{"id":6869,"date":"2015-04-14T19:39:23","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T23:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/?p=6869"},"modified":"2016-07-22T16:50:58","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T20:50:58","slug":"what-is-a-professional-wedding-planner-paid-to-do-wfal381","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/what-is-a-professional-wedding-planner-paid-to-do-wfal381","title":{"rendered":"Q: What Does a Wedding Planner Do? – WFAL381"},"content":{"rendered":"
When most of us think of a professional wedding planner, we envision the fictional characters portrayed in films like Father of the Bride<\/em> and The Wedding Planner<\/em> or celebrity wedding planners like Preston Bailey and Marcy Blum who are often responsible for creating the extravagant weddings that the media makes sure to share with the world.<\/p>\n
Several companies that provide a wedding-related service, for example, a full-service hotel, a banquet facility, a country club, a cruise ship, a department store routinely hire employees to help with the wedding planning process.<\/p>\n
But, most aspiring wedding planners want to work independently as the owner of their very own wedding planning business.<\/p>\n
But, what, specifically, is a professional wedding planner paid to do?<\/strong>\u00a0 (Because, on the surface, planning weddings for a living looks like a pretty cool gig.)<\/p>\n