Wedding Jobs - Be A Wedding Coordinator Or Planner

Wedding jobs and wedding coordinator jobs are in demand if you are you good with people and enjoy planning and organizing. Do you prefer not to be stuck in an office working 9 - 5? If so there are wedding jobs available and becoming a wedding planner may be an option for you to consider.

Even if you've never thought about wedding planning as a career option before, you might consider these data before you discard the idea:

UK Statistics

• There were 270,000 weddings in the UK in 2007, a fall of 2.7 per cent since 2006
• The average overall cost of getting married is £22,858 (up from £21,901 in 2007)
• So... about £6 BILLION is spent on weddings every year in the U.K.

The provisional number of marriages registered in England and Wales in 2008 has remained stable compared with 2007. This, together with a rise in the number of unmarried adults, has resulted in provisional 2008 marriage rates for England and Wales representing the lowest rates since they were first calculated in 1862. The provisional marriage rate for men in 2008 was 21.8 men marrying per 1,000 unmarried men aged 16 and over, compared with 22.4 in 2007 and 31.1 in 1998. The provisional marriage rate for women in 2008 was 19.6 women marrying per 1,000 unmarried women aged 16 and over, compared with 20.2 in 2007 and 26.6 in 1998.

USA Statistics

• There are about 2.5 million weddings every year in the United States.
• The average budget for a wedding is now estimated to be $28,000+.
• So... about $40 BILLION is spent on weddings every year in the U.S.

• The estimated number of weddings that will occur in 2010 is 2.16 to 2.18 million
• The estimated spending per wedding will average between $20,000 and $22,000

The Market For Wedding Jobs

This sounds to me like a whopping market for wedding jobs! You could be part of it if you enjoy planning and organizing.

Because planning a wedding can be a complex and time-consuming process and the end result is often expensive, more couples are turning to help from wedding planners to ensure everything is covered and to get the best value. Wedding jobs, or specifically wedding coordinator jobs are mostly about helping people to realize and achieve their dream wedding event by taking the workload off the couple and removing many of their stresses.

Even if you haven't done this before, the whole process can be broken down into smaller segments so that the expense and performance elements of each can be more easily controlled. Before you start planning your clients' weddings, spend some time understanding what will be necessary to create each element of their event, and start taking notes about their preferences.

So What Do Wedding Coordinator Jobs Actually Involve?

The following outline of wedding jobs and wedding coordinator jobs will help you to determine what your clients will want.

1. Event ideas

• Come up with the overall wedding theme and any unique aspects.

• Determine the setting, length, and size of the wedding.

• Decide on the maximum number of guests and who they will be.

• Decide on the type of food and service, music, waiting-on staff, parking, limousine hire, etc.

• Be very clear on the budget - control it well as it controls all aspects of the elements listed above. Start thinking about priorities, in case they can't afford everything they would like. For example, could they make do with a buffet if a formal sit-down dinner is too expensive?

2. Wedding Jobs - Organizing

• List specific details for each element such as music, food, service, and any special requirements.
• Know the type of facility you want: A hotel ballroom? A special event center? A historic facility? Each is unique, and pricing can vary considerably.
• Contact key vendors such as event sites, florists, photographers, caterers and DJs and obtain estimates and the level of service you will expect to get for each price.
• Make recommendations of choices within their budget, and make sure to make a note of all the related costs and services.
• Finally, when your suppliers and vendors are in place, make sure your exact requirements are stated in enforceable contracts. Not creating contracts is what leads to most event problems, so good written communication is the key to success. Because a typical supplier may conduct many events each week, what you want and how you want it needs to be in writing, otherwise something can easily be forgotten.

3. Your USP

• As you've seen, the expense is major for most couples, yet still they overspend often by several $1000s which you can save for them by controlling the project professionally.

• Equipping yourself with hard-won tips, techniques and proven strategies as detailed in 'Amazing Wedding Planning' to cut their expenditure even further will demonstrate your value as a wedding planner to the grateful couple.

There are plenty of suitable wedding jobs you can create for yourself in your own area with a little imagination and some determination.

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