Wedding planner vs guide

The differences between wedding planners and guides can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a wedding planner and a guide. Additionally, a wedding planner has an average salary of $45,721, which is higher than the $34,479 average annual salary of a guide.

The top three skills for a wedding planner include vendor contracts, event timelines and bride. The most important skills for a guide are brand awareness, product knowledge, and safety rules.

Wedding planner vs guide overview

	Wedding Planner	Guide
Yearly salary	$45,721	$34,479
Hourly rate	$21.98	$16.58
Growth rate	18%	28%
Number of jobs	16,964	1,195
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Average age	38	34
Years of experience	2	2

Wedding planner vs guide salary

Wedding planners and guides have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Wedding Planner	Guide
Average salary	$45,721	$34,479
Salary range	Between $31,000 And $65,000	Between $17,000 And $68,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	Salesforce
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between wedding planner and guide education

There are a few differences between a wedding planner and a guide in terms of educational background:

	Wedding Planner	Guide
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	San Diego State University	Stanford University

Wedding planner vs guide demographics

Here are the differences between wedding planners' and guides' demographics:

	Wedding Planner	Guide
Average age	38	34
Gender ratio	Male, 10.5% Female, 89.5%	Male, 49.3% Female, 50.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.5% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 16.5% Asian, 5.9% White, 62.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 6.5% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% Asian, 9.9% White, 67.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	16%	9%

Differences between wedding planner and guide duties and responsibilities

Wedding planner example responsibilities.

Manage and ship all marketing and advertising kits and giveaways for career fairs, on-campus presentations, final rounds and orientations.
Contract: event space, apparel vender, catering, and a DJ.
Collaborate with bride, bridesmaids, families, and other companies to ensure the delivery of efficient, high-quality service.
Serve as liaison between bride and groom and all vendors associate with each wedding to ensure flawless wedding day execution.
Develop agenda and itinerary, organize and procure all speaker biographies and materials and logistics for successful program execution.
Meet and consult with brides and grooms and discuss wedding details.

Guide example responsibilities.

Manage kayaks, guest and guide gear and repaired/ordered as needed.
Lead VIP guests on guide tours of the property and facilitate their involvement in special events, productions, and conventions.
Manage payroll - specifically manage overtime.
Provide hands on experience in stream exploration, plant identification, and survival classes.
Wrangle horses, clean fish, and elk.
Generate high quality reports in the form of listing, HTML, XML, RTF and PDF formats using SAS ODS.

Wedding planner vs guide skills

Common wedding planner skills

Vendor Contracts, 39%
Event Timelines, 11%
Bride, 10%
Plan Events, 6%
Wedding Ceremony, 5%
Planning Process, 4%

Common guide skills

Brand Awareness, 26%
Product Knowledge, 12%
Safety Rules, 12%
Customer Service, 8%
Safety Procedures, 5%
CPR, 5%