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elcome to the convenient world of e-planning! This cutting-edge guide provides
everything needed to plan your wedding as smart and efficiently as possible. You'll
find incredibly convenient resources available today that every couple
should know about, as well as all the traditions, etiquette
and sage advice you’d expect from a solid wedding planner.
Planning a wedding can be intense, emotional and a major time and money commitment.
Are you completely informed? Making the right decisions? Are you fully exploiting the rich
bounty of resources just a few clicks away? |
This book will guide you along as you start your planning, from
solidifying your wedding vision and nailing down your priorities to
creating a smart, flexible budget and payment system. As you continue
along the planning journey, we’ll help you stay on track managing all the details,
and will show you easy ways
to stay organized. You’ll take advantage of great
time- and money-saving resources like wedding websites, online RSVP’s,
guest lists that build and update themselves, online gown and flower
discounters, Ebay wedding bargains and lots more! From engagement ring
to honeymoon bliss, it’s all inside.
Is This Just for "Computer People"?
No. You DO NOT need to be a hardcore technophile to make use
of this book. In fact, you don’t even need to own a computer,
although some of the shortcuts and bargains you’ll read about
may make you want to go out and buy one. This book is designed
to help you take every possible advantage of those online shortcuts
or bargains (we call them e-Resources), but we cover all the
traditional and non-technical ways of approaching each wedding planning
step, too. Deciding to make use of a suggested
e-Resource is your call, and the worksheets included with each chapter
can substitute for the essential information gathering and management.
That said, readers with access to a computer and the Internet will
benefit most by leveraging on all kinds of fun and timesaving ways to
make your planning easier, as well saving some bucks. As long as you have
somewhere you can go to jump onto the Internet periodically, you’ll be
able to reap the e-planning rewards.
In a nutshell: to preserve your time, money and sanity with smart
preparations and by taking advantage of everything available to you.
Chapter 2, "The Big Picture", gives you a bird's-eye view checklist
of things to do between now and the big day. Although your eyes might
glaze over when you first see it, don’t worry...most of it is just a
lot of reminders. The idea is to follow along with the checklist a
group at a time. We give recommendations for how long before your wedding
each group should be completed. The checklist will help guide you along
by cueing you on items you should be thinking about, taking action on,
or verifying. It will always refer you to the right chapters
for more help.
Chapter 3, "The Journey Begins", is the real start of the yellow
brick road. It gets you going with the initial considerations and
decisions you need to start thinking about. Subsequent chapters guide
you through priorities, budgets, finding your locations, and finally
dealing with all the vendors and other details you need to take care
of. And don’t worry if you’re already in the middle of your wedding
planning by the time you find this book. Just skim what you’ve already
taken care of to make sure you’re not missing anything, and go from there.
Got feedback? Suggestions? We’d love to hear from you! Let us
know how this book worked for you and your planning, and give us
the scoop on how your day went. Send us your notes, stories and feedback
using our online contact form. You just might find
your submission in another edition of this book!
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