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| Bridal Bargains, 8th Edition: Secrets to throwing a fantastic wedding on a realistic budget (Bridal Bargains) | 
 enlarge | Author: Denise Fields
Publisher: Windsor Peak Press
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  325 reviews
Media: Paperback
Edition: 8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 480
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 1889392227
Dewey Decimal Number: 395
EAN: 9781889392226
Publication Date: October 25, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 If you want a NEGATIVE look at weddings, buy this book! November 23, 1998
13 out of 23 found this review helpful
I'm probably the only person who's read Bridal Bargains and am not impressed by it. I first bought The Fields' book, Bridal Gown Guide, and thought it was WONDERFUL - informative, witty, refreshing to the old blue book type etiquette books. So I thought Bridal Bargains must have been at least equally informative. However, when I read Bridal Bargains, I was extremely disappointed. It's very kind of the Fields to let us know about the scams in the wedding industry - but they punch it home so bad that it makes the bride, looking forward the most beautiful day of their life, so paranoid that it's hard to trust any of their vendors. The point is well-taken but overextended. As for saving money, it's not really a wedding planner - it's more of a stab at the wedding industry as a whole. I'm just a regular bride trying to find a decent guide to saving some money - but not as naive as the Fields think - and I think most frugal brides are too. Their sarcasm and disdain for the bridal industry was very irritating. And to rent a limo from a funeral parlor?! Sorry, but that's way too creepy for me. I'd rather spend the extra $100 with a regular company. My advice - buy Bridal Gown Guide, but pass on Bridal Bargains.
 A wedding planning essential! October 22, 1998
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I first bought this book a few years ago in its third edition. I didn't think they could possibly improve on it, but they did. The Brides in Cyberspace web guides and the web/phone index is great. Some of their ideas are a little too frugal for my taste, but as a whole, it's a fabulous book.
Simply the BEST! October 6, 1998
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you're going to buy 1 book for your wedding planning, this is the one! It covers everything from when is the cheepest time of the year to get married in your area, to how to avert potential catering scams, to how to avoid being crazy on your wedding day! The Fields really are the first true advocates for the bride and groom instead of the bridal industry. It's a very refreshing perspective![If you're going to buy 2 books, buy the Fields' Bridal Gown Guide!]
 Good but not great September 18, 1998
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed this book, but I disliked the fact that the rating system was not consistent. For dresses and invitations, I would have split categories into "high priced" and "low priced", and then ranked them with stars. I understand that price is a factor in determining quality but it's misleading to give an excellent, top of the line product 2 out of 4 stars because it's more expensive than a shoddy product. Something that I found distasteful was the inclusion of a letter from a bride complaining about all the silly rules that pastors have about what you can say, do or listen to in their church, as though God's presence was a distraction from their beautiful photo-op. Overall, I enjoyed the book but it could have been more helpful, and that letter was just offensive.
THE ONE AND ONLY WEDDING PLANNER YOU WILL EVER NEED!!! August 27, 1998
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The first edition of this book was loaned to me when I got married in 1994. I literally whooped and laughed out loud when I read it. What a revelation! Finally, a wedding book written for REAL people! The Fields' cheerfully debunk all those myths about what your wedding "must" have; tell you all the ways that the "wedding industry" takes advantage of brides, grooms and their families; and, most importantly, reassures you that you CAN have a wonderful wedding without spending more than you make in a year. Really. You don't have to elope. The section on dresses was especially helpful and enlightening. One negative note: the section on "Wedding Trends" in various cities around the country was disappointing. After taking wedding consultants to task in several previous sections of the book for contributing heavily to the high cost of weddings, why would they interview consultants for this section? The segment on Phoenix bore no resemblance to any wedding I've been to here. Other than that, I have nothing but high praise for this book and I recommend it to everyone I know who's getting married. Forget about all those bridal magazines that are more ads than info--BUY THIS BOOK!!!!!
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