Bryan Rafanelli is the chief creative officer of event-planning agency Rafanelli Events.
He works with wedding-party budgets from about $300,000 to well into the millions.
He thinks people will go big this year. Here's what his job is like, as told to Elle Hardy.
I launched Rafanelli Events in 1996, and before the pandemic, I employed 50 people — it's now about 20.
We design and execute weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, charity events, and corporate occasions, so most of my staff are producers and designers. My job is to be a fireman, a weatherman, security — I'm everything!
Getting into the business wasn't a straight line for me.