Wedding Etiquette For Dummies - Softcover

Fox, Sue

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470502088 ISBN 13: 9780470502082

Publisher: For Dummies, 2009

Synopsis

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!

About this title

From the Back Cover:

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

About the Author:

Sue Fox is the author of Etiquette For Dummies and Business Etiquette For Dummies. She is the founder and president of The Etiquette Survival Group, a California-based professional development and publishing company.

About this edition

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0470502088
• ISBN 13: 9780470502082
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288