Product Description

"As the two of you approach one of the most important days of your lives, just remember to keep the details in perspective and your happiness and joy in the forefront."
Peggy Post

In this companion to the bestselling wedding etiquette guide Emily Post's Weddings, Peggy Post leads you step-by-step through the practical details of planning your wedding, from announcing your engagement, to creating a realistic budget, to sending out thank-you notes. Elegantly designed to be a keepsake that you will cherish for years to come, Emily Post's Wedding Planner features:

• A spiral-bound, carry-along format with a handy organizational pocket for tucking away receipts, contracts, invoices, and memorabilia

• A complete timeline to guide you through the many months of planning

• Interactive checklists and worksheets in every chapter to help you set priorities and track every detail

• Plus Peggy Post's cost-cutting ideas and suggestions for adding personal touches to your ceremony

Also look for Emily Post's Weddings. A complete guide to the complexities of today's weddings.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #667327 in Books
• Published on: 1999-02-18
• Original language: English
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 272 pages

From Library Journal
The three authors of these two very different works about marriage serve also as narrators. Peggy Post, great-granddaughter-in-law of Emily Post, achieves the greatest narration success as she counsels listeners on modern wedding planning and etiquette in a well-modulated, pleasing tone. Topics included in this comprehensive guide range from engagement etiquette to choosing a wedding style to planning a honeymoon. Because Post believes that, when it comes to weddings, "excess does not always equal success," she provides many practical, money-saving tips throughout. The Brodys, husband and wife relationship counselors, share narration duties in their work about marriage at midlife. Swapping narrators every few minutes gives the work a choppy feel and causes an overall discontinuity in the narrative. The personal experiences of the authors and composites drawn from their counseling practice illustrate problems commonly experienced by middle-aged couples. In a rather haphazard fashion, the Brodys discuss marriage challenges such as children entering school, demanding careers, love affairs, and retirement. Multiple copies of Post's work would be welcome in most public libraries; the Brodys' program is an optional purchase.ABeth Farrell, Portage Cty. Dist. Lib., OH
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Ingram
The popular, ultra-efficient organizer, now revised to reflect current realities, takes its place beside "Emily Post's Weddings" as the consummate planning tool for marriage-bound couples.

About the Author

Peggy Post , Emily Post's great-granddaughter-in-law, is today's leading authority on etiquette and the author of a dozen books. She is well-acquainted with the dilemmas faced by today's brides, grooms, families, and wedding guests. She's spoken to millions-;at wedding events across the country, in responding to thousands of wedding-related e-mails that come into www.emilypost.com, and as the wedding etiquette expert for InStyle Weddings magazine and WeddingChannel.com. Peggy also pens monthly columns in Good Housekeeping and Parents magazines. She conducts hundreds of speeches and media interviews annually, and her television appearances include Dr. Phil, Good Morning America, Live with Regis & Kelly, Oprah, the Today show, and The View.

Customer Reviews

A little disappointed
Even though this book has etiquette pointers, it doesn't have enough space to write down things. Sometimes you are directed to make a copy of a page so you will have enough pages. There is only two pockets to keep receipts, etc. Each section does have very detailed questions to ask vendors, photographers, etc. Instead of putting theses within the chapter, they should have been in an appendix so you can easily locate all the questions. My advice is to buy the Emily Post Wedding Etiquette book (which I did) and find another planner.

Wonderful resource
This book is simple and elegant - you can judge it by its cover. It takes the wedding planning process step-by-step, helping you decide each aspect of your wedding by offering the full range of choices, down to veil styles.

The vendor questions were extremely helpful, and due to the color and size of this book I did not feel silly taking it with me to appointments. It has adequate space to write but is more of a workbook style, with lists and notes throughout instead of all in one place.

I did not use this book all the way through my engagement because I needed more detailed, personalized information. It was excellent for planning. It was definitely our number one resource for etiquette and formality questions.

Brief and to the point
I used this book as a reference and kept all my reciepts, etc in a 3-ring binder. (No book will have everything.) Also, I could read the chapters in the 20+ minutes I had to devote to reading about them! The best part of this book was it didn't let you forget that you're throwing a party for everyone else to come and celebrate with you. I've been to so many weddings where folks sat with their chin in their hands and I felt this helped me give my guests a good time by focussing my spending on what really mattered- the ceremony for us, the reception for our guests. Folks responded so well to our party too- looking around, I saw NO chins in hand! Some great cost cutting tips too!