Wedding Etiquette For Dummies

Sue Fox

27 november 2009
9780470502082

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Your expert guide to the dos and don'ts of getting married Your wedding should be fun, exciting, and worry-free-but most brides, grooms, and their families run into sticky situations or unique circumstances that surround etiquette. Now, there's a definitive guide that provides the solutionsfor all those dilemmas big and small.

Learn to:

Properly announce your engagement to parents, children, friends, and others
Tastefully incorporate new traditions into your ceremony and reception
Keep the peace among everyone involved in planning your big day
Creatively construct a wedding Web site

The right way to do everything before you say "I do"

Planning a wedding should be fun, exciting, and worry-free but most brides, grooms, and their families run into sticky situations that aren't so black and white. Whether it's deciding how to handle divorced parents, dealing with bickering bridesmaids, or anything in between, Wedding Etiquette For Dummies gives you the tactful, proper way to handle any situation without losing your cool.

Engage in wedding etiquette from the start  find out how to announce your engagement with elegance, decide who will pay for what, and wisely select your wedding party

Understand ceremony protocol  discover helpful guidance on setting the date, choosing a site, working with an officiant, and personalizing the ceremony to reflect your style

Perfect your reception plans  find tips on selecting a location, working with your reception manager, putting together a seating chart, choosing a menu, and presenting proper favors

Manage details with your manners intact  get advice on choosing wedding attire, composing your wedding invitations and announcements, and registering for gifts

Behave on the big day and beyond  use practical information on how to tactfully greet guests, move through the processional and recessional, celebrate with class at your reception, write thank-you notes, and handle unexpected situations

Open the book and find:

Suggested wording for announcements and invitations
Guidance on writing your own vows
Etiquette for a variety of ceremony styles, from religious to civil and beyond
Tips on appropriately assembling your guest list
Rules for festivities before the wedding
Advice on working well with wedding vendors and planners
Special considerations for getting married the second time around

Your expert guide to the dos and don'ts of getting married

Your wedding should be fun, exciting, and worry-free-but most brides, grooms, and their families run into sticky situations or unique circumstances that surround etiquette. Now, there's a definitive guide that provides the solutionsfor all those dilemmas big and small.

Wedding Etiquette For Dummies provides sound information and guidance-whether it's deciding how to handle divorced parents, inform guests of where the couple is registered, or tastefully incorporate new traditions into your ceremony and reception. You get plenty of proven advice and tips for everything from who pays for the wedding and properly announcing the engagement to hosting events leading up to the wedding and dealing with destination wedding snags and pitfalls. You'll even see how to gracefully handle wedding cancellations and postponements.

The dos and don'ts of wedding etiquette for any bride, groom, relatives, or friends of the marrying couple
Tips for proper behavior during the engagement, ceremony, and reception
Advice on dealing with the wedding party and opinionated or pushy in-laws
Special considerations for second (or more) marriages and military, ethnic, and religious weddings
How to set up a tasteful, interactive wedding website and write the all important thank you note
Sue Fox is the author of Etiquette For Dummies, 2nd Edition and Business Etiquette For Dummies, 2nd Edition

Leaving no wedding dilemma uncovered, Wedding Etiquette For Dummies is your one-stop guide for having the wedding of your dreams without the stress!

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