wedding planning

A wedding planning or bridal consultant is a service profession who assists with the planning, organizing and implementation of weddings and related events. A wedding is a legal ceremony joining two people in marriage. The legal requirements for a wedding include a marriage license and an officiant to perform the ceremony. There are approximately 2.5 million weddings each year in the US with an average budget of $20,000 making it a $40 billion a year industry. Studies indicate that 1 out of 2 brides will use a wedding consultant, planner or wedding day coordinator.

The wedding planner can manage vendors like cake bakeries, bridal salons, photographers, videographers and florists. The wedding planner usually works for a flat fee or a percentage of the wedding budget. The wedding planner is often responsible for managing the wedding budget and keeping deliveries and expectations on track.

Because of the popularity of weddings, there is no lack of active blogs in the wedding marketplace online. Style Me Pretty offers an elegant and upscale look at weddings as well as news.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “wedding planning”

• in Lifestyle
  Planning a Unique Wedding
  How to take back your wedding from the cookie-cutters
  by hollywilliams04 / on Jan 20, 2012
• in Technorati Women
  Are You Sabotaging Your Own Wedding?
  Don't Become a Bridezilla!
  by megamusicentertainment / on Jul 29, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “wedding planning”

 

• Bride’s Diary: I Love Them All! How Do I Choose?!

  
  Wedding Invitation News, Etiquette & Planning Blog — Authority: 112
  Wedding Paper Divas is bursting with staff grooms and brides-to-be who are currently planning their weddings. We’re happy to share their stories with you as a part of this fun feature! When I first started to “plan” my wedding a couple months ago, I knew that I wanted a “girly ...
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• Highlights From The Winter Bridal Extravaganza At The Grand America

  
  TheBrideandGroom.com Blog — Authority: 108
  Wedding show month has now ended and we had a great time participating in three of Utah’s Best Shows.  It was great meeting so many brides and grooms and hearing about their wedding plans. We will be posting pictures from each of the shows over the next little bit.  Here are some of the photo highlights of The ...
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• Fashion Friday: Spring 2012 Bridesmaid Dresses

  
  Wedding Blog — Authority: 105
  We’re always talking about our love for bridal gowns here on the wedding blog. But today we’re dedicating Fashion Friday to your besties…the bridesmaids. We recently added bridesmaid dresses to the PerfectWeddingGuide.com online gallery, and here are some of our fave designs from WTOO, Jenny Yoo and Joanna ...
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• Plan Wedding

  
  1st-WeddingSite.COM — Authority: 120
  Your Simple Guide on How To Plan Wedding Planning a Wedding So you are interested in planning your own wedding? Well here is a simple guide on how to plan wedding . The memories you make and keep will be dependent on how you plan and organize your wedding. You wedding planning activity include many tasks ...
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• Small Budget Weddings – 5 Strategies To Stretch The Budget And Get More From It

  
  Article New | Instant Publish Article — Authority: 143
  Planning a wedding party on a strict budget doesn’t suggest everything has to be uninteresting nor does it mean it must be unsophisticated. Actually, there is no evidence that hurling huge piles of cash at your wedding party will make it any more enjoyable than not doing so. Having said that, do not let the idea of ...
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• {Pinteresting} Why You Don’t Have To Be Engaged to Have “Dream Wedding” Boards

  
  The Plunge Project — Authority: 106
  I think it’s safe to say that anyone who’s anyone has joined the Pinterest community by now—and that the social sharing tool is becoming the marketer’s new dream platform. It reminds me of my days as a freshman in college when Facebook first went mainstream…I was one of the last among my friends to join, ...
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• Wedding Traditions & Deciding What’s Important

  
  Rock 'n Roll Bride — Authority: 539
  Photography Credit:  Chennergy Weddings  (full wedding here ) I put a shout out on my Facebook page to ask if any of you we’re struggling with anything wedding planning-wise and if I could help. A couple of you mentioned wedding traditions, namely how to decide which to include and which to scrap altogether. I ...
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• Wedding Planner Checklist

  
  1st-WeddingSite.COM — Authority: 120
  The Wedding Planner Checklist wedding checklist planner There are so many details involved in a wedding that all wedding planner checklist . Knowing what stage everyone is at any given time is vital if the plans are to be successful. 1. The Theme This is the first thing a wedding planner checklist will need ...
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• Do’s and Don’ts Of Planning The Perfect Wedding

  
  Colorado Visions Photography — Authority: 102
  Dreaming of your perfect wedding? Are you finding every major task a bit daunting? It doesn’t have to be. Even the smallest details can have an impact on your special day – so pay attention. Knowing some of the dos and don’ts of planning the perfect wedding will help to ensure that your day is exactly how you ...
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• Tight Budget Wedding – Secrets You’ve Gotta Know

  
  Article New | Instant Publish Article — Authority: 143
  Weddings can be an amazing experience for the guests, the groom, and most importantly, the bride. The planning of a wedding, well, not so much. Not only is planning a wedding hard, it may be very painful — both emotionally and financially. Thankfully though, it’s not necessary to deal with things all on your own ...
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• Pro Vs. Joe ~ Advice on Hiring Professionals For Your Wedding

  
  TheBrideandGroom.com Blog — Authority: 108
  By Brian Barney – CEO Bride and Groom Marketing With my apologies to anyone named Joe (especially if Joe is a professional in his industry) I would like to address the issue of hiring a professional vs hiring your uncle, aunt, friend, neighbor, or average Joe to help with your wedding in one way or another. Having ...
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• Tangerine with a Twist: The Real Wedding of Stephanie and Eugene

  
  Wedding Blog — Authority: 105
  We previously reported that Tangerine is one of Spring 2012′s hot wedding color trends! It can be a tricky color to incorporate into your design, but Stephanie and Eugene brought this color, along with many other citrus-inspired touches, to life on their wedding day. Our thanks to their wedding photographer, Melissa ...
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• Planning A Wedding On A Tight Budget – 5 Methods To Save Without Being Tacky

  
  Article New | Instant Publish Article — Authority: 143
  There’s no shame in being uninformed about wedding planning; lots of people just do not know how things are done. However, being ignorant is no defense for not being able to start planning a wedding on a strict budget. In fact, as long as you stick to these idiot proof strategies & cash saving solutions to ...
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• Last-Minute Wedding Tasks You Don’t Want to Forget

  
  Wedding Blog — Authority: 97
  The wedding planning process can make your head spin. Even though the to-do checklist can be overwhelming, it has to be tackled if you want to achieve a smooth wedding day. As you reach the finish line, don’t forget these last-minute wedding tasks! Whether you’ve been planning your wedding for a year or two ...
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• Not Just For White Diamonds Anymore: the Latest Eternity Bands

  
  Matrimonium — Authority: 143
  The eternity ring gets its name because it combines two of the most meaningful pieces of eternal love symbolism surrounding the wedding ring. The first, that the circle of circle symbolizes eternity because it has no beginning and no end, and the second, the idea that diamonds are forever, meet to result in these ...
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• Wedding Planning Calendar

  
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• Looking For One-Off Wedding Planning Or Styling Advice? Consider Pay As You Go....

  
  Love My Dress UK Wedding Blog — Authority: 418
  Morning all! I have to give a shout out this morning to my wonderful friend Tiffany Grant Riley , and a fabulous new pay as you go wedding planning and wedding styling service she is offering her clients... "Today we are super-chuffed to announce the introduction of our new service - Pay As You Go ...
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• Wedding Checklist

  
  Becoming A Wedding Officiant dot Com — Authority: 124
  The Ultimate Wedding Planning Checklist © 1987-2002, Catering By Windows© – All Rights Reserved The Ultimate Wedding Planning Checklist Congratulations! You\’ve decided to tie the knot. … View Doc Let Google Docs Help You Plan Your Big Day For do-most-of-it-yourself brides, wedding ...
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• Engagement Ring Shopping: How Did You Choose?

  
  Wedding Blog — Authority: 105
  Our posts are usually on the informative side, bringing you the latest wedding trends and planning tips, but today we’re simply bringing up a topic for discussion with our brides out there. Since wedding planning usually starts with an engagement ring, we are curious to know how you received yours! We’d love to ...
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• Wedding Planning Checklist

  
  Frugal Zeitgeist — Authority: 552
  Wedding Planning Checklist – Planning a wedding is about the most involved event anyone can ever imagine to be involved with. That is why the mega-rich can pay professionals to do it! For the normal folk the planning is in our hands. Wedding Planning Checklist If you read here regularly you will know I am a big ...
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