What core skills do I need in order to be a wedding planner?

What core skills do I need in order to be a wedding planner?

Britt Armstrong-Gash (Wedding Planner) gives expert video advice on: What does a wedding planner do?; What makes a successful wedding planner? and more...

A wedding planner needs to have extremely good interpersonal skills. They need to be able to get inside a couple's head and understand what they see and what they want. Wedding planners also need to have extremely good organizational skills, obviously, because they have to plan everything. They have to be proactive in their approach. They have to be able to forward plan ahead of time, to make sure that everything slots in when it's supposed to be. And wedding planners have to be able to, of course, keep track of what's been paid when and when things are due to be paid, and bring everything together on the day. They also need to be very budget-conscious so that they don't spend more than they have actually been given to actually organize the wedding.