Wedding
From the first planning steps to the finished wedding website.
All things wedding
Plan your wedding
Bring your tasks, costs and guests together for the day.
Invitations and wording
Find the right words for your wedding invitation.
As a wedding guest
Write a personal message and choose a thoughtful gift.
Wedding anniversaries
Explore anniversary names, traditions and celebration ideas.
How do you choose the caterer?
Service style, the kitchen on site, staffing ratio and the binding headcount: the four points on which a catering quo...
Enquiring with wedding vendors: what belongs in the message
Six facts without which nobody can quote — plus a ready-made template, the guest-count question, and how to follow up...
Why do German couples cut a heart out of a bedsheet?
A couple cut a heart out of a stretched bedsheet, then step through the hole. Where the custom is kept, what it is ta...
Wedding plus-ones: who gets one and who does not
Married, engaged or living together earns a plus-one; everything below that is a judgement call. How to set the line,...
Which line should go on your wedding stationery?
Where a printed line belongs in an English-language suite, five tests before you print, how to cut it, and what copyr...
Questions to ask before getting married: the seven areas
Seven areas worth talking through before you marry, the questions that get real answers rather than polite ones, and...
Buying an engagement ring: alone, together or with a stand-in
How to choose an engagement ring alone or together, get the ring size without asking, and set a budget that owes noth...
Documents you need for a marriage license
What to take to the county clerk when you apply for a marriage license: photo identification, Social Security number...
What is the log-sawing custom at a German wedding?
Newlyweds cut a log in half with a two-handled saw outside the church. Where the custom belongs, what it is meant to...
What does the average wedding cost?
What does a wedding really cost in the US? The average, the far more useful median, and how guest count, region and d...
Changing your name after marriage: what to do, and in what order
Certificate first, then the government, then everything else. The order to change your name after marriage in the UK...
Wedding website vs. wedding homepage: what couples actually need
Wedding website, wedding homepage or wedding site: compare wording, RSVP, invite code, custom domain and private gues...