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Bridal Bargains: Secrets to Throwing a Fantastic Wedding on a Realistic Budget |  | Authors: Denise Fields, Alan Fields
Publisher: Windsor Peak Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  365 reviews
Sales Rank: 466571
Media: Paperback
Edition: 7th
Pages: 470
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 4.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 1889392170
Dewey Decimal Number: 395
EAN: 9781889392172
ASIN: 1889392170
Publication Date: December 2004
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Product Description
Bridal Bargains is the best-selling book on weddings in the United States, showing thousands of brides, grooms, and beleaguered families how to have an affordable wedding. In this newly expanded edition, readers will find current, comprehensive information on keeping this important event reasonably priced and fun. Using a simple, informative list format, the book includes such topics as how to save on bridal gowns and wedding pictures; three costly myths about wedding catering plus seven delicious trends in affordable wedding cakes; twelve creative ways to save money on flowers; how to negotiate the best deal on a ceremony and reception site; who offers the best buys on elegant invitations; plus many money-saving tips on wedding videos, entertainment, and party favors. Detachable checklists with questions for prospective vendors help keep things organized. This new edition includes 101 new tips to personalize a wedding, how to get married abroad, reviews of new bride couture, and more.
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 Good March 1, 2010
A. Ehlert (Havre, Montana)
About half way thru reading this book. Marked lots of pages that will help with the wedding!
 Save your money for the wedding. February 4, 2010
Ace Girl
Really disappointing. This book is not at all helpful for anyone not planning a truly DIY function. I could see this being marginally helpful for those couples planning an at home wedding but anyone living in a major metro area is going to find this a waste of time to read. This is nothing more than a compilation of average common sense.
Outdated and basically useless January 8, 2010
Laura Wing (New York, NY)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
A friend suggested this book and I'm returning it to the store tomorrow. It's useless. They actually use "don't buy gloves for your bridesmaids" as a tip. Really? Gloves? People still do gloves at weddings? Come on. They have no regard for etiquette and are openly hostile towards people who do. They make several incredibly offensive references towards "anorexic" girls, and there is some strange misinformation. For example they say that Priscilla of Boston has gone out of business and that the label is now sold by David's, which just isn't true. In addition, the writing is terrible and the overall tone is very much "they're out to get you", which is just silly.
If you are having a big, traditional wedding in a small town (and over a size 10, apparently), you might get something out of this book. Otherwise, save your money.
 Some good information, horrible writing December 31, 2009
png (Baltimore)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Boy, would I like to edit this book. It contains some useful tidbits, but it's quite redundant (could be pared down to half the size without losing vital details), and the authors are poor writers. I'm only partway through, but if I had a dollar for every time I've seen, "A word to the wise" or "No, that's not a typo!!" or a sentence that starts with "Yes ..." (as in, "Yes, invitations are still layered with vellum ...." and "Yes, you carefully shopped for bridesmaids' gowns ...." and "Yes, dresses DO get discounted ...." and "Yes, costs can quickly soar ....") I'd be so rich, I wouldn't need to find ways to save money for my wedding. (I guess they have to say, "No, that's not a typo!!" because there are a ton of typos throughout the book ... just once, I'd like to see, "Yes, that's a typo!" Or maybe they could hire a decent editor.) And, the ALL CAPS TYPING is just ridiculous. Are we in junior high? The book will likely annoy intelligent people who know how to write and who don't want to be talked down to, but, "A word to the wise: Yes, there IS some good information in this book, if you can wade through the crappy writing! And THAT'S NOT A TYPO!!!!!!"
 The Only Book You Need December 8, 2009
Wilburite (Seattle)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Read this one first. If you want the most up-to-date information on how to save money on your wedding, this book has it. It lets you in on the secrets vendors use to get you to spend more than you should on your wedding. Then it tells you how to save money. Great book!!
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