No one knows how to plan a wedding like Mindy Weiss, the "mega-star wedding planner" (People magazine) whose wide-ranging clientele includes actors, artists, and musicians. In The Wedding Book, she created the ultimate all-in-one guide; from that, she's now culled an invaluable digest on how to plan your very best wedding possible while adhering to a budget. Here's a general wedding budget overview: an at-a-glance chart of what traditionally consumes most of the budget, and what should cost the least. Guidelines to figure out who's paying for what. The ten best ways to cut costs, beginning with trimming the guest list, and the five best splurges—the kind of things that make a big difference for little cost. Dozens of tips throughout show how to save money on food, drinks, flowers, photography, music, the wedding dress, and more—guaranteeing that you'll not only wind up with a dream wedding, but also with the satisfaction of knowing it was a smart wedding. About this title: Workman Shorts is a lively line of subject-specific e-books curated from our library of trusted books and authors.