Planning a budget wedding

Here are some shocking facts about wedding cost:


1. It usually cost less than $100 to manufacture a wedding dress that normally sells at the store for $2000.

2. More than 70% of wedding vendors will mark-up the price a product or service higher if the word 'wedding' is mentioned. They know that you want the best for your wedding. Thus, most couples would not mind to pay higher.

3. In 2006, the average cost of a single wedding was $27,852, which had increased by 32% since 2000.

Based on these shocking facts, Erica Yoon published her ebook on how to plan a budget wedding. It is a must to read for couples that want to maximize their budget to have unforgettable wedding events at affordable budget.

The ebook will reveal on how find a quality brand new wedding gown with budget less than $200. With regards to the wedding venue, she shared some tricks and tips to do a reservation technique that could saved you a lot. In the end, wedding party tips to save up to 70% on the alcohol costs and wedding cake.

Take a look on her ebook preview and decide it yourself if you want to save up your wedding budget so that you can spend more on the honeymoon. AmazingWeddingPlanning.

The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner: Worksheets, Checklists, Etiquette, Calendars, and Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

This practical companion to The Knot Complete Guide to Weddings in the Real World acts as a stand-alone guide to the nuts and bolts of planning a wedding. The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner is where the bride and groom can record wedding ideas, create budget guidelines, check items off their to-do list, generate the guest list, store contact information for their wedding vendors, and get tips and advice on the best way to plan their big day.

Chapter by chapter, the planner walks the bridal couple through each major step: for example, choosing the reception site, picking a photographer, and deciding on a menu. Author Carley Roney and the editors of The Knot Web site have talked with both wedding professionals and hundreds of thousands of brides and grooms, and have a good idea of the necessary ingredients for a successful wedding. Most helpful and thorough are each chapter's "Questions to Ask" checklists and the "Knot Knowledge" tips, which include money-saving ideas. The book also contains a gift log, a budget tracker, and a wedding-day phone contacts sheet.

Roney offers loads of helpful advice, such as recommending that the bride and groom declare "wedding free zones" where the couple makes time for activities together that have nothing to do with planning the wedding. Each chapter also includes her down-to-earth answers to commonly asked questions, such as whether it's appropriate for a relative to host a shower or if the wedding couple should pay for guests' travel expenses. With all of its tips, advice, and organizers, The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner may just be, next to a wedding coordinator, the best way for modern couples to ensure their wedding is a smoothly run, stress-free affair. --Kris Law

PLANNING FOR THE PERFECT ROMANTIC HONEYMOON

Making arrangements for a wedding is sufficiently nerve racking. While making arrangements for a honeymoon is supposed to be a delight. So long as both the bride and groom are of the same mind about the location and the happenings, this fraction of the new life journey should be a snap to plan. Making plans for the ideal romantic honeymoon should take an account of things that are pleasing to both.

In general, a pleasant and romantic honeymoon can take place anyplace where the honeymooners can get some valuable time together with a lot of time and space alone. Very few people want a lot of others all over for the duration of their exceptional unique trip together. The holiday, whether it is for a weekend or a complete month, is intended to help out both of you to ease in to married life and make long lasting recollections. It is supposed to be enjoyable, comforting and romantic.

Prior to setting up a trip, it is a good thought for both the groom and the bride to sit down and talk about alternatives. Be sure to select a place jointly - one that is really pleasing to both. Even though it is expected that a lot of time will be spent in the room, attempting to go out should be an enjoyable decision that presents lots of romantic potentials, too.

Here are some guidelines on places to go:

* Beach destinations. For many, there are a few things more romantic such as gazing at a sunset on a perfect beach while sipping on drinks with little paper straws and looking at palm trees sway in a warm breeze. If this is pleasing, then places such as Hawaii, South Carolina, California, Florida, and even the islands of the Caribbean and some European destinations and so on are all good choices. They all present their own unique appeal and other potentials for romance and exciting activity.

* Europe. If staying in a historic city maybe surrounded by the walls of a romantic, medieval fortress seems like a dream come true, then countries such as Germany, England, Scotland and Ireland might be thought about. Tourism possibilities are hard to believe in any of the destinations and lodging can really be as expensive or as standard as a couple's budget asks for.

* Mountains. There are few places more romantic than isolated mountain chalets. Getting back to nature presents some hard to believe sights, which turns out to be very romantic and the seclusion cannot be beat. Places to think about for this type of trip comprise of anyplace in the Rockies, the Smokey Mountains, New York, Pennsylvania, Canada and Europe. Again lodging can comprise of expensive chalets or more rural log cabins and maybe even tent camping. No matter what, anything both the groom and the bride consider goes.

* Ocean cruises. When it comes to gorgeous sights and chic dealings, cruises are inevitable. With lots to do and see, there is ample to please you outside of that stateroom.

It is immaterial what you do or where you go on your honeymoon, just keep in mind that the tour is for both the bride and groom. It is a time to kick back, loosen up and get to be acquainted with each other even better before the day-to-day routine of married life sets in. Just make sure that the trip is pleasing to you both - make it enjoyable and unwind. It is the bits and pieces that lifetime recollections are made of.

A romantic honeymoon can be economical, reasonably priced or exaggerated. As long as the two most important people are having an enjoyable time, that is all that matters. Forget about the constant worry of planning behind at the wedding and just take pleasure in the honeymoon.

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Bridal Shower Party

As a bride to be, you must want to share the joy before the wedding with your closed friends or/and relatives. It is time to set a date for bridal shower party. There are few things that should be considered to have a nice bridal shower party:

1. Somebody should be in charge of this bridal shower party. Usually the bride's maid will be responsible and shoulder the party. However, assuming too much is not a good idea. That is why a responsible person and sponsors for the wedding shower should should be clear.

2. Guest list. Responsible person should consult groom and bride for the guest list for the wedding shower party. A common thing to do is to spread the invitation by word of mouths. However, a proper wedding shower invitation could be great. A cute bridal party cards could be used to set the mood of guest list before coming to the party.

3. Themes and Games. A party would not be memorable without proper theme and games. This could be the tedious part to make sure that all guests will enjoy attending bridal shower party.

In the end, your guests might not know each other, so make sure there will be a person in charge to introduce new comers to all the guest. Name tag could be used but it is not necessary. A good ice breaker game is better for them to know each other.

Wedding Token for Your Wedding Guests

Token of gift for guests who attend the wedding ceremony is something normal. The common token is a figurine with text saying "Thanks you for attending our happiest day" or something similar to that with couple's picture. Aside from figurine, the common wedding gift for guest is a small nail cutter. Maybe the couple is thinking to give something useful.

Well, there is nothing wrong with the wedding tokens mentioned above because it is a sign of gratitude that counts. However, I once attended to a wedding party and after signing the wedding guest book, the reception gave me a small envelope that contains paper inside. She took a small envelope from a small cute bucket besides her. When I opened the envelope, it was a saying of gratitude from the wedding couple in a nice paper. Below it, there was a note "Plant this paper and water it, it will grow a flower to brighten your day".

After few days back, I tried to plant this paper (that I noticed contained of small seeds). Within few days, wildflowers grows out of the paper. Whew.... beautiful. I just amazed with the idea of this. It gives me a long lasting memory about the wedding token that I received.

If in your wedding, you plan to give away the similar gift, here is one vendor that I see selling the product BUCKET OF LOVE SEED FAVOR.