How to Have a Big Wedding on a Small Budget [Paperback]

Diane Warner (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1558706461 | ISBN-13: 978-1558706460 | Publication Date: December 10, 2002 | Edition: 4

This newly revised guide shows how to plan a wedding with all the trimmings but without all the expenses. In this new edition, brides and grooms will find current trends and pricing information on everything from flowers to gowns and reception food to photographers. The author also provides insights on the following topics:. Second weddings. Eloping. Military weddings. Wedding videography. Questions for vendors. Weekend wedding ideas. Last minute problems/troubleshooting tips The book's dozens of creative ideas will not only help readers save money, but will make wedding planning a fun process.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

The perfect book for those who dream of a princess' wedding on a peasant's income. Warner offers information on everything from invitations, dresses, food, flowers, music, and pictures to cost estimates from people all over America. While the fees may become dated, the suggestions for cost-cutting will not. Readers have to be really organized to pull this all off, but Warner helps them do that, too, by setting up a bride's notebook.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal

Warner's daughter announced that she and her fiance wanted to marry in four months and have a large, traditional wedding. This book is drawn from the copious notes Warner kept while investigating the buying, renting, baking, etc., needed for that wedding, as well as the suggestions she received from friends, relatives, and others along the way. She shows how to set up a plan and calendar. Frustrated with wedding books which did not cover actual costs, she includes here such information for seven geographical areas in the United States and offers some estimates for Canadian readers. Filled with numerous charts, organizational tips, and personal solutions, this is a practical dollars-and-cents consumer guide to maintaining a wedding budget by a woman who spent less than half the national average of $11,000. Recommended for wedding book collections.
- Mary Ann Wasick, West Allis P.L., Wis.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: North Light Books; 4 edition (December 10, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558706461
• ISBN-13: 978-1558706460
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #752,565 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Diane Warner is the best-selling author of 23 books, including Diane Warner's Contemporary Guide to Wedding Etiquette, Complete Book of Wedding Vows, Big Wedding on a Small Budget, Complete Book of Wedding Toasts, and Diane Warner's Big Book of Parties. She lives with her author-husband in Tucson, Arizona.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very useful but don't depend on the prices, February 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: How to have a big wedding on a small budget: Cut your wedding costs in half-- or more! (Paperback)

Hopefully the more recent editions of this book have more accurate prices. Otherwise, it is an invaluable reference for anyone who is on a very strict budget. Note that this is not a book about how to save a little money. It is most useful for the under $5000 budget range, with ideas for do-it-yourself, rental and other very low-cost options. If you want to work with a consultant, use full-service vendors, and not do a lot of work, this isn't going to help you much. But for those with extremely low budgets, it is probably the most useful book published.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad ideas, March 20, 2006

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K. L. Uminski "Tiny Bubbles" (Arlington, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Have a Big Wedding on a Small Budget (Paperback)

The previous review is a bit harsh. To be fair, the book has a number of different price catagories with suggestions on how to achieve them. You can go for the full boat and they give great high end suggestions. You can also cut corners in places and they have those suggestions as well. I didn't go for a foam cake, but if you don't care about the cake why the heck not? If it saves you money and you have a great wedding, who care? And as for using amatures: florists, photographers, DJ's, etc., they are very clear about getting recommendations and checking out their work BEFORE hand. Saving money means putting in extra work, that is the deal.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Steal this book!, August 13, 1997

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R. Byrd "byrdie" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Have a Big Wedding on a Small Budget: Cut Your Wedding Costs in Half-Or More! (Paperback)

While reading this book, I couldn't help but think that the first line should have been "if you're looking at this book in a bookstore, put it down and try to find it at your local library". Almost all the rest of the advice in the book is like that. Much of it is really clever. Some of it is downright tacky. However, I'm certain that just about all of it will save you money, just as the title boasts.