Wedding Planner gets to Makeover Richmond

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Mayor L. Douglas Wilder has tapped "Tommie" Binga as the executive director of a new volunteer board created to provide a unified vision and lead the charge to spiff up River City.

Binga has been on the boards of the Richmond Ballet, the Arts Council, the Black History Museum, the Virginia Commission on Youth and the Virginia Treatment Center for Children, among many others.

Several Options for Who Pays

More articles on the Wedding Planning topic: Wedding Planning Money

In an earlier entry we talked about who traditionally pays and for what items. Today I wanted to list out some various options to the traditional method that still take into account everyone's feelings and financial ability.

Wedding Insurance in the UK

More articles on the Wedding Planning topic: Wedding Planning Links

Insuring your Wedding is a growing trend. With all of the mishaps this year in celebrity and high profile weddings, people are looking more and more into how to protect themselves. Suppose your wedding dress gets damaged or goes missing in transit, the rings are lost, or the flight to your wedding destination is delayed. Obviously there is nothing that will fix these problems immediately, but having insurance means that you will at least be compensated for emergency expenditures.

Plaza Wedding Planned During Renovations

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Melvin and Caren Hilman say the Famous Plaza Hotel in New York City booked their daughter's wedding for July even though they had planned on being closed for renovations — a fraudulent move that cost the parents an extra $90,000 and caused them "severe emotional distress."

The Plaza is quoted as seeking a "reasonable settlement".

Sometimes even the best plans run awry

More articles on the Wedding Planning topic: Wedding Planning Humor

Here is just one of the "horror stories" posted on a site focused on bridesmaids:

"I was the maid of honor in my best friends wedding and we had gorgeous Watters and Watters gowns that cost a pretty penny. Well, after the reception as the bride and groom were riding off in their limo, the best man and I made a mad dash for the honeymoon suite to decorate it with candles and rose petals. We set the lights low, turned on some soft music, and ran a bubble bath. Our plan was to leave the suite through the upstairs door just as they were coming in the downstairs door. My last job was to turn off the bath at the last minute so it would remain nice and warm. Everything was set to go and we were running right on time. However, just as I was turning off the bath, I smelled something burning. It was me! The bonehead best man left a burning candle on floor right by the bathtub and my gorgeous dress caught on fire and we had to hurry and put it out and get rid of the burnt smell before they caught us in the room. We made it out just in time- the best man with a sheepish grin on his face, and me with a huge whole in the bottom of my gown.""

Planning for who pays for what

The Bride's family is not supposed to pay for everything...not even in the good old days. Not a well known fact, but still true. Here is a list of items that the Bride's family and the Groom's family would traditionally pay for separately.

Ireland Wedding Planner

More articles on the Wedding Planning topic: Wedding Planning Links

We put up a link for London, how could we leave our friends in Ireland without a consultant? Perfect Occassions has a new site describing their services. They also charge on a percentage basis, although the exact range is not listed on their site.

Northern Ireland Wedding Planner - Perfect Occasions

Full Service Coordinator - London

More articles on the Wedding Planning topic: Wedding Planning Links

Since every wedding is as unique as you are, so too are the steps that must be taken to coordinate it. Usually the most time consuming and stressful elements are organising the venue, theme, caterer, cake, dress and invitations. Once these are finalised, the next obstacles to overcome are often unforeseen and require a particularly cool head under pressure.

Absolute Perfection is a professional coordinator and planner available to the Brits among us.
Wedding Planner London UK - AP Wedding Planner

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