Students studying this Wedding Planning Course will benefit from the following:

 

• Expert tuition from London's leading wedding planner and wedding industry expert Siobhan Craven-Robins
• Face-to-face training provides the ideal opportunity to learn through interaction with your Facilitator.
• Small groups with strictly limited numbers.
• Wedding Venue Site visits
• Enjoy learning from interactions with your fellow students who bring different perspectives and experiences to the classroom sessions.
• And last but not least! You'll be gaining experience in one of the world's most famous cities. London is renowned for innovation and staging amazing events. And London offers the most beautiful and iconic wedding and event venues and ceremony locations - both historic and contemporary. 

Wedding planning careers help make memorable moments for others and yourself. In our current times, many couples and their parents, family and friends struggle to find time to plan and organise a wedding - often they are seeking professional help and expertise to manage every detail, from the engagement party to the honeymoon. This can also be true of those who need support and expertise to organise an anniversary, birthday, graduation, reunion, corporate event or other special occasion. As a Wedding or Event Planner, you can offer the professional expertise they require as you meticulously plan and implement the clients dream wedding or vision for their event.

 

Wedding and event planning is a career that offers you endless variety, from working in a home office, to viewing venues, to tasting sessions and bridal party fittings.  A wedding or event planner's responsibilities commence when they discuss their client's needs and preferences. Then you'll be planning the the scope of the wedding or event, developing a theme, choosing party, wedding and reception locations, arranging accommodation, transport and other services, and organising suppliers like the caterers, florists, photographers and designers. 

 

Career Opportunities

• Wedding and Event Planner
• Event Manager
• Party Planner
• Venue Coordinator
• Wedding Coordinator - self employed
• Wedding Coordinator - with a supplier
• Wedding Coordinator - with a venue or reception centre
• Wedding Designer
• Destination Wedding Planner

During your 5-day Wedding Planning Course you will study the following topics:

 

The Wedding Industry

• Industry working conditions and work ethics
• Aptitude for wedding planning
• Developing and updating knowledge and skills
• Services provided by a wedding planner

 

The Wedding

• Order of the day
• Traditions and etiquette
• Inspiration advice
• Trends in the wedding & event industry

 

Wedding Planning Skills

• Developing and monitoring wedding budgets
• Wedding planning tools - technology, timelines and checklists
• Managing guest lists, seating plans, invitations and RSVPs
• Participating in, and conducting, tastings
• Planning the ceremony
• Planning the reception
• Wedding day scheduling
• Contingency planning
• Wedding and event planner responsibilities:

Pre-wedding day activities

Wedding day activites

Post wedding activites

 

Coordinating Wedding Venues

• Venue selection criteria
• Conducting research
• Attending venue viewings
• Conducting venue viewings
• Room and table lay-outs
• Outdoor locations

 

Coordinating Wedding Services

• Catering 
• Wedding cakes
• Music and entertainment
• Florists
• Designers and decor
• Photographers and videographers
• Cars and transport
• Accommodation
• Bridal party wear
• Production
• Jewellery
• Hair and make-up

 

Selling Skills

• Building a client profile
• Selling techniques

 

Relationship Management

• Effective communication
• Establishing boundaries
• Working with clients
• Approaches to resolving conflict

 

Working in the Industry

• Opportunitites and pathways in the wedding industry
• CVs
• How to apply for work

 

Starting your Business

• Working for yourself
• Start-up advice
• Managing your business

 

Branding and Promotions

• Use of social media
• Branding
• How to promote yourself
• Advertsing
• Your website

 

Your Wedding Planning Course fees include:

 

• 5-days tuition
• Tea/coffee
• Free WiFi
• Wedding venue site visits
• Access to digital resources on completion of your course 
• Certificate in Wedding Planning from The Event School London 

The following entry requirements apply:

• Minimum age: 18
• Competent English language skills (comprehension and spoken)

Our host venues for The Event School London's, Wedding and Event Planning Courses are on campus at ExCeL London - one of Europe's premier venues and the ideal location to study wedding and event planning.

With a management culture that supports and encourages the development of new talent, ExCeL support industry learning experiences and provide a dynamic and inspiring environment for those keen to progress within the exciting world of wedding and event planning.

ExCeL has staged a diverse range of events including London Bridal Week, the UK Wedding Show, the National Wedding Show, National Asian Wedding Show, The Wedding Fair, Hotelympia, Professional Beauty, World Travel Market, Salon International, X-Factor Auditions, Grand Designs Live and Tony Robbins-Unleash the Power.

ExCeL London knows that developing your future involves a comfortable and stimulating environment just as much as it requires the latest tools and technology. That’s why they created CentrEd, a brand new training and meeting facility dedicated to providing participants with the right environment conducive to learning.

We also utilise the well-appointed conference and meeting facilities at ExCeL's on-site hotels, all within minutes of the main ExCeL Exhibition & Convention Centre. For example, a preferred venue, Novotel London ExCeL

Visit ExCeL London

 

One of the benefits of your wedding planning course is the knowledge you will gain from site tours to venues that host weddings and events. We provide the opportunity to see what life as a wedding & event planner entails, when conducting site inspections at popular London wedding venues. 

 

Recent course students undertook site tours of some of London's premier wedding and event venues including: Tower Bridge, The Ritz London, The Savoy London, The Wallace Collection, The Old Marylebone Town Hall Registry, Sunborn Yacht Hotel, Queens House, Cutty Sark and The Orangery at Kensington Palace. 

Siobhan Craven-Robins - London’s Premier Wedding Planner

Back in 1995, Siobhan recognised a gap in the market for designated co-ordinators to help couples through the wedding planning process saving them time, money and disappointment. Siobhan is acknowledged in the industry as the UK’s first Wedding Planner.

Siobhan is now established as one of the UK’s leading wedding co-ordinators. Her beautiful weddings have featured in Hello, OK! and many bridal magazines in various countries around the world. Her famous clients include Joan Collins, Barbara Windsor, Greg Kinnear, Sacha Mascolo-Tarbuck, Des O’Connor and Ronni Ancona.

She was GMTV’s resident wedding expert and featured on the show for the Interactive wedding (2002-2006) where she designed various aspects of a wedding for the viewers to vote on.

Siobhan writes for various wedding magazines and is frequently requested as a speaker at business seminars and wedding shows. She is also frequently hired as a consultant for wedding related TV and radio shows, new venues and other suppliers within the wedding industry.

In 2005 she launched her DVD, ‘From This Day Forward’, a guide to planning the perfect wedding.

In 2013, with two of her industry colleagues, she founded National Association of Wedding Professionals; an association promoting professionalism and integrity within the UK Wedding Industry. The association has gone from strength to strength, boasting a high calibre membership and starting to be regarded as a benchmark for professionalism within the UK industry.

Siobhan now spends some of her time guest lecturing to Event Course/Degree students at various colleges and universities in London.

Siobhan is renowned for her imaginative flair; no two weddings are ever the same. Her goal is to achieve a wedding that is truly representative of the couple involved. A wedding that is individual to them - and one that guests enjoy and appreciate.