How To Become a Wedding Consultant

Find out how to earn a living by making a bride and groom's special day perfect. Entrepreneur Magazine's start-up guide is the guide for you.

Wedding bells can be sweet music to your bank account. It's the most special day in many couples' lives, and everything needs to be perfect. This essential guide will show you everything you need to know to start and run a successful wedding consultant service.

Wedding consulting makes an ideal home based or part-time business. You don't need an office. Start-up costs are extremely low. And you don't need any costly special equipment.

According to Gerard Monaghan, president of the Association of Bridal Consultants (ABC), one out of every eight retail dollars is spent on wedding-related products and services. That makes the wedding industry a $42 billion business, although some estimates put that figure as high as $70 billion. Part of the reason for the propensity to spend big bucks on a dream wedding is that there are often six wage earners funding the event: the bridal couple themselves, and the bride and groom’s parents. This has driven the cost of the average wedding up over the years. Robbi G.W. Ernst III, president of June Wedding Inc., An Association For Event Professionals, says the average cost of a wedding in the United States is now around $17,500 for 125 to 150 guests. However, the average cost of a wedding can be $35,000 or more in larger metropolitan areas, where incomes are higher and services more expensive.

“The earnings potential for wedding consultants is awesome,” says Richard Martel of the Association for Wedding Professionals International. “Those who are better connected and better educated will do the best in this business, as will those who network as a way to build their reputations.”

“The end result is definitely the best part,” says Loreen, the wedding consultant in Ypsilanti, Michigan. “All I do is eat, sleep and dream weddings, but it’s worth it because it’s so much fun.”

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