If you have recently been looking for a Wedding Planner course, you have probably wondered how much these professionals earn, and it’s normal! Because although it is a well-known profession, in Spain there is not so much knowledge about it.
That’s why, as there are many people who still don’t know exactly what a Wedding Planner does, let alone how much they earn, we have set to work to tell you what a Wedding Planner does, how much they earn, the types of services they perform, and we even tell you how to be a professional Wedding Planner.
Make yourselves comfortable, let’s get started!
But first…
What exactly is a Wedding Planner?
The term wedding planner is still a bit new to Spaniards, and it’s normal, because until recently the closest thing we had in Spain to a wedding planner was an organiser who guided events in catering companies, hotels or estates, but nothing to do with a real Wedding Planner!
Wedding planners are the people who are in charge of creativity, ideas, decoration, timing, and EVERYTHING related to the development of a wedding. Their tasks include hiring the suppliers, preparing the wedding budget, managing the photo sessions, sending the wedding invitations, finding the Perfect Venue, hiring the wedding staff (suppliers, photographers, beauticians, florists, buffet, drinks, etc.) and directing them during the process, coordinating the wedding day, the reception and the clean-up after the event… and a whole host of other things!
To get to know them all, we recommend that you take this wedding planner course.
How much does a Wedding Planner charge?
Below, we detail the amount of money a Wedding Planner charges, but we already tell you that prices vary depending on different factors, such as the first factor that we are going to see: depending on the service to be performed.
Charge per service
Yes, it all depends on different service options, among which are: integral organisation, partial organisation, or wedding coordination. What exactly is each service and how much is charged for each of them? We tell you below.
Integral organisation
The name says it all. When you hire an integral wedding planner you are normally paying for one person to organise your wedding. However, that doesn’t mean that you can’t make decisions. What the Wedding Planner will do in this case will be the previous search for the venue and suppliers, but you will always be the one who has the last word. In addition, it is normal that before starting anything, the planner sits down with you to define your tastes, your style, and to propose a very specific theme for your wedding.
In this case, to give you an idea, a complete organisation usually involves an average of 400 hours of work. All the other services are more or less regulated, but this one in particular is the one with the most flexible price quota because there are some that charge around 2500 € and others that charge more than 10,000 €. The factors depend on many things: when you arrived in the sector, how many weddings you have done, and many other points. There are areas of Spain where people tend to work on commission and areas where they don’t.
Partial organisation
A partial wedding planner usually joins about a month before the wedding day and helps with last minute tasks: helping with seating plans, confirming vendors and responsibilities on the day. The average starting fee for a partial wedding planner is €1500, but it all depends on other factors as well, which we will discuss below.
Day-of coordination
Contrary to what many people believe, coordination is not a day job. Normally coordination begins to be prepared a month in advance. The venue is visited with the bride and groom, photos are taken and the decoration points are well defined. Then the timing is drawn up, reviewed several times with the couple and finally reviewed with all the suppliers, one by one. Once everything is well defined and clear, on the day of the wedding we go to set up the decoration, we prepare the reception for the guests, we make sure that nothing goes wrong and we coordinate the wedding until, more or less, the bride and groom’s dance. It is usually between 10 and 14 hours of work. Sometimes more. And by the way, the ratio of helpers to guests remains the same. Normally coordination costs between 800 € and 1500 €.
Other factors that influence the earnings of a wedding planner
In addition to the type of service to be performed, there are many other factors that can influence the fees. Some of the factors that can influence the fees are:
Location: If you live in a city like Madrid or Barcelona, the rates are likely to be higher than in a small inland town.
Experience: With experience comes reputation, and wedding planners with a good track record tend to charge more money.
Number of guests: Many wedding planners structure their prices according to the total cost of the venue and suppliers. A larger guest list means a more expensive wedding and a higher price for your planner.
Charging by the hour
There is also the option of hiring a Wedding Planner by the hour. In Spain this is not common, but in the USA it is common practice.
If you don’t need a full-time wedding planner, you can hire a coordinator to help you with some tasks related to the wedding, for example to ask for recommendations, to put you in contact with a supplier, etc.
As an hourly rate, the average cost of a Wedding Planner is around 50 euros.
A wedding planner course, the best option for becoming a great professional
If in addition to knowing how much a wedding planner earns, you also want to know all the skills to be a Wedding Planner and train for it, taking a Wedding Planner course is what you need to dedicate yourself to what you have always dreamed of.
The best thing is to do it in the hands of professionals with extensive experience in the sector, as they are the ones who put all their knowledge at the service of you, the students, to become the best Wedding Planners on the market.
And which is the best? Perfect Venue, which was created with the aim of offering professional wedding planning education like you’ve never seen before, in a complete way and without leaving anything untaught.
You will learn how to organise weddings, and much more
In Perfect Venue’s Wedding Planner course you will not only learn how to organise an ordinary wedding, but you will also learn all about organising destination weddings.
Nowadays there are many brides and grooms who come from abroad and organising a wedding for them is not the same, because they don’t know the space, the language or all the regions of the country, so the way of organising their wedding is different.
In addition, you will also know how to deal with all kinds of situations and unforeseen events, how to advise the bride and groom, how to deal with your suppliers, etc.
You will know how to create your own Wedding Planner business
One of the most relevant things in this Wedding Planner course is that in addition to learning how to organise a wedding perfectly, we also teach you how to create your own business.
Nowadays there are many courses that supposedly teach you how to organise a wedding, but we go much further and we also teach you how to create your own Wedding Planner business so that you can make a living from what you love the most. It is extremely important that you know how to do it!
That’s why we also teach you how to create your agency, all the communication strategy you should follow, how to effectively use social networks, SEO and SEM positioning, how to work with digital media, how to relate to suppliers (you will meet the best in Spain), what are the basics of a Wedding Planner company, how to find the best spaces, how to get inspired, how to carry out the shootings… In short, everything you need to make your business a success.
We would like to highlight that in this Wedding Planner course we also carry out a practical part so that you can participate in a bridal shooting workshop and thus finish your Wedding Planner course with your own portfolio.
The best professionals teach the Wedding Planner course
Yes, the best thing is that you will learn everything with the best professionals in the sector who have extensive experience.
Your Wedding Planner course will be taught by the founder of the Weddings in Spain by Natalia Ortiz agency and the Perfect Venue team, and you will also have a professional stylist who is dedicated solely to the styling of the bride and groom.
Natalia Ortiz is the director of Weddings and Events by Natalia Ortiz agency, which has more than 10 years in the field of wedding and event planning. Her work is published in the best international wedding blogs, among which Green Wedding Shoes, BLOVED, Bridal Musings, etc. stand out. Therefore, as she is recognised in different parts of the world, many of her clients come from different countries such as the USA, UK, Australia, France, Mexico, etc.
And after this course… You too can be a professional in the sector!
In addition, you will also learn about one of the most exclusive and unique marketplaces: Perfect Venue, where you will find the best charming venues for weddings and events in Spain, all of them 4 and 5 stars. The search engine is organised by name of the venue, as well as by region and event theme.
Ready for real weddings!
In the course you will learn techniques that will allow you to face problems in weddings, becoming a qualified professional and prepared for real life, so you will have real examples and case studies.
You will be able to create unique and unforgettable weddings that will position you as a reference and will allow you to choose your suppliers and leave your clients satisfied.
It should be noted that our students have a direct connection with the professional market, thanks to the fact that 100% of the teachers and collaborators who teach the course are directly linked to weddings, events, venue management, catering, hotels, restaurants or private brands.
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If you want to know more about this Wedding Planner course to become a true professional, don’t miss this post in which we tell you everything you need to train as a Wedding Planner with the best professionals.
Discover in the link above the content and programme of the course, the duration and methodology of the course as well as the places that are available, so don’t miss out on yours!
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