Online Student Center
When you register for our program, you'll have full access to our FREE online student center. The student center gives you easy access to updated course materials, business forms, planning templates, and much more. You can also create your own multi-page, personalized website and be listed in our searchable database of professionals. Simple to design and update, it's a great marketing tool.
This valuable resource further enhances your comprehensive training and helps you begin your new career as a professional wedding planner.
The center is completely free for students and graduates. There are no hidden costs or membership fees. It's just one of the many ways our school supports you in your studies and prepares you for a professional career in wedding planning.
Make a Career Doing What You Love
Do you enjoy planning and hosting parties for your friends and family? Are you friendly, creative, and energetic? Do you enjoy meeting new people? Do you want to use your personal skills and talents to start a new career doing what you love? If so, becoming a professional wedding planner could be perfect for you.
With our comprehensive distance education course, you can become certified as an International Wedding Planning Professional™ and begin an exciting and rewarding new career as a wedding planner.
Our step-by-step program makes learning simple and fun. Your full-color course lesson books take you through every aspect of wedding planning. You'll learn everything you need to know about marriage ceremonies and receptions, how to work with florists, caterers, photographers, and other wedding vendors. You'll discover how to set the wedding budget and spend money wisely. Your materials cover everything you need to know from planning wedding budgets, to invitations, wedding attire, destination weddings, and so much more. You'll also gain the knowledge you need to start your own successful business with our in-depth business units.
Wedding Industry Statistics
The wedding industry is huge. Weddings are a 165-billion-dollar industry, with over 2.4 million weddings taking place each year in the United States1. The average wedding budget is just under $30,000 and this figure is predicted to rise substantially in the next five years2. For help managing their time, resources, and budget, busy couples are increasingly turning to wedding planners to ensure their special day goes off without a hitch.
According to a recent survey in Modern Bride Magazine, over fifty percent of couples used the services of a wedding planner and this figure is expected to rise in the coming years. The U.S. Department of Labor forecasts a 20% increase in employment opportunities for wedding planners over the next five to eight years. This means that there are and will continue to be abundant job prospects for professionally trained planners.
As a wedding planner, you can expect to earn between $1,500 and $4,500 per wedding, or an average of 10-15% of the wedding budget3. If you work on 30 weddings per year at an average rate of $2000 per wedding, your annual earnings would exceed $60,000.
For more information on how you can start a new career as an International Wedding Planning Professional (IWPP), please call 1-800-267-1829 or request a free brochure.
- The Association of Bridal Consultants
- The Wedding Report
- PowerHomeBiz.com
