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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 395.22
EAN: 9780470129951
ISBN: 0470129956
Label: For Dummies
Manufacturer: For Dummies
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 298
Publication Date: 2007-09-04
Publisher: For Dummies
Studio: For Dummies

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Want to have a wonderful wedding away from home? Destination Weddings For Dummies is your all-in-one guide to getting married out of town, giving you savvy tips on everything from making travel arrangements to hiring vendors to dressing the wedding party.

Fron Vegas to the Vatican, this hands-on, practical resource helps you arrange a unique, unforgettable wedding anywhere in the world. Focusing on the various ways you can use the Internet in your planning, Destination Weddings For Dummies is filled with Web tips, shortcuts, and URLs, as well as instructions for creating your own digital wedding planner. You’ll see how to establish a realistic wedding budget and get your friends and family on board. Then, you’ll choose the perfect location; from Europe to the tropics to the open sea, we’ve done the scouting for you! You’ll also discover how to:

Get married legally around the world
Know who, when, and how to invite
Create your own destination wedding Web site and blog
Fit all the basics into your budget— from flowers and catering to the rings, photography, and music
Hire wedding pros from a distance
Decide on your ceremony’s style
Dress the bride, groom, and the wedding party
Communicate your plans to invited guests
Compare wedding packages
Save money on travel arrangements
Test-drive your destination wedding site
Organize fun wedding activities
Handle various wedding emergencies

If money is no object, you'll also see how to host a blowout wedding and make a splash when you splurge. Whether it’s a small, intimate ceremony in a Hawaiian garden or a large gathering on a yacht in the Mediterranean, Destination Weddings For Dummies is all you need to get married anywhere you choose with ease and in style!

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Summary: Covers everything from A-Z
Comment: If you're planning a destination wedding, you'll want to read this book first. It covers everything you would want to know about planning a wedding away from home. Lots of tips and advice starting with whether a destination wedding is right for you and going on to cover organizing and budgeting, finding the right destination, making your travel arrangments, and, of course, the wedding ceremony. There's a chapter on emergencies you may face and how to handle them, as well as ways to save money on a destination wedding.

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Summary: Planning a Beach or Destination Wedding
Comment: Planning a beach or destination wedding can be costly and time consuming. We recommend that all our wedding clients get and read Destination Weddings For Dummies. The time and headaches it will save you is well worth the price of the book.

Reed Johnson
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Summary: GREAT BOOK
Comment: This book is great. I love it. There are so many details that it goes over. A BIG HELP FOR DESTINATION WEDDINGS.

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Summary: Detailed, well-written and user-friendly information
Comment: Susan knows her stuff and she puts it to the reader in a well-written way that any "dummy" can understand. As far as I'm concerned that's the mark of a good communicator. Susan is also an excellent researcher so you can be sure that there is the most up-to-date information and choices of properties in this book. This is a read that every bride or romantic will want on their bookshelf. And it makes a good shower gift as well!

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Summary: The only book on the subject you really need
Comment: I'm kind of obsessive, so I bought The Knot destination wedding book and the Destination Bride book too. They're both good, but this is probably the only one you need if you're just buying one. The Knot book has lots of nice pictures of other people's weddings which can give you decorating ideas, but not much practical info. Destination bride is good b/c it's by a real wedding planner.

What I liked about this book is that it first helps you decide if you're the kind of couple who should have a destination wedding (we are!). And then there's a chapter that really helps spark ideas on where you can have the wedding, in a place that's going to make sense for you and your FH.

The book tells you about all kinds of places to get married -- not just hotels but also parks and beaches all over the world. And if you're just in a rush or don't want to spend a lot of money, you can find out how to have a wedding in Las Vegas (I'm tempted!) for under $1500, and that includes flights, hotels, ceremony, and even the ring. But I have my heart set on a beach wedding, and you can't do that in Las Vegas!

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