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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.
Announcing your engagement: who to tell, and in what order
Who hears it first, who may pass it on, and when it can go online. The three circles of announcing an engagement and...
Childcare at your wedding: how to set it up properly
Ratios, rooms, costs and who is legally responsible: a practical guide to arranging wedding childcare that actually l...
A $10,000 wedding — what does that buy?
Can you have a wedding for $10,000 in the US? What couples on small budgets actually spend, a sample plan for 60 gues...
Which readings suit your ceremony?
One or two readings of 60 to 120 seconds each, at roughly 130 words a minute. Types of text, who reads, a mood-based...
Who gave what: keeping track of wedding gifts and thank-you notes
Cards separated from envelopes, gifts with no name: how to record wedding gifts in the first 48 hours and get every t...
How do you tell the caterer about allergies?
Preference, intolerance or allergy: what the kitchen actually needs. The briefing table, how it gets labelled on the...
RSVP card or reply online?
What belongs on a reply card, when online RSVPs work better and how to run both without keeping two sets of books — w...
Which season suits your wedding?
Spring, summer, autumn or winter: the four seasons compared on daylight, weather risk, availability and what each one...
The garter toss: tradition or embarrassment?
Where the garter toss comes from, how it is usually run, why couples increasingly drop it, and the alternatives that...
How do you keep the dance floor full all night?
Allow 0.4 to 0.5 square metres of dance floor per guest, run sets of 45 to 60 minutes without announcements and keep...
Posting wedding photos: what is actually allowed?
What guests should and should not post from a wedding, why couples ask you to wait, what an unplugged ceremony means...
Wedding registry or cash gifts: which one suits you?
When a registry makes sense, when cash is the honest answer, and how to spread prices so every guest finds something...