Certification levels

Certified Wedding Planner Levels

Your course makes you certified. The weddings you work and the reviews you earn make you a specialist, then an expert. Here's what each level takes and how to move up.

Three levels

From your first certificate to Certified Expert

Think of it this way: the course proves you know how to do the job, and every level after that proves you've been doing it, and doing it well.

1

Certified

You finished the course and you know the job.

What it takes
✓ Course completed
2

Certified Specialist

Proven track record of successful weddings with positive client and vendor reviews.

What it takes
✓ Course completed
✓ 10 weddings completed
✓ 3 positive reviews from clients
✓ 3 positive reviews from professionals
✓ Wedding Day Assistant course completed
3

Certified Expert

Successfully completed 40+ weddings with positive client and vendor reviews, and keeps growing through ongoing education with Wedding Professional's Blueprint.

What it takes
✓ Course completed
✓ 40 weddings completed
✓ 15 positive reviews from clients
✓ 30 positive reviews from professionals
✓ Active, good-standing membership in the Collective
✓ 3 other Blueprint courses completed (specialty certificates count)
A bride and her bridesmaids toasting with champagne while getting ready
Every wedding counts

The getting-ready toast, the timeline you kept on track, the mom who hugged you at send-off. Those are the weddings and reviews that move you up, including the ones you worked before you were certified.

Levels by course

Levels apply to each course

You earn levels course by course, so you could be a Certified Expert in one and just getting started in another.

Course
Certified
Specialist
Expert
Day of Coordinator
✓
✓
✓
Full Service Wedding Planner (coming soon)
✓
✓
✓
Wedding Day Assistant
✓
✓*
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*For Wedding Day Assistant, Certified Specialist takes references or testimonials from 3 Day-of Coordinators or clients you've worked with.

Levels never expire

Once you've earned a level, it's yours.

No application fee

Moving up costs nothing but the work you've already done.

Past weddings count

Weddings and reviews from before you were certified count toward your next level.

Reviews in any form

Texts, emails and online reviews all count.

Ready to level up?

Request your level up

Tell us which course you're certified in and the level you're going for, and we'll walk you through what to send. Our team reviews every level up before it's approved.

Request a level up
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I feel excited that I'm taking the steps to gain experience in a field that I'm actually passionate about.

Joy

Every level starts with a course

Pick the course that fits where you are today, finish it, and you're Certified. Everything you do after that counts toward the next level.