Wedding Planning Archives - Page 26 of 76

October 12, 2020 by WPIC

A Band or a DJ?

By Derek Schwartzentruber – National President Canadian Professional Disc Jockey Association You’ve reached the party planning stage where it is time to help your wedding couple decide on entertainment. Do they go with a live band or a DJ? That is a big question with many pros and cons on either side. Both have theirRead More

October 8, 2020 by WPIC

Nicole and Kris’s Dream Wedding

Thank you Olivia Fata, WPICC of Olivia Fata Events for this wonderful and unique wedding submission. When we started planning Nicole + Kris’ wedding, we were ALL very excited. They had a vision and everything was going swimmingly until the coronavirus had the nerve to take over the world and ruin millions of people’s wedding day plans.Read More

October 5, 2020 by WPIC

Be a Duck! Keeping Calm at the Wedding

Something always goes wrong at a wedding. Always. When something does go wrong, it is not a reflection of you, but how you handle the situation is. So be a duck!

September 28, 2020 by WPIC

Clash of the Creatives: Navigating Wedding Professional Relations

The wedding industry is full of creative, talented individuals and with creativity comes big personalities and often big egos. Every wedding professional at an event has the same goal, to provide the couple with an amazing event to celebrate this monumental step in their lives. Unfortunately with so much passion and creativity floating around, sometimes wedding professionals can clash or bump heads.

September 24, 2020 by WPIC

What Potential Wedding Clients Crave

As planners, we are all pretty good at organizing, putting timelines together, being creative, finding solutions to problems, and able to think quickly on our feet when the need arises. However, it’s the personal connections that take us from good to great.

September 18, 2020 by WPIC

TICK TOCK … Are you on the Clock?

by Lesley Pinder, WPICC, of Lesley Pinder Wedding and Events How are you with Time Management? Do you manage your own personal time well? How are you managing your weddings within the designated timelines given for ministers, venues and vendors? We all represent different Cultures; however, weddings can be best described as a production.“All the world’sRead More

September 16, 2020 by WPIC

How to Become a Sustainable & Low Waste Wedding Vendor in Canada

As a wedding professional myself, I know that trends enter and leave this industry as the seasons change, but I think one trend is here to stay – saving the planet.

September 14, 2020 by WPIC

3 Surprising Ways That Proposal Planning Can Get You More Leads

By: Michele Velazquez of The Heart Bandits Academy After months of adapting to the pandemic, there isn’t a wedding planner out there that hasn’t heard the phrase “pivot your business.” Most wedding planners are pivoting by adding micro-weddings and elopements. This is a really great idea, but another way to pivot is by offering proposal planning!Read More

August 31, 2020 by WPIC

5 Ways to Create More Diversity and Equality Within the Wedding Industry

In the last few years that I have been building my wedding business, I have very rarely spoken out against the obvious lack of racial diversity and equality in our industry as I was worried about being seen as the angry Indian woman. I now realize that this was a massive part of the problem – the problem being systemic racism and how it has seeped its way into even as something as happy as the celebrations we all get to be a part of.

August 27, 2020 by WPIC

Wedding Pros Share Strange Experiences at Weddings

I asked our WPIC Certified Wedding Professionals: “What is the weirdest/funniest/strangest experience you have had as a Wedding Professional?” Their stories didn’t disappoint!