City life QUIT YOUR JOB, BECOME A…
…proposal planner
Daisy Amodio 34, marriage proposal planner
How did you come to be doing such a unique job? ‘My brother wanted to propose to his girlfriend but had no idea how, so I got thinking and planned something magical for them, and they loved it. I set up this business, tweeted about it, and the next day I was in the Independent and a South African newspaper saying proposal planning was the new trend.’
What does a proposal planner do all day? ‘The first thing we do is go through emails from the night before. Then we come up with ideas. We make or buy props then usually in the evening we go to a proposal.’
Wait. You actually go to proposals? ‘Nine times out of ten we’re hiding behind a tree or something because we want to see them propose. They’re not all in public, though.’
What’s the weirdest one you’ve set up? ‘The weirdest one for me was dressing up cats as waiters. We made waiter outfits for 20 cats. One had the ring and we had a jazz singer performing a song we wrote about cats. It was quite classy if you like cats, but I’m 100 percent allergic.’
Do people spend big bucks on it? ‘In terms of budgets, it starts at £500. The highest we’ve had, which we’re working on right now, is £150k. That one’s up in the mountains in Monaco: we’ve got a celebrity singer, a wishing well with coins made about the couple, a promise tree and a cinema room with popcorn. It’s going to be epic.’
Time Out London July 5 – 11 2016
W RD ON THE STREET
The most ridiculous things we’ve overheard in
London this week ‘Brexit : that’s what happens when we have
one day without football.’ ‘Is your cat on
Instagram, though?’ ‘Who says that Jesus
wore sandals? He could have worn Nike Air Max for all we know.’
‘Can you hallucinate
from eating too much houmous?’
‘My boyfriend doesn’t make enough money; I would rather be a cat lady.’
‘I had a massive row with my brother on holiday: he really believes that the world is flat.’
‘I’d wear a wetsuit all
weekend with a buttflap so I could poop.’
‘Why would you go
What are the highs and lows of proposal planning? ‘The worst thing is the pressure, because everything needs to be perfect for that moment. The best bit is making people happy. And hearing that “yes”!’
Has anyone ever said no? ‘Not yet. We’ve done just over 650 proposals in four years, all unique to each couple, and we’ve got a 100 percent success rate.’■ Interview by Danielle Goldstein
16
HOURS 50 per week STARTING SALARY
£20,000 pa QUALIFICATIONS
No particular qualifications but experience in event planning would be useful.
through nine months of hard work and labour then call it “Keith”?’
Overheard any
outré exchanges? Tweet us
@timeoutlondon
#wordonthestreet Or go to
www.timeout.com/wots
ANDY PARSONS
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