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Wedding Etiquette For Dummies
Sue Fox (Author)
9780470502082, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 27 November 2009
288 pages
23.4 x 15.5 x 2 cm, 0.408 kg
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. Leaving no wedding dilemma uncovered, Wedding Etiquette For Dummies is your one-stop guide for having the wedding of your dreams without the stress!
Introduction 1 Part I: Engaging in Proper Wedding Etiquette from the Start 5 Chapter 1: Incorporating Etiquette into Your Wedding 7 Chapter 2: Announcing Your Engagement with Elegance 13 Chapter 3: Tastefully Using Technology during Wedding Planning 31 Chapter 4: Deciding on Finances and Planning Responsibilities Upfront 39 Part II: The Main Event: Planning Your Ceremony and Reception 59 Chapter 5: Checking Out Ceremony Styles 61 Chapter 6: Nailing Down the Basics of Ceremony Protocol 77 Chapter 7: Perfecting Your Reception Plans 95 Part III: Working on Wedding Details with Your Manners Intact 113 Chapter 8: Putting Together Your Wedding Party 115 Chapter 9: Choosing Appropriate Wedding Attire and Doing So with Grace 135 Chapter 10: Assembling the Guest List 151 Chapter 11: Carefully Composing Your Invitations and Announcements 163 Chapter 12: Registering for Gifts and Giving Your Own 191 Chapter 13: Observing Etiquette Rules at Festivities before the Wedding 199 Part IV: Behaving on the Big Day and Beyond 209 Chapter 14: Minding Your Manners at the Ceremony 211 Chapter 15: Celebrating with Class at the Reception 231 Chapter 16: Acting Properly after the Wedding 245 Part V: The Part of Tens 253 Chapter 17: Ten Tips for Working with Your Vendors and Wedding Planner 255 Chapter 18: Nearly Ten Guidelines for Getting Married the Second Time Around 259 Index 263
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