By: Romina Kwong, WPICC Founder and Lead Sustainability Consultant, Eco-Friendly Events Forest Fires. Flash Flooding. Climate Change. What the heck does that have to do with wedding planning? Well, according to the Green Bride Guide, an average wedding produces anywhere between 400-600 lbs of waste and 63 tons of carbon dioxide. This is the equivalentRead More
Suzy and Braydon’s Wedding in Australia
Wedding Date: 30/10/2021 How many guests? 74 How did he propose? Braydon hired out a private island when we were staying at Hurawalhi in the Maldives and had “Will you marry me Suzy?” written in the sand with rose petals inside a big love heart. He walked me around to the side of the islandRead More
8 Ways to Build Self Confidence
by Danielle Andrews, President and Co-Founder of The Wedding Planners Institute of Canada Inc. “Confidence is sexy!” This is a saying we hear over and over. But confidence is not just attractive in personal life, it is also very important in your professional life as well. Self confidence translates in to business success, and thisRead More
Brilliant Ways to Improve the Experience With Your Next Wedding Clients
By: Tracey Manailescu, WPIC Co-founder and Vice President When you have wedding clients, doing your job and doing it well is, and should be, expected. What is going to make you stand out from the crowd is going above and beyond. Show Them Some Love I had clients a few years ago who loved, “Moomins”Read More
Eight Reasons Why You Should Hire a WPIC Certified Wedding Planner
By: Karine Copur, WPICC, DWC of Champagne and Macarons Let’s start by defining what a wedding planner is. From The Professional Wedding Consultant & Coordinator textbook written by Danielle Andrews and Tracey Manailescu – co-founders of The Wedding Planners Institute of Canada Inc., “a wedding planner is a skilled professional who assists in the planningRead More
Recap of The Art & Execution of Styled Shoots at The Albany Club
By Tracey Manailescu, WPIC Co-founder and Vice President Last month we held our 2nd in-person styled shoot course, “The Art & Execution of Styled Shoots“. The first day of the class involved the business, coordination, and planning, with hands-on exercises that will be applied to the real styled shoot that students executed the next day. Read More
Winter Wedding Inspiration in Quebec
Thank you to Valerie Guerrera, WPICC of Vintage Luxe Events in Montreal, Quebec for this submission. In the month of January I did a styled photoshoot to showcase the beauty of Quebec. We chose Lucerne Sur le Lac which is a beautiful lakefront property in Sainte-Adele, Quebec bordering Lake Lucerne in the Laurentians. This photoshootRead More
5 Things Successful Wedding Pros Refuse To Do
By: Tracey Manailescu, WPIC Co-founder There are a lot of great wedding business courses and coaches out there. We happen to know an incredible wedding planner/coordinator certification course, or two… 🙂 However, there are loads of things that can only be learned by doing, and that comes with experience over time. Remember that Rome wasn’tRead More
Blogging Tips for Wedding Pros
by Danielle Andrews, President and Co-founder, The Wedding Planners Institute of Canada Inc. Having a blog for your business not only increases your company’s SEO (Search Engine Optimization), it lets potential clients get to know you better by showing your personality. Many people add a blog to their website because they feel they have to,Read More
7 Tips to Share With Wedding Guests to Improve Their In-Flight Experience
by Danielle Andrews, President and Co-founder of The Wedding Planners Institute of Canada Inc. Did you know that only 5% of the worlds population has been on a plane? (Source: DailyMail.co.uk)That statistic was very humbling to me. I’ve been on at least two flights per month for the last 15 years (except during the pandemic,Read More
