Plan better weddings.
Get paid what you're worth.
Learn the systems, strategies, and real-world skills built specifically for rural wedding planners and coordinators.
Course + community • Live course starts December 2
Rural weddings are different.
And if you've ever tried to make traditional wedding-planning advice work in a rural market, you already know it.
Smaller budgets.
Fewer vendors.
Weather & terrain.
Longer distances.
Rural venues.
DIY couples.
You can do just as much work, or more - and still struggle to make the numbers work.
You don't need more generic advice. You need strategies built for the market you're actually working in.
Learn how to plan, price, and grow in the rural wedding market.
The Rural Wedding Planner Collective combines practical education, ready-to-use resources, and a community of rural wedding professionals who understand the challenges you're facing.
PLAN
Navigate rural venues, logistics, weather, transportation, guest experience, and wedding-day challenges.
PRICE
Build pricing that accounts for your time, travel, logistics, and the realities of smaller rural budgets.
PARTNER
Build a reliable preferred vendor network—even when your local options are limited,
POSITION
Become known as the rural wedding expert in your region.
PROFIT
Create packages, systems, and processes that help you build a more sustainable business.
PROBLEM-SOLVE
Be prepared for the unexpected instead of figuring it out in the middle of the wedding.
INSIDE THE COURSE
Your business deserves more than another course.
It needs practical tools you can actually use. RWPC is designed to take what you're learning and turn it into action.
01 — The Rural Wedding Planner Mindset
Understand the rural market, your ideal client, and how to position yourself as a specialist.
02 — Rural Venue Logistics
Learn how to plan for power, lighting, water, restrooms, parking, transportation, curfews, and emergencies.
03 — Vendor Sourcing in Rural Areas
Find vendors willing to travel, manage travel fees, create backup options, and build strong vendor relationships
04 — Guest Experience in Remote Locations
Plan transportation, lodging, accessibility, weather considerations, and guest communication.
05 — Weather, Terrain & Risk Management
Prepare for mud, dust, heat, wind, rain, uneven ground, wildlife, livestock, and other rural challenges.
06 — Designing Rural Weddings
Create elevated, beautiful weddings that work with the natural setting and realities of rural venues.
07 — Pricing & Profiting in Rural Markets
Build your pricing structure, account for travel and logistics, work with smaller budgets, and understand your margins.
08 — Marketing as a Rural Wedding Expert
Strengthen your brand, website messaging, SEO, social strategy, and venue partnerships.
09 — Day-of Coordination Mastery
Build rural wedding timelines, manage vendor load-ins, coordinate outdoor ceremonies, and handle unexpected problems.
10 — Scaling Your Rural Wedding Business
Explore assistants, service-area expansion, packages, venue contracts, referrals, and sustainable growth.
Welcome to the Collective
And you won't have to figure it out alone.
Sometimes you don't need another lesson. You need someone who understands the exact problem you're dealing with.
Bi-Monthly Mastermind Calls
Bring your questions, challenges, and wins. Get practical guidance and support.
Twice monthly — 1st & 3rd weeks.
Rural Vendor Directory
Find vendors willing to travel and work in rural markets.
Venue Database
Build a shared resource of rural venues by region.
Resource Library
Access contracts, checklists, templates, timelines, and other practical resources
Emergency Planner Hotline
Get quick support when something goes sideways.
Rural Wedding Case Studies
Learn from real weddings, challenges, solutions, and lessons from other planners.
What you'll walk away with
RWPC isn't about collecting more information. It's about becoming more prepared, more organized, and more confident in your business.
Build a preferred vendor network
Navigate rural venue logistics
Work with realistic rural wedding budgets
Structure your pricing and travel fees
Build contracts and client systems
Set up a CRM for your business
Create effective rural wedding timelines
Prepare for weather and logistical challenges
Improve the guest experience
Market yourself as a rural wedding specialist
Work more effectively with vendors
Build a business designed around your market
Built by a rural wedding planner who has done the work.
Meet Cari Eskridge · Founder
I've been planning, coordinating, officiating, problem-solving, and occasionally putting out literal and figurative wedding fires since 2011.
I've planned and/or coordinated 150+ weddings and officiated 200+ ceremonies throughout Idaho, the surrounding states, and even Belize—from barns and backyards to ballrooms.
I've also built my wedding business from the ground up, learning every detail that comes with running it well.
“Rural wedding professionals shouldn't have to figure it all out alone.”
Built by a rural wedding planner who has done the work.
Meet Cari Eskridge · Founder
I've been planning, coordinating, officiating, problem-solving, and occasionally putting out literal and figurative wedding fires since 2011.
I've planned and/or coordinated 150+ weddings and officiated 200+ ceremonies throughout Idaho, the surrounding states, and even Belize—from barns and backyards to ballrooms.
I've also built my wedding business from the ground up, learning every detail that comes with running it well.
“Rural wedding professionals shouldn't have to figure it all out alone.”
15
years experience
200
CEREMONIES
150+
WEDDINGS
6X
REGIONAL AWARDS
Join RWPC
One Membership. Everything You Need.
COURSE + COMMUNITY
$1,999/year
Everything you need to grow your rural wedding business.
All 10 course training modules
Downloadable worksheets
Templates and resources
Rural wedding strategies
Business-building education
Private community access
Bi-monthly mastermind calls
Rural vendor directory
Rural venue database
Resource library
Emergency planner support
Rural wedding case studies
One annual membership · Course + Community included
Join RWPC
Choose the support that's right for you.
Course
$197
For planners who want the training and tools.
10 training modules
Downloadable worksheets
Templates and resources
Rural wedding strategies
Business-building education
THE COMPLETE RWPC EXPERIENCE
$1,999/year
Everything you need to grow your rural wedding business.
Everything in Course
Private community
Bi-Monthly mastermind calls
Rural vendor directory
Rural venue database
Resource library
Emergency planner support
Rural wedding case studies
Community Only
$49/month
Ongoing support when you need it.
Community access
Bi-Monthly mastermind calls
Vendor resources
Venue resources
Resource library
Emergency planner support
Rural wedding case studies
Standalone resource · $147
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is RWPC for?
RWPC is for wedding planners and coordinators serving rural, remote, farm, ranch, backyard, and small-town markets.
Do I need to be an experienced planner?
No.
RWPC is designed to help new planners learn how to navigate the rural wedding market while also giving experienced planners practical strategies for overcoming the challenges that can make growth difficult.
Is RWPC only for planners in Idaho?
No.
RWPC was created from real rural wedding experience in Idaho, but the training focuses on challenges and strategies that can apply to rural wedding professionals in many regions. Your local vendors, regulations, venues, and market will vary, but the underlying planning and business challenges can be similar.
What makes RWPC different?
RWPC is specifically focused on the rural wedding market. Instead of assuming big-city budgets, abundant vendors, and traditional venues, the program addresses the realities of rural weddings—including smaller budgets, travel, rural venue logistics, limited vendor pools, weather, terrain, and remote guest experiences.
Where is the community hosted?
The primary community is hosted on Skool, with an additional private Facebook group.
When does the live course start?
The live course begins December 2 at 11 AM MST.
What if I'm not sure which option is right for me?
That's what the discovery call is for. We'll talk about your business, what you're currently struggling with, and what you're hoping to build.
Your next wedding doesn't have to feel like you're figuring it out as you go.
Walk in with better systems, stronger vendor relationships, clearer pricing, and a plan for the things that can go wrong.
Live course starts December 2 at 11 AM MST.
We'll talk about your business, where you're stuck, and whether RWPC is the right fit for you.