Wedding Planning Guides

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If you are planning your own special day, or helping a friend of member of your family with theirs, finding good wedding planning guides can provide both help and inspiration. With so many different types and styles of wedding planners available, how do you pick the right one?

Planning a wedding can be tremendously satisfying and a great way to arrange your perfect day. There are so many different things to think about, however, that tackling the wedding plans can be quite a daunting task. Some couples find that planning guides are a useful tool to help them stay organized.

What Are Wedding Planning Guides?

It is not until many couples sit down to plan their wedding that they realize how much is involved. It is not simply a case of buying the rings and finding a church – there are so many other different aspects to arrange. Even a simple wedding can take plenty of planning!

A written guide helps you plan your own wedding and offers help and advice on everything from sending out wedding invitations to finding wedding reception decoration ideas. Many guides contain helpful wedding planning checklists along as plenty of hints and tips. There are many different types of guide available including books, magazines, and websites.

Wedding Planner Books

There is a huge range of wedding planning guide books available, from books about planning a wedding on a shoestring to books about planning lavish affairs. Many wedding planner books specialize in different aspects of a wedding or a targeted at specific groups of people. There are wedding planner books, for instance, that have been written specially for the bride, others that are written for the 'second time' wedding and even books on planning a beach wedding. This wide variety of books to choose from can be overwhelming. Picking the 'wrong' book can be a waste of both time and money. Here are some tips to help you make the perfect wedding book purchase:

Look at Online Bookstores

Some of the large online bookstores not only offer a wide range of books, but also provide lots of help in choosing the right book.

  • 'Search Inside' – Many books featured in online bookstores have a 'search inside' feature that allows you to take a look at some of the pages of the book online. This often includes the contents page as well as examples of the text throughout the book. This is a great way to get an idea about how the book is written and whether it is right for you.
  • Read Feedback – Online bookstores may offer feedback where customers can leave their comments about a book. This is a useful way to get an insight into how someone else has found a book and is particularly relevant with wedding planners, as the feedback will have come from other people who are also planning weddings.
  • Reviews – Reviews are a great way to get an understanding of a wedding planner book's content. Professionally written reviews will take a look at all aspects of a book and will clearly state the pros and cons.

Buying From Wedding Stores

For many people, being able to actually see and touch a book is the best way to help them make the perfect purchase. Many stores have review copies, allowing potential customers to look through the book prior to making a purchase. Wedding stores also offer a range of books to help plan the perfect day and can also offer advice as to the best book for you.

Wedding Guide Book Ideas

  • The Bride's Essential Wedding Planner: Deluxe Edition by Amy Nebens
  • Wedding Book by Mindy Weiss
  • The Everything Wedding Book: The Ultimate Guide to Planning the Wedding of Your Dreams by Shelly Hagen
  • The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner by Carley Roney

Regional Wedding Guides

Many areas have free wedding guides for their region. These are great resources for finding vendors, and may have tips and advice specific for that location. Local libraries, coffee shops, bridal shops, and wedding crafts stores may have these available. Some regional guides are also available online and include comprehensive venue listing virtual tours of banquet halls and other wedding facilities, and more. Bravo Weddings, covering Oregon and southwest Washington, is one example of this type of guide. Visit My Wedding.com for wedding venue guides for major US cities.

Online Wedding Planning Guides

Plan your perfect day!

Online guides are an interesting alternative to traditional paper guides. There are many benefits including:

  • Many of the online planners are interactive, which means that pages can be saved or articles and lists forwarded to other people.
  • Some online planners are free which makes them a great resource for people who are planning a wedding on a small budget.
  • Online guides can be frequently updated which means that information need never be out of date.

Wedding Guide Resources

More Tips on Finding Internet Wedding Guides

Websites like LoveToKnow Weddings are dedicated to providing you with all aspects of planning and organizing your wedding. When you find a great website, be sure to bookmark it so you can find it at a later date.

Other ways of finding great internet wedding guides is to use a search engine. Simply typing in 'wedding planner' will return many thousands of results. Therefore you may wish to narrow your search by limiting your search to important aspects of your wedding. For instance if you are planning a vegetarian wedding, searching for 'vegetarian wedding planning' will return just websites that can help you plan the perfect vegetarian wedding.

Finding the right wedding planning guides is the first step towards planning a wonderful wedding that will be enjoyed by everyone with memories cherished long into the future.

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