Emily Post's Wedding Etiquette

The classic indispensable, comprehensive guide to creating the wedding of your dreams.

Today's weddings are more complicated than ever, with new traditions replacing old, and new relationships to consider as family life grows more complex. In this new edition, Peggy provides sensible solutions to wedding questions old and new, showing how to manage the big decisions and the little details with tact, consideration and confidence–– leaving you free to enjoy all of the happy times along the way!

With new chapters on the groom's involvement and incorporating today's technology into your wedding plans, plus updates and expansions on destination weddings, same–sex unions, wedding expenses, and more, the 5th edition answers every couple's contemporary questions. And Peggy Post continues to provide the tried and true guidelines every couple needs for a memorable wedding, from announcing the engagement, to budgeting for the ceremony and reception, to choosing the perfect caterer, florist, photographer and music–– and bringing it all off with minimum stress and maximum style.

Today's weddings are more complicated than ever before, with new traditions replacing old, and new relationships to consider as family life grows more complex. In this thoroughly revised edition, Peggy Post provides sensible solutions to wedding questions old and new, showing how to manage both the big decisions and the tiny details with tact, consideration, and confidence.

While continuing to provide the tried-and-true guidelines every bride needs for planning her specials day, Emily Post's Wedding Etiquette, 4th Edition also provides expert advice on the complex issues of today's weddings, with new chapters on encore weddings, multicultural wedding traditions, and postwedding responsibilities, and fully expanded sections on interfaith and nontraditional commitment ceremonies. this edition also features new sidebars, candid Q&A's drawn from Peggy's interviews, and much more at-a-glance information for busy brides-to-be.

About the Author:
Peggy Post, the third generation of Post authors, writes the etiquette columns in Good Housekeeping, Parents, and Bride Again magazines, and is a wedding expert at weddingchannel.com. She has appeared on such syndicated TV programs as Oprah, Live with Regis & Kathie Lee, and The View. She lives in southern Florida.

Peggy Post, codirector of The Emily Post Institute, Inc., has written four adult books on etiquette and cowritten ten for children, with her sister-in-law, Cindy Post Senning. A nationally recognized authority on etiquette, Peggy has columns in Good Housekeeping and AARP and has been seen on Today, Dr. Phil, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and Good Morning America.