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Planning Basics

Start planning now! This guide to the first wedding planning tasks includes everything from budgeting to tackling the guest list. Complete these key wedding planning to-dos first, and you're on your way. Then head over to our complete guides to planning every detail, from wedding cakes to flowers to wedding invitations.
- Getting Engaged
  
  Your wedding planning starts here! Learn what to expect during the first weeks of engagement.
- Your Wedding Budget
  
  The first step in wedding planning is to determine your wedding budget, so get started now with this budgeting guide.
- Your Guests
  
  After setting your budget, tackling the guest list is the next task on your to-do list. Learn how to create an invite list that everyone can live with.
- Wedding Planners & Consultants
  
  Decide early whether you’d like to enlist the help of a professional with this guide to hiring and working with a wedding planner.
- Wedding Registry Basics - Registering for Wedding Gifts
  
  Creating a wedding registry may seem self-serving, but it is actually a convenience to your wedding guests since it eliminates the guess work when picking out wedding gifts. Browse through our wedding registry guide for a checklist of items to register for and everything you'll need to know when making your wedding gifts wish list and setting up your bridal registry.
- Wedding Etiquette
  
  Don't get caught in a wedding etiquette blunder! Getting engaged and planning a wedding brings with it an onslaught of etiquette questions. As times change and weddings evolve, traditional rules of etiquette have followed suit, only adding to the confusion. Steer through it with this wedding etiquette guide that answers your most burning etiquette questions.
Settings & Style

Set the overall vibe, and get started crafting your wedding ceremony and wedding reception. Then personalize your day by incorporating a theme or some unique wedding ideas.
- Wedding Ceremony
  
  Make sure your wedding ceremony goes off without a hitch. We offer advice on choosing the perfect ceremony site and officiant, wedding ceremony readings, wedding ceremony music, and ceremony decorations. Then add that elusive personalized touch with our favorite ideas to customize wedding ceremonies.
- Wedding Receptions
  
  The perfect wedding venue creates the backdrop for unforgetttable wedding receptions. Plan your wedding reception from start to finish with this complete guide to wedding receptions. Learn how to find your wedding venue, plan your wedding rentals, and save money on your wedding reception.
- Theme Weddings
  
  Theme weddings are en vogue as brides and grooms seek out new ways to make their weddings stand apart. Stylize your wedding by incorporating a design element throughout the day’s details. Learn how to plan theme weddings, from fall weddings, to outdoor weddings, to green weddings, and every wedding theme in between.
- Alternative Weddings
  
  From gay weddings to vow renewals and encore weddings, not every wedding fits into a pre-selected mold. Consult this guide for tips and advice beyond the conventional.
The Details

When it comes to weddings, it's all about the details. Tie it all together with guides to planning every wedding detail from wedding flowers to honeymoon travel.
- Catering
  
  Food and beverage, often eating up more than half of your wedding budget, is a big decision. A number of details must come together to treat your guests to an extraordinary wedding menu. There is a lot to know before you hire your wedding caterer and start planning your catering.
  
  This guide will help you find the right wedding caterer to plan your wedding menu, teaching you what questions to ask and offering inspiring ideas.
- Wedding Cakes & Desserts
  
  Wedding cakes must not only look fabulous, but taste good too! Read on for important tips on selecting wedding cakes, advice on wedding cakes prices, and browse pictures of wedding cakes in our wedding cake gallery for inspiration and ideas.
  
  Find your cake baker, discover hot wedding cakes ideas and trends, and learn everything you need to know about wedding cakes.
- Wedding Flowers & Decorations
  
  Browse our wedding flowers and wedding decorations guide and learn how to design a floral scheme and work with your wedding florist (and budget) to execute it. Then get tons of ideas for wedding flowers, bridal bouquets, wedding centerpieces and more in our photo gallery.
  
  Making decisions on flowers for bouquets and centerpieces can be overwhelming, we know. This guide will walk you through the process so you can enjoy planning your wedding flowers without wilting from the stress.
- Wedding Music & Entertainment
  
  From the moment that guests file into your ceremony to the final foot-tapping moments of your wedding reception celebration, your wedding music has the power to set the tone and solidify the theme of your wedding. With so much riding on the selection, choosing your music and wedding songs can seem a daunting task. Make the process easier by consulting this guide.
- Photography
  
  Your wedding photography is arguably one of the most important wedding planning decisions you will make as a bride. Feeling overwhelmed by the task? Study this section and use it as your guide, because when the day is over, all you have left are the wedding pictures.
- Videography
  
  Relive your wedding day anytime you want. Learn how to capture every moment on film with this guide to planning your wedding videography.
- Wedding Invitations & Stationery
  
  Wedding invitations are the first introduction to your wedding and your chance to set the tone for your big day. Let your save the date cards and wedding invitations give your guests a peak into something fabulous to come! Learn how to put together your wedding programs and get valuable thank you notes etiquette.
  
  Once you're ready to plan and purchase your stationery suite, our gallery of wedding invitations, save the date cards, thank you notes, bridal shower invitations, and all other invites has everything you need.
- Transportation
  
  You have painstakingly planned the perfect wedding day, but nothing else matters if you can't get there! Read on for everything you will need to know in securing your wedding day transportation with ease and style—yes, style.
- Wedding Favors & Gifts
  
  Details such as wedding favors, bridesmaid gifts, and wedding guest baskets often find themselves last minute on the planning task list. Avoid the last minute panic, and browse through our gift-giving guide for unique and memorable favors and gift ideas, and learn how to fit them into your budget.
  
  Once you're ready to plan and purchase your wedding favors and gifts, our gallery of wedding favors, bridal shower favors, bridesmaid gifts, and groomsman gifts has everything you need.
- Wedding Readings, Speeches & Toasts
  
  Over the course of a wedding celebration, many occasions arise for verbal self expression. Don't let your words fall flat! Browse our guide to wedding readings, wedding vows, speeches and toasts to ensure words that leave a lasting impression.
- Honeymoon & Travel
  
  Don’t leave honeymoon travel plans until the last minute. Take some time from wedding plans to plan the vacation of your dreams – and relieve some wedding stress along the way.
Fashion, Health and Beauty

Find your wedding dress and accessorize it with wedding rings, jewelry and accessories. Get beauty tips and fashion advice and learn everything you need to know about pre-wedding spa treatments. Browse our gallery of wedding hairstyles for inspiration on your wedding day 'do.

Ensure your most radiant self walks down the aisle with this complete wedding attire, health and beauty guide.
- Wedding Dresses, Gowns & Attire
  
  Browse this wedding dresses guide and gallery of designer wedding dresses to find the right gown for your day. Learn everything you need to know about wedding gowns, including wedding dresses styles, fabrics, trends, ways to save money, and shopping advice. We know the big day is all about the big dress - so here's your chance ladies. Enjoy whiling away the hours browsing beautiful wedding dresses and commence your journey from clipping pictures of wedding gowns to "all dressed in white" on your wedding day.
- Jewelry & Accessories
  
  Now that you’ve got your wedding dress, it's time to accessorize it! There’s no doubt about it, the right veil, headpiece and baubles perfect your wedding day look. Here’s what you need to know to accessorize like a pro. Plus, learn how to select your wedding and engagement rings.
  
  Once you're ready to plan and purchase your jewelry and accessories, our gallery of wedding rings, mens wedding bands, bridal jewelry - and even engagement rings (just in case you don't have yours yet) has everything you need.
- Bridal Health and Beauty
  
  The recipe for looking amazing on your wedding day: a beaming smile, silky hair, glowing skin, killer gams, and some serious bridal pampering. This bridal health and beauty guide has all the fitness and beauty tips you need to look your best on the big day! And, once you're ready to plan your wedding day look, consult our gallery of wedding hairstyles for inspiration.
Rehearsal Dinners & Parties

Weddings are more than a five hour event. Here’s everything you should know before the pre- and post-wedding events, from the engagement party, to the rehearsal dinner, to the farewell brunch.
Emotionally Engaged

Too often, a bride’s state of mind is left out of the planning process—a huge mistake given the stresses and major considerations that go into planning a wedding and preparing for marriage. Nourish your mind, body, and soul with this introspective planning guide.

Moms & Maids

Wedding Planning for Bridesmaids

From planning the bridal shower and bridal shower games to throwing the a fabulous bachelorette party bash and being there for the bride throughout it all, here’s everything you need to know to be a stellar bridesmaid.

Psst - you can nip any potentially hideous ensembles in the bud by referring the bride to our gallery of stylish bridesmaid dresses.
Wedding Planning for Moms

From supporting your daughter or son to finding the perfect dress for the occasion, here’s everything you need to know about being a mom for your child's wedding.

Once you're ready to plan and purchase your wedding day ensemble, our gallery of mother of the bride dresses and mother of the groom dresses has everything you need.

Guys & Grooms

Wedding Planning for Grooms

As the groom to be, your job doesn’t end with “yes.” Sure, planning the proposal is your most important task (and we've got some great romantic proposal ideas), but there’s lots of work that needs to be done before you get to “I Do.” In addition to picking your best man and groomsmen, perhaps your most important task is making sure your bride to be doesn't go crazy from the stress before the wedding day.

Ready to pop the question? Our complete guide to buying diamond engagement rings will walk you through the process of selecting the right stone and setting. Then browse our gallery of engagement rings to find the perfect one!
Planning for Dads
Planning for Groomsmen