Planning your wedding is going to be a huge Job! And because it is YOUR wedding, you have alot at stake! And your heart, mind and money are all on the line! Your putting your money out there in the wedding market, with the hopes of financing your dream wedding!

Our goal with this website is to guide and advise you on how to invest your money properly within the wedding community. The Publisher of this site has been in the wedding market for 20+ years, and many of the contributors and vendors associated with this site are mainstays within their area of the wedding community!

We leverage this real world experience to bring you exciting new topics, that other sites are not discussing. For instance, our multi-ethnic, multi-racial wedding articles are at once, very informative and very interesting! And we also have the absolute best photographers in the world contributing imagery for the site. While some of the best wedding videography firms are also contributing downloadable wedding videos. All this so that you can get educated AND EXCITED about the JOB OF PLANNING YOUR OWN WEDDING!!!!

Quick Fact: Many wedding coordinators got their start after having planned THEIR OWN WEDDING!

"I SAID YES TO A PROPOSAL, NOW WHAT DO I DO?" Once you get a ring, you need to set a date for your wedding. Brides have told us that they already knew what season their wedding would be from an early age. Some brides decide to go 'off-peak' for the financial benefits. For many brides, it's the availability of the locations they want that will determine the wedding date.

"OK, I GOT A RING AND A DATE. NOW WHAT DO I DO?"

PLANNING SCHEDULE: Don't be haphazard about planning your wedding, set-up a daily opportune time that will enable you to concentrate without distraction. You will soon discover that planning a wedding takes as much time as having a second or part time job. For students or people who work, the time you spend planning will be critical and will have to be productive.

BUDGETS: Follow the budget philosophy first discussed here at YPB.com which involves alot of shopping, putting priority on the services that matter to you the most, and NOT following a pre-determined percentage of the overall budget for any particular vendor. We are discussing this in more detail on this page, click here to read it!

INCLUDE THE GROOM: Men will always complain when it comes to spending money. It doesn't matter how rich or how poor he is. This is the nature of the beast! The opposite side of this coin is that Woman LOVE TO SHOP. This results in two heads, being better than one! Often, the groom (or bride if the situation is reverse) can raise issues and offer an alternative view of whatever the situation! These days, many brides are bringing their grooms when she shops for the DRESS!

BE GOOD TO YOURSELF!!! As the wedding day approaches, you will find that things will get much more stressful. This is the time when you need to take even better care of yourself and even get some pampering in!!!! Set up weekly message therapy sessions. If you work out, spend more time at the gym. Weeks before the wedding, cut back (or eliminate?) the caffeine, alchohol and nicotine. We've spoken to many a bride who did not sleep the night prior to the wedding and many times it was due to consuming too much of the above!

READ THE PLANNING TOPICS listed on the left. You will be pleasantly surprised at how new, fresh and exciting the ideas we discuss here at YPB.com are. We aim to avoid the redundancy of discussing ideas and topics that have already been well covered and well documented in other areas on the Web. Rather, our goal is to break new ground and create new ways of doing things with a fresh perspective on the entire process. This is only possible by listening to the millions of brides that are sending us their stories. We truly appreciate your input, and hope that by sharing lessons learned, other Brides will avoid having the heartache of learning it for themselves.

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