My brother and brand new sister in-law were planning a big wedding in Wisconsin in May. With the spread of Covid19, they had to postpone their original plans, but opted to exchange vows and celebrate their love with a sweet ceremony and an intimate nine person soiree in their backyard on their original wedding date.  […]

It is so exciting to book a new client! All the creative possibilities and the privilege of helping them create their dream wedding day is amazing. Sometimes, this relationship can turn sour and the client decides to sever the relationship. Why does this happen? And how can we avoid it? Top reasons that a wedding […]

One of the most stressful parts of the wedding planning process for engaged couples is how to handle the bar and beverage services. On the surface, it seems pretty simple, buy alcohol and serve it. Unfortunately, there are a lot of considerations to be made when planning a wedding bar. As wedding planners, we often […]

A tent makes it possible to have a wedding nearly anywhere. It also acts as a contingency plan when bad weather such as rain or excessive heat decides to make an appearance on the big day. Even if a wedding couple only needs a tent as their backup plan, the wedding planner will need to […]

You may think that you need to have a lot of money to start a wedding planning business, but that is simply not true! Wedding planning is a low-cost business to start, which means that with a little work you can have your own wedding planning business up and running without spending a fortune. Let’s […]

Weddings can be shockingly expensive. When it comes to keeping your clients on a budget, there are hidden fees, financial traps, and add-ons that crop up along the way that may not get factored into your initial wedding budget projection. Here are 5 Hidden Wedding Costs: 1) Gratuities While tips are not necessarily required, they […]

Things we do that our clients never know about. What would you add to this list? Plunge toilets, dry ceremony chairs after a rainstorm, fill up generators, hold umbrellas for guests, fetch water for photographers, crawl under the stage to find the power for the gobo light, run interference with drunk guests, hold the bride’s […]

Sound familiar to anyone?⁣ Trying to answer 20 emails, respond to 3 new inquiries, finalize 2 timelines, post on Instagram, check dates for 5 venues, and eat lunch  …while sitting in your car  for 45 minutes  between client meetings. You can find this post on #weddingplannerlife on Instagram too where you can repost it and […]

There are so many gorgeous destination wedding locations around the world. From Tulum to Thailand, a faraway locale will turn a destination wedding into an adventure for both you and your clients.  As a wedding and event planner, you may already offer planning for destination weddings or you may be considering adding destination wedding planning […]

There are so many details and tasks that wedding planners do as part of their job. While a couple may hire a “wedding planner”, they usually get an exceptionally talented professional who also performs many other jobs and duties during the planning process and on the wedding weekend. Job Title: Wedding Planner Actual Job: therapist, […]