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Summary: Not a princess or an older bride
Review: I had four months to plan a wedding for 200 guests (my fiance insisted that we do it soon because he didn't want me to wait until next summer to do it), so I had four months to stress instead of twelve. My fiance also would not give me any direction ("If I were to plan it, I would let an Elvis impersonator marry us in Vegas"), and I was working full-time as well. I read those Budget Brides books, but who has time to scavenger hunt for the cheapest dress? I needed some basic help...and fast.I found Weddings For Dummies *extremely* helpful because I didn't know where to start. This book told me when to contact the photographer, videographer, and reception place, and it gave me tips on questions to ask. The book was an easy--and fun--read. The pictures were gorgeous; I loved what they did with the flowers. After my wedding, I gave this book to a friend who was getting married in the Carribean; she even forwarded it on to another friend!
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Summary: really helpful
Review: I had heard about this book and so I bought it when planning my wedding. It is even better than I anticipated-the authors are not only funny but they basically cover every single thing you might need to know about planning a wedding and any of the other parties associated with it. While it is not a "tacky" budget wedding-book ( and some of those I looked at were hilarious!) it does give good ideas on how/where to save money and still have an elegant wedding.
I can't recommend it highly enough!
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Summary: Yes!!! The Detail Queen Gets Her Answers!
Review: I just bought the book yesterday and it got even my fiance's attention! This is significant because he'd rather read something on the net than read from a book any day. The reason the book is so "cool" to both of us is that it's written in a very accessible style and is very well-organized. We can quickly find answers to all of our questions. While we don't agree with all of the authors' opinions (I think the garter toss is a fine tradition!), 99% of the material in the book is factual and very useful.
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Summary: Saved my wedding day
Review: I loved it. It was so informative, funny and helpful that I breezed through the wedding to the envy of all my friends. I have never found a book to be so helpful,easy to read and now give it to all my friends. There was nothing that this amazing book didn't cover. I can't recommend this book highly enough. It's the best.
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Summary: It was so helpful, I never got to read it!
Review: I purchased this to get some ideas and tips on planning my own wedding. Shortly after i got it, I loaned it to a friend who is also getting married, and she liked it so much and used it so much that didn't get it back until several months later! She really got some good ideas from it and was very grateful that I had loaned it to her. She was very glad she'd had it as a reference.
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Summary: The focus is in all the wrong places
Review: I read this book recently while trying to plan my own wedding, and came away with very little useful information. The authors have no sense of perspective or proportion; for many of us, planning a wedding is something we do on top of a full-time job and a full-time life, not something we do _instead_ of having a life. In addition, many of the chapters emphasize a lot of small and largely useless details - do I really need to fret about matching the stamps on my invitation and RSVP envelopes? - instead of pointing out that the details which make a wedding memorable are variable, and depend on each couple. This is another wedding guide that promotes the "more is more" philosophy, urging brides (but never grooms) to spend money if they're unsure about some aspect of the ceremony and reception. Unfortunately, the book does little to help a prospective bride or groom harness their taste and resources and use them to plan a memorable wedding. Those who are looking for a sane guide on planning a wedding are better served by buying "Weddings for Grownups."
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Summary: typical of its genre--long on ideas, short on reality
Review: I thought this was a good deal like a lot of the wedding books I bought for my recent wedding. It has lots of cool ideas and much good information on wedding planning. What it *lacks* (like so many other books) is *any* sense of proportion: the sense that most brides are working with a limited budget and have limited time that they are willing to devote to the wedding planning. Come on--for most of us it's a wedding, not the invasion of Normandy! Perfectionistic princesses have enough wedding planners. What we need is one for the rest of us. The only book of that type I've seen is "Weddings for Grownups," which I DO unconditionally recommend for all brides.
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Summary: Best wedding planning book around
Review: I used this book while planning my wedding and it was the only one I needed. It's very comprehensive, clear and realistic.
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Summary: really helpful
Review: I will say that there is a lot of information in this book. I will even go further and say it wasn't the worst of the terrible bridal books I recently ordered. HOWEVER-- aside from learning some very dry ettiquette rules and such this book has little to offer. Sometimes it is written in a painfully pretentious manner. Also-- if you want to keep your wedding on a budget don't bother with this book if you're looking to it for valid advice.
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Summary: And You'll Feel Like A Dummy, Too...
Review: I will say that there is a lot of information in this book. I will even go further and say it wasn't the worst of the terrible bridal books I recently ordered. HOWEVER-- aside from learning some very dry ettiquette rules and such this book has little to offer. Sometimes it is written in a painfully pretentious manner. Also-- if you want to keep your wedding on a budget don't bother with this book if you're looking to it for valid advice.
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