Wedding Etiquette For Dummies

by Fox, Sue

• ISBN13: 9780470502082
• ISBN10: 0470502088
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-02
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

Your expert guide to the dos and don'ts of getting marriedYour 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 EditionLeaving no wedding dilemma uncovered, Wedding Etiquette For Dummies is your one-stop guide for having the wedding of your dreams without the stress!

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Engaging in Proper Wedding Etiquette from the Start

Incorporating Etiquette into Your Wedding

Announcing Your Engagement with Elegance

Tastefully Using Technology during Wedding Planning

Deciding on Finances and Planning Responsibilities Upfront

The Main Event: Planning Your Ceremony and Reception

Checking Out Ceremony Styles

Nailing Down the Basics of Ceremony Protoco

Perfecting Your Reception Plans

Working on Wedding Details with Your Manners Intact

Putting Together Your Wedding Party

Choosing Appropriate Wedding Attire and Doing So with Grace

Assembling the Guest List

Carefully Composing Your Invitations and Announcements

Registering for Gifts and Giving Your Own

Observing Etiquette Rules at Festivities before the Wedding

Behaving on the Big Day and Beyond

Minding Your Manners at the Ceremony

Celebrating with Class at the Reception

Acting Properly after the Wedding

The Part of Tens

Ten Tips for Working with Your Vendors and Wedding Planner

Nearly Ten Guidelines for Getting Married the Second Time Around

Index

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