The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner: Worksheets, Checklists, Etiquette, Calendars, and Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend From the author of The Knot Complete Guide to Weddings in the Real World, a thoroughly modern, must-have workbook to help you pull off the perfect wedding.With so many nerve-wracking details to tend to, planning the perfect wedding can seem an impossible task. Now The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner guides you step-by-step through the countless stages of planning your big day. Packed with easy-to-follow checklists and worksheets, and the… Product details and pricing info |
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53 Customer Reviews Posted
- A WASTE!
- I GAVE THIS BOOK TO ONE OF MY CLIENTS... NOT HELPFUL FOR PROFESSIONALS
- 2005-08-17, 4 of 16 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Great help
- Very helpful. The book asked good questions and made us think about things we wouldn't have thought of on our own. It gave some structure to the year leading up to our wedding, like when to start looking at cakes or reserving tuxedos.
- 2005-08-09, 5 of 6 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Gave as a gift
- I don't have a rating....I gave it as a gift for my daughter-in-law to be.
- 2005-07-09, 0 of 20 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- How could a site like the Knot put out a book this bad?
- I bought this book the day after I got engaged, and the sentimental value the book has is really all that it has to offer. I don't understand how a website so complete like "The Knot" could manage to put out a book like this.
The information inside the book is vague and in reality, mostly meaningless. Take the "Invitations" section, for example. The chapter is 7 pages long, and out of those 7 pages, 5 1/2 of them are worksheets. Advice on how to word the invitations? This is what the book has to say: "Spend some time familiarizing yourself with all of the (frighteningly) specific wording conventions and addressing rules - if only to understand what others will expect. (We don't go into minute detail here.)" That last part isn't an understatement, since there are no pages that contain sample layouts of invites or suggested wording or phrasing for invitations. How can a wedding planner consider itself complete if it doesn't even offer one suggestion for wedding invitation phrasing?
I wish I had gone through this book better before buying it, since all this book has to offer is mediocre lists and worksheets, which, again, you could get better versions of if you went to "The Knot" website. I also have to say that the information inside is surprisingly inaccurate with some questionable etiquette outlines. If you are planning a wedding that is anything other than the conventional wedding, like a destination wedding, you'll find this book next to useless since it doesn't spend any time discussing how to arrange destination, theme, or double weddings. Another thing this book doesn't have that all books of this nature should is a back index... So there is no fast way to look up specific information.
When it comes to this book, pass. Save the $16 and just get all the info off their website. I give this book 2 stars for the quantity of worksheets it has (even though they are highly basic), and because I'm sure that everybody will find a couple of items of interest in the book, but that's about it. - 2005-04-30, 134 of 138 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Same info as their website for free
- The Knot also has the sad habit of condoning "rituals" that are and should continue to be socially unacceptable, such as family-hosted showers, money dances and Bridezilla behavior. Read Miss Manners or go to etiquettehell.com if you really want to know what to do - or not.
- 2004-08-16, 26 of 40 people found this review helpful, Rated:
