Tired. Burnt out. Desperate for a rest.
Have you ever felt this way?
I tend to feel this way near the end of every September after a long wedding season.
But luckily it doesn’t last long!
Now it’s January and I’m desperate to get going again. Let me tell you why.
Firstly well it’s the money, cash flow is tougher at this time of year. But money comes and goes, that’s just life. There’s more to it, much more.
I’ve run my own wedding business now for 12 years and quite simply I love it. Since I started a business as a wedding supplier, I was drawn to it like a moth to the flame and I can’t help but keep coming back for more.
Starting as a side hustle, the wedding business quickly grew into a full time income that has given me freedom, flexibility and the ability to manage my own time.
Like all jobs and businesses, you have your ups and downs.
Busy spells, quiet spells, long days, equipment failures, unexpected issues. But there’s something special about working at events, and in particular weddings.
I started to consider this a few years ago. What is it that keeps me coming back for more!?
Well there’s the obvious stuff.
You’re dealing with happy and excited people
Yes they can have a few challenges along the way, plenty of questions and the odd bout of the wedding jitters, but you’re helping them create the biggest day of their lives. It’s a special privilege.
You get paid well for what you do.
Working in event, the hours can be unusual and sometimes require weekend and unsociable hours. But you set your own rates and people choose if they pay it.
The price of working weekends and late, unsociable hours is that normally you have decent recompense for it.
You go to beautiful places
Can you imagine exploring the countryside and rolling down long, grand and winding driveways before glorious old venues open up before you?
There’s not many other jobs that take you to stately homes, spectacular hotels, Manor House’s, beautiful converted barns, golf clubs and many more fabulous places across the country as a matter of course.
These are places that I may never had a reason to go to otherwise.
To explore and see some of these places always continues to be enjoyable. Whether it’s the gorgeous Brympton House, Limpley Stoke Hotel, Orchardleigh or some my other favourite venues across the south west and UK.
Working at beautiful venues rarely gets boring. And there’s something special about stumbling on a hidden gem of a venue that you’ve never been to before, and marking it as one you can’t wait to come back to some day.
But most of all, and this crystallised in my mind a few years ago. Here’s the best bit to me.
You get to be part of people’s lives for a short time
You get to see a snapshot into other people’s lives; their social circles and groups that you would never be a part of otherwise. You bear witness to tender moments, feasts, celebrations, individual quirks and raucous speeches alike.
I love this most of all. And it really is special.
So is working in the wedding industry.
Is this the type of work that you would also find appealing?
Have you ever thought of starting your own wedding business?
I’ll be talking about this much more in future posts and will soon be releasing a helpful guide to help any other prospective wedding entrepreneurs who are considering setting up a wedding business or side hustle.
Because weddings are special places. Places that are all about celebration, and the people involved. People that come together for a special day and may never be in the same room together again.
Weddings are a fleeting but crystallised moment that last in people’s minds forever.
And it’s great to be a part of their memories and story.
That’s why starting a wedding business can be one of the most rewarding businesses that I could recommend to others.
Would you like to join it too?
Follow me at The Wedding Man to find out more about how to start your own wedding business.
You won’t regret it!