


Earning a certification can help you stand out among other job applicants or make your business more desirable to clients. With Penn Foster's Wedding Planning Program, you'll become certified after completing your online courses and successfully passing the ABC ® Certified Wedding Planner exam at the end of your program.

From there, you'll need to take and pass a certification exam to be officially certified.
#PARTY PLANNER SCHOOLING HOW TO#
Generally, the first step is learning the basics of the wedding business, including how to work with vendors, negotiate with clients, and market your business. There are a few steps to becoming a certified wedding planner. How do you become a certified wedding planner? How to develop agendas, budgets, and services according to customer requirements, recognize how to charge clients and collect payments, set up bookkeeping and files, and inventory and billing control.You'll also learn how to use basic marketing concepts to promote your business.
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How to establish yourself as a professional by creating a professional portfolio which includes identifying which special licenses you’ll need to set up suppliers, vendors, and support group source files.How to organize and conduct wedding ceremonies and receptions by reviewing places to ensure they meet the client's requirements and recognize the various types of wedding ceremonies and etiquette to share with a client.How to coordinate every detail of events, from beginning to end including time, location, and cost of working with the client to choose where to hold the event, and whom to contract with for services (for example, florists or photographers), as well as event services such as rooms, transportation, and food service and confer with on-site staff to coordinate details.Our online programs are flexible enough for you to finish them at a pace that works for you, based on how much time you can dedicate to your coursework each week.After completing your program and passing the exam, you'll be a Certified Wedding Planner, which can help you stand out when applying for jobs or starting your own wedding planning business. Your final exam is the ABC ® Professional Wedding Planner Certification Exam.As a member of the ABC ®, you can receive job support from the world's largest group of successful wedding planners. Students enrolled in the program receive a six-month novice membership to the Association of Bridal Consultants (ABC) at no additional cost.Online wedding planner courses cover essential topics like wedding etiquette, working with vendors, and negotiating with clients.

