Do you want to... get married in high style but at low cost? Design the wedding of your dreams without depleting your nest egg? Enjoy your most special day without paying for it for the rest of your life? For the first time, the experts at Bridal Guide, America's leading bridal magazine, have gathered all of their favorite cost-containing tips and stress-reducing strategies into one handy volume. This comprehensive, practical wedding planner offers hundreds of insider tips for cutting back on wedding costs without cutting back on style, including how to: Find exquisite invitations, centerpieces, and favors at discount prices Save substantially on designer gowns and accessories Discover seasonal bargains on honeymoon travel Enjoy magnificent music at minimal fees Cut down on catering expenses in savvy, subtle ways Ensure high-quality photography at reasonable prices. From etiquette to officiants, transportation to tipping, and registry to rehearsal dinners, Bridal Guide's Diane Forden spells it all out for you. Charts, checklists, and calendars keep you on track and simplify each stage of the planning process. Don't Scrimp! Prioritize Your Way to a Beautiful Wedding on a Realistic Budget! Whether you have a year or only a few months, ample resources or cash-flow concerns, this all-in-one planner will help you organize the Big Day from day one.

From the #1 wedding brand, the bestselling wedding book, updated with all-new budget ideas, online tools, and event planning and personalizing trends. First comes love, then comes . . . planning! Before a fabulous celebration, there are vendors to hire, budgets to calculate, decisions galore to make. Packed with The Knot’s top tips and worksheets, checklists, and contact sheets for you to fill in, this book is the one-stop resource that keeps brides focused but stress-free. The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner paperback takes you through the process step by easy-to-follow step, with: · Budget worksheets (and all the latest digital tools for keeping track of costs) as well as hundreds of invisible ways to cut costs when selecting everything from flowers to the venue and menu · Wedding planning timelines (including a brand-new express timeline for couples getting married in 3 months or fewer) · Guest list and invitation worksheets (with guidance on what you can now do online) · Vendor contract checklists (and tons of new online resources for finding the pros you need) · Fun ideas for personalizing your reception, from photo booths to signature cocktails in any color your heart desires · Web links and other useful resources for planning on the go (including recommended apps to download and up-to-the-minute advice on building your wedding website)

Wow! Finally, a wedding book for the rest of us. With average wedding costs soaring over $25,000, you need real life solutions and creative ideas to plan a wedding without going bankrupt. Bridal Bargains is the answer! Now in its 11th edition with over 700,000 copies in print, Bridal Bargains shows you: How to save up to 40% on brand new, nationally advertised wedding dresses. The best web sites to save on everything from flowers to gowns, invitations to, well, you name it. Fourteen creative ways to cut the catering bill at your reception. How to order flowers at wholesale online. Eleven questions you should ask any photographer—and seven money-saving tips to lower that photo expense. Affordable ways to print your own invitations at a 70% savings. A clever trick to save big bucks on your wedding cake. The best bargains on honeymoons, gift registries, rings, wedding videos and more! New! Green your wedding with eco-friendly invites, catering tips and more! The brand new,11th edition is revised and updated tips on tying the knot without going bankrupt.

Wow! Finally a wedding planner that tackles the biggest question facing brides and grooms:how are we going to pay for all this? A companion to the best-selling Bridal Bargains book, the Bridal Bargains Wedding Planner is your guide to planning an affordable wedding. Inside, you'll find: * Detailed worksheets to compare vendors side by side so you get the best deal * In depth budget advice--including secrets on how to stretch your bridal dollars * Count-down checklists and to do lists for everything from the gown to the cake * Advice on how to find a dream bridal gown at a price you can afford * Savvy questions to ask all your wedding vendors * Tricks of the trade on saving on flowers, catering, videos and more This DELUXE EDITION of the Bridal Bargains Wedding Planner adds beautiful color photography, additional pockets, clear business card holder and more! Packed with worksheets, budgets and to-do lists, the Bridal Bargains Wedding Planner is a spiral-bound solution to planning a wedding without going broke.

Introducing our new 40 page Budget Wedding Planning eGuide. Created exclusively for brides on a budget. Includes seating charts, color schemes, budget generators, honeymoon hacks, reception haggles, discount decor tips, planning advice and much more!

This book was inspired by every bride and groom who has woken up more than two months from their wedding in a cold sweat wondering if there is anything else they could have possibly forgotten. You will learn how to start the entire process off on a good foot by telling your families and finishing the engagement process. Ring selection, engagement parties, and the expectations of family and friends should be your first priority before any other planning begins. You will then start the process by setting budget parameters, outlining who will be paying for what, and creating guest lists for seating, catering, and further planning. Wedding planners and successfully married couples have been interviewed and their stories have been included to provide you with their insight into the world of the planning from start to finish. Everything you need for your big day will be laid out in a detailed checklist, including transportation, locations, reception options, catering, protocol, photography, guest services, the dress, the groom s tux, the rings, the gifts, the cake, the best man and maid of honor, and ultimately, the honeymoon. For every freshly engaged couple preparing for their big day, this book and companion CD-ROM will be a guiding force in setting and establishing your wedding plan and checklist. The companion CD-ROM is included with the print version of this book; however is not available for download with the electronic version. It may be obtained separately by contacting Atlantic Publishing Group at [email protected] Atlantic Publishing is a small, independent publishing company based in Ocala, Florida. Founded over twenty years ago in the company president's garage, Atlantic Publishing has grown to become a renowned resource for non-fiction books. Today, over 450 titles are in print covering subjects such as small business, healthy living, management, finance, careers, and real estate. Atlantic Publishing prides itself on producing award winning, high-quality manuals that give readers up-to-date, pertinent information, real-world examples, and case studies with expert advice. Every book has resources, contact information, and web sites of the products or companies discussed.

This is a groundbreaking study of our culture's obsession with weddings. By examining popular films, commercials, magazines, advertising, television sitcoms and even children's toys, this book shows the pervasive influence of weddings in our culture and the important role they play in maintaining the romance of heterosexuality, the myth of white supremacy and the insatiable appetite of consumer capitalism. It examines how the economics and marketing of weddings have replaced the religious and moral view of marriage. This second edition includes many new and updated features including: full coverage of the wedding industrial complex; gay marriage and its relationship to white weddings and heterosexuality and demographics shifts as to who is marrying whom and why, nationally and internationally.