Wedding Planning Statistics

Very informative article.

The internet is a wonderful planning tool and a great time-saver, so it’s no surprise that respondents ranked wedding websites as a top resource (53%) for useful wedding planning advice,  tips and ideas. Today’s brides shop for a variety of wedding products
online; invitations were cited as the most popular item (49%), followed by favors (44%), bridal accessories/jewelry (41%) and bridal gowns (40%). However, when it comes to placing the actual order, the online purchase categories shift to wedding favors (33%), honeymoon travel arrangements (31%) and invitations (29%).

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS107007+07-Jan-2008+PRN20080107

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Ideas for Wedding Planning

Lauren Schechtman knows every perfect wedding includes cakes, dresses, candles, flowers, music and more. With all these items, the budget for a dream wedding may seem like it’s getting out of control. But Schechtman has a plan.

The 23 year old from Jackson and her fiancé have a set budget for their May 2008 wedding. The couple knows their parents are planning on helping them foot the bill. They’ve prepared sample budgets from Web sites and magazines. But is the goal realistic?

So far, Schechtman says her budget is looking good.

http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080106/LIFE/801060608/1079/life

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Wedding Planning College Course

Not a course for the fainthearted. 

 The students waited expectantly as the guest lecturer plugged in her curling iron. The topic on the syllabus: updos.

The stylist attached a mop of shiny fake curls to sophomore Brittney Tobin’s long blond hair, swept it up onto her head and pinned on a bridal veil. “Is there a veil on my head?” Tobin squeaked, wide-eyed, fluttering a hand in front of her face.

“It’s every girl’s dream to have a class about weddings,” Tobin said later. “It’s a dream!”

Sure, a dream. Until the bride freaks out, the best man gets plastered, the altar boy topples over in the middle of the ceremony. And everyone expects you to fix it.

If there’s one thing Maggie Daniels wants students to know in her semester-long class on wedding planning — apparently the first in the country at a four-year college — it’s that this is not just fluff.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/5358705.html

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