Customer Reviews

Destination Wedding Planner: The Ultimate Guide to Planning a Wedding from Afar

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You don't have be to engaged or planning a wedding to enjoy this book! I recently picked up a copy to gift an engaged friend who is thinking of traveling for her wedding and was truly impressed with the ideas and helpful hints in this book. Useful planners are truly hard to come by and this one is a must have for all brides. The planner starts with a quiz to help the bride decide what type of wedding is the best fit for her personality- although I am not in the planning process, it was fun to determine that I'm a destination wedding girl at heart.

The book is also filled with useful information applicable to all weddings such as how to set a budget, a list of standard expenses, how to craft the guest list, important questions to ask vendors, wedding etiquette questions and so on. There are useful tools such as a wedding count down timeline and a gift log so the bride can keep track of everything in one place. Most of all this planer offers a peace of mind- if you read this book it will help answer so many questions and keep you on track with everything you need to do or delegate!

I also like how the book offers a list of wedding resources, unique ideas, fun websites and beautiful images from weddings the author has planned.

I used to give a kate spade calendar to my engaged friends to help map out their wedding planning but the paper quality and images used in this book are far superior quality! This is my new "go-to" present for all friends who are getting married. I highly recommend it!

a planner should keep track of everything imaginable AND be super easy to navigate (very important when you find yourself going back to the best parts -- and in this case, again and AGAIN!)

*bonus* when the pockets keep you organized with the odds and ends you gather along the way, space to sketch/paste ideas for dresses, hair, etc. is included, and *icing on the cake* when it somehow inspires you every single time you flip through!

love the checklists and tips (list of things to *delegate*? hello?!!). love that it's scalable and appropriate whether you've having an all-out To Do, or the most intimitate gathering. love alison's laid back style -- spot-on for the chill destination wedding we all dream about. LOVE this planner!!!

I am recently engaged and came across this planner online. It has been extremely helpful in determining important planning decisions that I was unaware of. Most importantly, it has helped me get organized. I love the authors website-the images are crisp and her events inspiring.

This book is an amazing resource. I bought several copies for friends who are getting married and need helpful tips and advice to prevent the whole planning process from being overwhelming. The book is broken out into really easy to understand sections and covers everything from choosing a location to inviting guests to getting all the details covered on the wedding day. It has great worksheets to keep everything organized and even has pockets for all the wedding stuff and info you'll pick up along the way.

Overall I like how this planner is set up, but I feel like it's missing something. It is well organized, however, it seems to only cover generalities for planning a destination wedding. I wish it provided more detailed To-Do lists, worksheets, etc. Also, it focuses heavily on doing "site visits." I personally do not have the time or money to be visiting my destination wedding site up to 2 times before my wedding. For brides that do plan to do "site visits" this section could be very helpful. I did enjoy the quiz at the beginning.

Upon initially receiving this book and going through it I liked it. Now that I have learned a lot about destination planning and am in the process of planning this is one book I did not crack. There is some useful information however there are FAR better books that have all the information in one place!

I like this organizer. It has pockets that are useful. I like most of the material in the planner. It was good for organizing my paperwork in the pockets. It would be more useful if it was more like a binder and you are able to punch holes to add stuff to it. Overall, I am satisfied.

I brought this book with me to Jamaica for my site visit, and it was SO incredibly helpful. It is detailed, reminded me of all the questions I couldn't forget and gives helpful tips along the way. This is the only book I need. amazing!

This guide is AWESOME. I've been searching blogs and websites for almost a year planning our destination wedding, so I'd say I already know a good amount of information. However, this book definitely touches on EVERYTHING, including new things that you don't think about or hear about online. It's seriously great and I recommend it to anyone having a destination wedding. She has thought of it all and is honest about some challenging realities. Sections I have found most helpful: things to remember when thinking about venues, all the different check lists (welcome bag ideas, make up and beauty check lists, packing tips), a section to write down the gifts you want/plan to buy essential wedding attendees (parents, wedding party), and... there's even a section to plan out all the outfits you need for your entire "destination" trip!! It's also adorable and has lots of pockets for you to tuck your contracts and magazine pics ;) Thank you to the woman who created this.

I ABSOLUTELY loved this book and found it to be one of the most helpful tools in planning my destination wedding (I was married in Mexico). When I first bought the book, I knew I wanted a destination wedding, but I didn't know where - how to begin or what type of budget I would need. This book helps you define your style which to me, was the most helpful tool. She describes how to hire your wedding vendors, what questions to ask, how to negotiate. There are question and answer parts that let you write in what things are most important to you. If I couldn't afford Allison herself, I was going to make sure I could get some of her vision and expertise in my wedding.
There are pockets within the book, so I would cut out things in wedding magazines I liked and put it in one of the pockets. This was really helpful as I met with ea of my vendors.
I would highly recommend this book. I looked through a lot of different ones and they didn't look like they had the most current info on it, this one definitely did.