Overview
You can have it all!
All the trimmings, lovely decorations, a beautiful gown for the beautiful bride, 300 guests for a buffet dinner—without mortgaging your home or making payments for the rest of your life. And no one will ever guess you didn't pay full price.
This book is loaded with money-saving tricks and organizing tips, as well as lots of encouragement, all designed to help you determine the budget for your wedding—then stick to it. You'll find dozens of creative, innovative ideas that will not only save you money, but make planning your wedding an enjoyable experience!
In this new fourth edition you'll find:
- Actual case histories of four weddings that illustrate how to stay within a budget without sacrificing quality or elegance
- Details on the latest wedding trends—with tips for being fashionable at a low price
- Up-to-date, average costs for everything from flowers and wedding gowns to reception food and photography
- Cost-cutting tips contributed by real brides
- Start-to-finish guidelines for keeping track of every aspect of planning your wedding
- Money-saving tips for the groom
- A what to do when" calendar/timetable for quick reference
- A special chapter on second weddings
- An invaluable listing of helpful wedding resources
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In this revised edition, Warner shows brides-to-be how to have a formal, elegant and traditional wedding without sending the family to the poorhouse. Brides will learn the details of every aspect of planning a formal wedding. Loaded with examples and how-to, this book offers helpful hints and tasty tips that can be adapted to fit any budget.
Synopsis
How to Have a Big Wedding on a Small Budget
Fourth Edition
By Diane Warner
This newly revised guide shows how to plan a stunning wedding with all the trimmings but without all the expenses. In this completely updated 4th edition, brides and grooms will find:
-Case histories illustrating how four brides stayed within their respective budgets without sacrificing their wedding's quality and elegance
-The latest wedding trends with guidelines for being fashionable at a low price
-Creative new cost-cutting ideas, plus money-saving tips for the groom
-Updated costs for everything, including flowers, wedding gowns, reception food and photographers, for 9 regions nationwide
-Instructions and advice for tracking every aspect of planning a wedding
-A quick-reference "what to do when" calendar/timetable
This book's dozens of creative ideas will not only help readers save money, but will make wedding planning a fun process!
Diane Warner has helped thousands of soon-to-be weds with her seminars and books, including Beautiful Wedding Decorations & Gifts on a Small Budget. She lives in Turlock, California.
Library Journal
Warner's daughter announced that she and her fiance wanted to marry in four months and have a large, traditional wedding. This book is drawn from the copious notes Warner kept while investigating the buying, renting, baking, etc., needed for that wedding, as well as the suggestions she received from friends, relatives, and others along the way. She shows how to set up a plan and calendar. Frustrated with wedding books which did not cover actual costs, she includes here such information for seven geographical areas in the United States and offers some estimates for Canadian readers. Filled with numerous charts, organizational tips, and personal solutions, this is a practical dollars-and-cents consumer guide to maintaining a wedding budget by a woman who spent less than half the national average of $11,000. Recommended for wedding book collections.-- Mary Ann Wasick, West Allis P.L., Wis.