Wedding
From the first planning steps to the finished wedding website.
How many marriage certificate copies do you actually need?
Where certified copies come from in the UK and the US, who keeps them, what they cost, and why three to five copies c...
How to write your own wedding vows: structure, length, timing
Personal vows in five parts, an honest word count for 90 seconds of speaking, when to start writing, and the four thi...
Guest accommodation: how much is yours to organise?
Recommend, do not pay: two or three places within twenty minutes, a room count read off your guest list and the four...
Which hand does the wedding ring go on?
Which hand and finger a wedding ring goes on in the UK, US and elsewhere, where the vein of love story comes from, an...
How a wedding ceremony is structured
Processional, welcome, readings, vows, rings, blessing, recessional: the building blocks of any wedding ceremony, how...
Who pays for the hen do?
Who pays for the bachelorette or bachelor party, whether the couple pay their share, how to split the cost fairly and...
What does a single guest cost us?
What does one more wedding guest cost? The marginal figure behind guest list decisions, why it differs from the $292...
How to choose the right photographs from 800 wedding pictures
Turn 800 images into 60 without stalling for months: a three-pass selection method, target numbers for album, wall an...
What do you need to watch for in a wedding venue contract?
Minimum spend, guaranteed head count, payment plan, cancellation tiers and corkage: the five clauses in a venue contr...
How do we word the wedding invitation?
The eight elements every invitation needs, three complete examples to copy, and wording for gifts, dress code and rep...
How do you choose the right wedding date?
How to choose a wedding date: four filters in order, the calendar traps from school holidays to clock changes, and ho...
How do you plan a stag do without the cringe?
Planning a bachelor party or stag do: who organises it, what each format costs a head, how to keep the group together...