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Carter, Mary J. The Insider's Guide To Planning The Perfect Wedding. Weston, Massachudetts: Font & Center Press, 1993. Print.

Holi R. Cosgrove. "wedding/party planners." Encyclopedia of careers and vocational guidance. chicago,Illinois: Freguson Publishing company, 2000. 789-792. print.

Kilkenny, Shannon. Sucessful Event Planning. ocala, florida: Atlantic Publishing Group Inc., 2011. Print.

Post, Peggy. Wedding Etiquette. HarperCollims Publishers Inc,, 2006. Print.

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Santana, Kriste. Wedding Planner book. 2014. Print. <http://www.theweddingplannerbook.com/wedding-planner-career>.

Carter, M. J. (1993). The Insider's Guide to Planning the Perfect Wedding. Weston, Massachusetts: Font & Center Press.

Wedding planning throughout the years has strived from old traditions to modern traditions. In the older times the father of the bride paid for the entire wedding with some exceptions because it was believed that the father of the bride knew what was best for his beloved daughter, but now wedding expenses are divided within “3 different teams”, which include the couple, the bride’s parents and the groom’s parents (Carter 1). Due to these new modern traditions the bride’s family is responsible for the expenses of everything ranging from announcing the wedding, invitations, wedding gown, photography, ceremony site, clergy fees, musicians, flower arrangement, transportation and grooms wedding ring (Carter 2).

Post, P. (2006). Wedding Etiquette. HarperCollins Publishers Inc.,.

Over the years mainly in the 21st century wedding trends have arouse. Trends including personalized weddings, sharing the cost weddings, wedding and high tech, encore and family 8weddings, involved groom, celebrating different regions traditions, including parents, honor attendants, more wedding attire choices, variations in color, and destination weddings. A personalized wedding unlike a traditional wedding often blend elements that have a special significance to the couple. They often create their own theme based on their interests and individuality. Wedding are no longer an expense to the parents of the bride they are now the responsibility of the couple. With some help of the families and is considered to be a “sharing the costs weddings” (Post xxi). A wedding and high tech, another new trend in the 21st century is where the internet plays a major role in the planning of the wedding. Couples are able to plan their weddings through online wedding-planning companies. They use wedding-oriented chat rooms and bulletin boards to enable conversation with other couples around the world seeking for advice and information about wedding ideas. Encore and family weddings are weddings in which the bride and groom have both been married before. An involved groom means that as well as the bride the groom is involved and is active in the planning of the wedding as well as the decision making. A wedding celebration different religious tradition consists of having 2 ceremonies due to the different beliefs and faith the groom and bride have. An including parents wedding means that the father as well as the mother can escort their daughters down the processional. Honor attendant weddings means that the bride has chosen a male to be her attendant and the groom to chosen a women as his attendant. A “more wedding attire choices” in a wedding means that brides have chosen less traditional dresses and have chosen one that fits their taste and style this can mean a variation in colors designs, fabrics jewelry, accessories etc. A wedding that consists of variation in color means that the traditional white still reigns but the variation in color comes with the brides and grooms attire, invitations, announcements, receptions decorations and table linen, wedding cake, giftwrapping’s. Finally a “destination wedding” means that the couple has chosen to travel to distant locations for their wedding day, guests often look at these types of weddings as long vacations due to destination (Post xxii).

Kilkenny, S. (2011). Successful Event Planning. Ocala, Florida: Atlantic Publishing Group Inc.

The word “event” comes from an occasion, or a gathering of people at a certain time or place for a specific reason. The process of event planning starts by delineating the beginning and the end of the event. The tasks and responsibilities change every day according to the size and complexity of the event. These tasks include, client consultation, setting budgets, choosing suppliers, arranging transportation, booking hotel rooms, arranging catering, creating agendas, hiring security, and dealing with any legal issues. All events are complex and diverse with unique characteristics. (Kilkenny 33) Focusing is essential in the coordination and planning of an event, defining achievements and objectives is an important task to get done before the actual wedding planning. It is also essential to take into account the environment that will be perceived from the guests. Defining the purpose outlines everything that will be done throughout the process. The most effective and efficient way to define the purpose is by sitting down and taking into account all aspects of the wedding. (Kilkenny 45-46)

Holi R. Cosgrove . "wedding/party planners ." Encyclopedia of careers and vocational guidance. chicago,Illinois: Freguson Publishing company , 2000. 789-792.

It wasn’t until the 1980s that wedding planners/consultants arouse in the working industry, “wedding brokers” in early history were prominent members of cultures, and they gathered brides and grooms for nicely arranged weddings. Before wedding planners emerged brides would split up the duties within her family and work together. “Brides didn’t get the sense of planning a wedding until after the wedding” because they had no knowledge about what a wedding truly was and there was no way to find out, now wedding planner/consultants are the biggest source of reliability to a bride. Brides have become more and more dependable on wedding planners because of their knowledge, skills, and experience. The soothing experience of having a wedding planner/consultant is that they help brides’ save money, avoid stress and provide the bride and groom with cost estimates (Holi R. Cosgrove 789). High school education required for a wedding consultant consist of knowledge about wedding traditions rather than etiquette, the job of being a wedding consultant revolves around business so a wedding planner/consultant is required to an education in business management. Style is also important in the wedding planning field because brides and grooms look forward to being advised on wedding colors, flower arrangements, and decorations. It is also suggested that individuals interested in the wedding planning field take home economics while in school to offer knowledge in areas like floral arrangements, menu planning, fashion, tailoring, and other subjects regarding a wedding planner/consultant. Post-secondary education required for a wedding planner/consultant can consist of a liberal arts education or community college education in small business operations. Best experience is gained by the actual planning of a wedding, which can take time until you are referred from a professional organizer (Holi R. Cosgrove 790).

Santana, K. (2014). Wedding Planner book. Retrieved from Learn how to become a wedding planner: http://www.theweddingplannerbook.com/wedding-planner-career

Wedding planning requires the ability to have passion, commitment, honesty and integrity for the job. Wedding planning required the patience to answer unexpected phone calls at out of work hours, and also the flexibility to attend unscheduled consultations. Dealing with people is the daily job for a wedding planner; therefore wedding planners/consultants must have valuable communication skills. Confidentiality is also extremely important to being a successful wedding planner, under any circumstances a wedding planner/consultant may never discuss aspects of an individual’s wedding unless they have the consent of the bride and groom. Understanding and sensitivity are also important to becoming a wedding planner/consultant, “you have to be sensitive to needs of multiple people involved in the planning of the event”.

Quain, D. (2008-2014). Wedding for a living . Retrieved from Wedding planning skills .

The 7 important skills wedding planners/consultants must have include:

  • communications skills
  • remaining calm
  • attention to detail
  • creativity
  • organization
  • resourcefulness
  • Money management.