If you’re having so much fun planning your wedding that you’d like to make it a lifetime career, there is an actual course in wedding planning.

Actually there are several. I was reading an article in The News & Observer about a wedding planning class at a local college. It made we wonder, just how trained are wedding planners? I mean, what is it that people – not me – are paying for?

Well, it seems there’s a lot of online education available for wedding planners, including learning business skills and how to cope with a disaster.

The North Carolina course had students plan a mock wedding, including a 150 page planner (can you believe us brides are doing all that work for FREE?) with a last-minute crisis thrown in.

Often wedding planners are a subset of that mysterious field – event planners; the people who get paid to throw a great party. So if you’re in the market for a wedding planner, look for someone who has been professionally trained, can furnish solid references and has a modicum of experience.

 If you’re just having a blast planning your wedding, now you know how to make it a full-time job.