How to Plan Your Own Wedding and Save Thousands – Without Going Crazy
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Product Description
Congratulations! You are getting married and want a beautiful, memorable event, yet you need to stick to a tight budget. Don’t despair! There are hundreds of proven ways to have your dream wedding without breaking your budget. The average cost of a wedding in the United States in 2007 is approaching $30,000, a 73 percent increase since 1992, according to a recent study. What’s astonishing is how quickly all the other smaller expenses those you don’t immediately thin… More >>
How to Plan Your Own Wedding and Save Thousands – Without Going Crazy
This practical book describes how to plan a wedding. The author, Tracy Leigh, empathaize the idea of setting an overall budget and individual item expense budgets ahead of time as a task that will keep your wedding budget on plan.
This guide is very well written and researched especially to a bride who is a novice at wedding planning. Christian and Jewish wedding traditions are mentioned in areas such as wedding ceremony planning. Wedding details that include location, catering, wardrobe, entertainment, flowers and accessories give the reader a sense of options to choose from. Advice such as to how to choose the size, formality level, method, location, photographer, invitations and music are in this guide that also includes online wedding vendor contact information. Tracy Leigh used resourcefulness to help the reader select wedding apparel that would be elegant, yet affordable. The idea of renting tents, dresses or other supplies can save money for their special day.
This book contains options for very stately, elegant weddings, more informal weddings or justice of the peace officiated ceremonies.
How to Plan Your Own Wedding and Save Thousands: Without Going Crazy
Rating: 4 / 5
If getting married and saving money are both important, then How to Plan Your Own Wedding and Save Thousands Without Going Crazy is key reading for success – and a fine addition to any public lending library. It tells how to cut wedding expenses while retaining elegance, with chapters discussing traditions, alternative options, and sensible wedding plans. Public libraries will find How to Plan Your Own Wedding and Save Thousands Without Going Crazy a very popular lend.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
Rating: 5 / 5
This book is a very comprehensive guide for do-it-yourself wedding planners! It covers every aspect of weddings, breaking it down by cost and showing what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, and where corners can be cut to save money.
If you’re thinking about planning your own wedding, this is THE book to buy to guarantee a picture perfect day. My only misgiving about this guide is that it may not be useful to those who are unable to follow through on a strict timeline of getting things done.
Rating: 4 / 5
As a bride-to-be, I have read multiple books on planning and saving money. My fiancé and I are trying to squeeze every penny, while still having a memorable event for ourselves and our guests. I have found that many of the money-saving tips in wedding-planning books are often impractical or more hassle than they are worth in the end. Tracy Leigh’s book, How to Plan Your Wedding and Save Thousands (Without Going Crazy), let me know that sometimes it’s okay to do things myself–like making favors, arranging flowers, baking a cake, creating invitation or decorating. Not everything needs to be done by a professional. The Web sites she provides are invaluable–it’s hard to find good discount wedding Web sites because any bridal vendor wants you to use their recommendations.
The helpful lists and checklists can be copied and handed out to members of a wedding party, or anyone else who may be helping you plan. The concise language makes an easy-to-use guide for each person involved, while still keeping everything interesting. Leigh’s questions for each vendor hit on topics I would have completely overlooked–she reminds readers that you can’t assume a vendor knows exactly what you want, and you can’t assume they have what you want. If you’re on a tight budget for your wedding, you NEED this book. If you have an unlimited budget, read it anyways. Some of the personal touches you can create for your special day are perfect for everyone on any budget.
Rating: 5 / 5
When I got married only four short years ago, my biggest concerns were not spending thousands of dollars we didn’t have and keeping the stress factor to a minimum. I wish Tracy Leigh’s book would have been around then!
“How to Plan Your Own Wedding and Save Thousands without Going Crazy” is a detailed, blow-by-blow walk through of how to plan your own wedding without going into debt or going postal on your friends and family. Leigh gives expert advice on how to organize the massive venture of putting on a wedding, tips on where and how to find a great bargain as well as hints on how to tell if you and your vendors are on the same page. And there is no discrimination here – whether yours is to be a Cinderella affair complete with ice sculptures and swans or a barefoot-in-the-sand celebration with a luau and leis, you can learn something from this book that will help make your wedding one that will give you a lifetime of great memories.
Rating: 4 / 5