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Contents

Title Page

Acknowledgements

Dedication

Introduction  

Alcohol

Animals at Weddings

Best Man and Ushers

Bridal Showers

Bridesmaids, Flower Girls and Pages

Bride’s Dress, Hair and Make-Up

Bridesmaids’ Dresses

Cakes

Cars

Caterers

Children

Churches, Synagogues and Other Religious Venues

Civil Partnerships

Civil Weddings

Comfort Breaks

Confetti

Confetti, green

Decorations

Destination Weddings

Directions and Parking

Double Weddings

Dress Code

Elopement

Entertainment

Ex-Partners

Fathers

Finances and Budgeting

Flower Girls

Flowers

Food and Drink

Gifts and Gift Lists

Girlfriends, Bride’s

Groom

Groom’s Clothes

Guests

Hairstyles

Honeymoons

Horse-Drawn Vehicles

Inter-Faith Weddings

Invitations

Marquees

Mothers

Mothers-in-Law

Mothers’ Outfits

Music

Names

Nerves and Stress

Outdoor Weddings

Pages

Parents and Step-Parents

Photography

Postponement or Cancellation

Pregnancy

Pre-Nuptial Agreements

Reception Lines

Register Offices

Rehearsals and Rehearsal Dinners

Relatives, Other

Rings

Seating Plans

Second Marriages

Siblings

Speeches

Stag and Hen Nights

Stationery

Superstitions

Ushers

Venues

Videography

Wedding Insurance

Wedding Lists

Wedding Planners

Wedding Websites and Weblogs

Who Pays What?

Zero Hour… Disaster Recovery Tips!

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Copyright

Acknowledgements

My heartfelt thanks go to the many people from all over the world who contributed their expertise and experiences to this book, including:

Anya

Namrata Manot

Barbara Grengs

Nick and Sandra

Bernadette Chapman

Nick Terry

Britt Armstrong Gash

Nikki Read

Christine

Peter Jones

David Long

Peter Snell

Dom Pannell

Sally Farmiloe-Neville

Faye Cassidy

‘Screenmom’

Geoff Beattie

(Dr) Simon Raybould

‘Ishrugged’

Steve Wilson

Jonathan Heywood

Sue Malleson

Julie

Sue McGaughran

Karen

Susan Macaulay

Kay Mussellwhite

Steve Haley

Kelly Chandler

Tammie Scott

‘Kikonie’

Tom Crellin

Lesley Chapman

Tom Webb

Lori Osterberg

Warren Cass

Lynn

Yakir Zur