne for the toast then cake, punch and finger foods without looking cheap at the reception, much easier than dealing with finding a caterer on such short notice)\nThe dresses should be chosen and ordered as soon as possible, to allow for any needed alterations.\nDo your invitations (Craft stores and office stores have some beautiful "do it yourself" invitation kits...get one more package than you think you'll need to allow for a couple getting messed up. Mail them 4 to 6 weeks before the wedding.\nVisit bakeries and grocery stores to choose and order your cake (many grocers can make a cake just as beautiful as the fanciest bakery for a fraction of the cost and in far less time)\nAlso at the craft store, they'll have pretty little favours and lots of different ways to decorate or package them. Consider the possibility of using silk flowers for decorations, then you'll only need a florist for the Bridal bouquet and groom's boutenierre (I'm sure that's spelled wrong.\nAll that should keep you busy until a month before the wedding... Get the rings and the license.Send the groom and his best man to get measured for their suits and to reserve the ones they choose (If you can't trust him to dress himself....?)Reserve a big punch bowl and glasses at a party rental place.\nGet the dresses so you can try on the shoes underthings with the dresses (you don't have time for mistakes or changing your mind!) make any needed appointment for hair and nails.\nBy now you should have some idea of your head count... buy the ingredients for punch, figure on a quart per person, plus a gallon to be safe. For the champagne one bottle per four guests should allow for two glasses of bubbly per person, plenty for the toast...you don't want folks tipsy in the middle of the day any way.\nHit a deli to order cold platters, they can advise better than I can what quantities you'll need....buy the pretty paper plates and napkins.\n\nOne week before the wedding, the bridal couple should go out and do something that has nothing at all to do with the wedding.\nBREATHE!\n\nAll my best wishes for a lovely day and a long and happy marriage.
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In AU??  Go to your local civic office and ask them.  You probably have to establish your banking there, get a place to stay, get a job nearby, register your car there, and pay your taxes there. You have to express explicit intent on supporting yourself to establish domicile in a place.\nThe job requirements probably are that you need to speak English, have a clean legal record (no recentarrests or probations), and are not on drugs and have good job references.  Remember that there are a lot of uneducated people in Perth, and they want folks with good credentials- get a distance learning certificate, that will give you the upper hand on the competition.
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as a fellow aussie i can tell u a few places to go ask, ur council office will direct u to the proper stages of contact with ppl incharge of lands and wildlife, second u can go see the property owner himself, and third u can apply for permit at ur shire/council office or just do as we all do down here in NSW...lol... and just go out and hunt...preferably with owners permission to be on the land...but a hint from a cheeky aussie gal ...take an aboriginal friend (if u have any...lol...) with u and u can hunt till ur heart is content...legally and guilt free....go for it...the only ones that will know is u and the animal ur hunting...
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Oh same guy here also. dear i said u. are u planning to open marraige bureu so that u can plan a wedding. heh a wedding planner.
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I do believe it depends on the state that you are getting married in, however, you can always call city hall, and find out what they would be willing, or not willing to do for you.  They may send out the license to you to fill out, and send back to them, maybe with copies of drivers license and such...On the other things, use your relatives to book for you....you don't have to be the one who books the church and such, and long as someone gives the money, that is why people hire a wedding planner most of the time.  So they do not have to do everything.
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Go to canada and australia official sites. they have all the rules and  paperwork you need.
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Put together an album (portfolio) of tables you have designed for wedding buffets, breakfasts etc include not only the flowers but tableware and examples of menus for these include a price per head for these.\n\nHave a selection of entertainment ideas ie discos and prices, bands etc\n\nVenues with pictures and info on how many people they hold\n\nGet information on how you go about applying for an extended licencing hours \n\nCaterers\n\nCatalogues from wedding clothing stores, hairdressers and limousines, horse and carriages etc\n\nIdeas of what to give as a wedding keepsake to the guests and a selection of presents for the bridesmaids etc\n\nBasically you need photos of every aspect of a wedding from the days before to transporting the presents and flowers to thank people to returning glasses etc after the wedding.\nYou need much more than people skills, you also need amazing organisation skills and be able to juggle 100 things at once and to have all problems sorted on time\n\nOnce you have your portfolio and contacts like hair and make up people (ones that will come to the house are best) you will need business cards made up so you can leave them in jewellers, restaurants, hotels, salons etc\n\nInformation on suitable honeymoon destinations, the different packages hotels provide along with vaccinations and how to change the name on the passports.\nRemeber this may be just a job to you but to the bride and groom including mothers etc this is the most important day of their lives\n\nThere are loads more but this will start you off
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There are many site on the web you can look at.... I started working as an event coordinator for my local chamber of  commerce convention and visitors bureau, and it has just grown from there.  After a few years of planning a few major events in the area and the attendance by some major player in my town, people just started to call me to help plan weddings, birthday parties, luncheons and many other events....I have since resigned the chamber of commerce and now run a small event planning business from home.  I also have a few friends that caters and they are always asking me to use my Rolodex and my expertise.... you have got to take your own business savvy into your own  hands and market you ideas .\n\n\nAlso, many colleges as well as technical schools are now offering Hospitality and Hotel classes, this would be a good way to get into the  industry... Also,check with you state industry and trade commission about job openings across the state, your local Civic Center, there are just numerous ways of getting into the industry....\n\nGood Luck and God Bless
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A wedding dress shop and wedding planning services are perfectly complementary businesses -- but it would be a lot of work. Both will put a huge demand on your time, so make sure that you have other people to help you.\n\nI suggest you first prepare a business plan to help you think through of this business. I have not seen a business plan that combines both, but you can look at business plans for these two separate businesses:\n\nWedding Consultant Business Plan (free) http://www.bplan.com/spv/3274/index.cfm\nBridal Salon Business Plan (free) http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/business-plans/Business-Plans-Volume-06/Bridal-Salon-Business-Plan.html\n\nExpect your start up costs to be anywhere from $75K-$150K depending on where you are located. Getting your space ready and your startup inventory will be the bulk of your startup expenses. Key components of your startup expenses will include\n\n- Rent/Lease\n- Leasehold improvements\n- Utilities (electricity, water)\n- Furniture including clothes racks and displays and fitting room furniture)\n- Legal (from legal structure to permits and licenses)\n- Insurance\n- Equipment including credit card terminals to alarms systems\n- Startup inventory\n- Supplies\n- Cash on hand\n\nAs for the marketing, I suggest you prepare a promotional calendar for the whole year, tying up the two businesses together. These may include:\n\n- Very interesting window and store front displays\n- Local newspaper ads \n- If you have a big event (such as opening), get radio ad spots\n- Local wedding publications -- get your press release announcing the opening of your store in there or get a writer talk about your new shop\n- Advertise online such as TheKnot.com, which has a state-by-state listings of vendors in the bridal industry\n- Be listed in local search engine directories \n- Yellow page advertising\n\nSo You Want to Own the Store : Secrets to Running a Successful Retail Operation by Mort Brown, Thomas Tilling http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0809232367/ref=nosim/powerhomebizguid \nStart and Run a Profitable Retail Business (Self-Counsel Business Series) by Jim Dion, Ted Topping (Contributor) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1551801000/ref=nosim/powerhomebizguid\nStart Your Own Clothing Store (Entrepreneur Magazine's Start Up) (Paperback) by Entrepreneur Press http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1891984314/ref=nosim/powerhomebizguid\n\nYou also need to start scouting for a location. If you are going to find a location at the mall, here are some tips to consider http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol41/mall.htm \n\nWrite a business plan to help you plan out your business. Here are some resources that can help you write your business plan:\n\n- SBA Business Plan Basics http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- PowerHomeBiz.com Creating a Business Plan section http://www.powerhomebiz.com/startup/businessplan.htm\n- Entrepreneur.com Writing a Business Plan section http://www.entrepreneur.com/bizplan/0,7253,,00.html\n- Bplans.com http://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm\n- MOOT Corp Business Plan competition winners\nhttp://www.businessplans.org/businessplans.html\n\nIf you need help in terms of guidance, you can find free advice and mentors from the following organizations:\n\nGovernment Mentoring Programs such as SBDCs, which works with community colleges and local business development councils to offer mentoring programs http://www.sba.gov/sbdc/sbdcnear.html ; or the Women's Network for Entrepreneurial Training http://www.sba.gov/womeninbusiness/wnet_roundtables.html \nVolunteer programs such as SCORE http://www.score.org  which is composed of mostly retired executives and entrepreneurs \nFormal mentoring programs such as Athena Foundation http://www.athenafoundation.org/programs/globallinks.html  , Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program http://www.helzbergmentoring.org/HEMP/  , or The Aspen Institute MicroMentor Program http://www.micromentor.org \nProfessional
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Ideally one year before the wedding. You wonly have six moths 'till the wedding.. what are you waiting for? Book the church and the reception hall now and start looking for invitations.\n\nCongrats and good luck
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Taking a class will surely get you off in the right direction, but if you can get a job as an assistant to a wedding planner, or event planning/management, or in one of the industries involved in weddings and event coordination, then that is the absolute best way to learn practical experience about best operating procedures and pitfalls to avoid other than making them yourself!
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Make as many things yourself as you can.  Look at the wedding isles in places like Walmart. \n\nThey have invitations that you can just print out or there are tons of site on the internet to look at for ideas to do yourself easily. \n\nMichaels.com has many ideas for making silk flower arrangements with all the step by step instructions.\n\nEnlist your family and friends for help.  If you know somebody that can make a cake or take pictures.  If you have a local school that has photography class see if one of them would be willing to do it for experience or a professional starting out for the experience.  \n\n4 of us made all the food for a family members wedding the night before.  Or have a deli make up serving tray and all you would have to do is ask a few people to put it on the serving table.\n\nInstead of a dj make mixed cd's before hand and just play them straight threw or ask a family member that loves to play music.  You would be surprised at the amount of people that would be honored to do things for your wedding.\n\nCongratulations and best of luck!
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I plan to have a career in Event Planning organizing conferences, weddings, and other events. I followed an Event Planner around one day as she worked. She spends a lot of time with her family, and loves what she does. Yes, she is pretty busy, but isn't everyone? At least she is busy doing something she loves!