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  • 53 of 53 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    lauricha

    5 Stars A Champagne Wedding on an Orange Juice Budget! Review with images 11/05/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages The best day of your life!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Will be stressful!

    I'm sure anyone who has planned a wedding agrees it is the best day of your life. The fact that you know you'll share the rest of your life with the man (or woman) is one of the most comforting feelings you'll ever experience. And I suppose the big wedding with all the trimmings isn't needed but most brides will agree it is important things run smoothly on the day. This review is really intended for all the brides-to-be, but to any grooms-to-be that are curious as to what actually goes on behind the scenes, you're more than welcome to have a sneaky peak! THE BEGINNING Well, it all starts with ... more
  • 18 of 18 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    claireyrosey

    5 Stars Ditch the wedding magazines Review with images 25/09/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages best day of your life

    Disadvantages Disadvantages the expense

    If you are an individual wanting you're wedding to stand out from all the others without paying for it for the rest of your life- read on. I really hate those timetables that tell when you must book this and that. Just prioritise what is important and work you way down the list, spending the most amount of money and time on those most important elements. I have tried not to go on about my wedding - if you want read about it - its right at the bottom. * * * ENGAGEMENT RINGS * * * Are Diamonds a girl's best friend? There are plenty of other gemstones Rubys Emeralds, Sapphires, Amethyst - You ... more
  • 64 of 64 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Tadders

    5 Stars Some friendly advice for your fairytale day Review with images 27/09/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Cliched but true - it will be the happiest day of your life

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Endless lists and the potential for lots of stress!

    Despite vehement teenage outbursts of, 'I'm never getting married', the fact that someone might actually propose to me one day never even entered my tiny mind. I suppose I'd be lying if I didn't admit (at least on a subconscious level), that I have occasionally entertained the odd fantasy about the big white dress and my own Prince Charming. One of my strongest childhood memories involves a dressing up box complete with my Mum's old wedding dress and veil, and I started modelling bridal gowns voluntarily when I was fourteen, so there must have been a small part of me that wanted the fairytale ... more
  • 108 of 108 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    miss_motivator

    5 Stars Here comes the bride... Review with images 12/05/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages You are planning for the best day of your life

    Disadvantages Disadvantages You can get obsessional if you dont be careful

    I am only 11 months away from marriage, and thought I would so far share my wedding planning with you. Of course, there is plenty more left for me to do, and therefore I will update when I feel I have more to add. Arranging a wedding is supposed to be very stressful, so far I have not had an ounce of stress on my plate. This may be because I have already had 12 months of planning, and as said above, I have another 11 months left to go. I think that giving yourself plenty of time is a saviour. It allows you to research and find the perfect things at the perfect price. I will talk you through my ... more
  • 37 of 37 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Moonstorm

    5 Stars A traditional wedding - non traditional costs! 08/03/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Depending on what - fun and more personal & getting to shop more!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Find the cheaper bargains, searching the web takes time, relying on smaller companies or online shops (Ebay)

    Here are some of my ideas and ways to cheaply budget for a traditional wedding! Note – traditional – as there are generally cheaper ways to married then this! I hope some of this helps – any other ideas you think I should add then by all means let me know! Good luck with planning after the read, and enjoy the read if your not planning! There are many ways to get married now, but ever so often there’s a woman who has just got engaged and has spent a life-time dreaming of a typical, perfect and traditional wedding – the cost, with the nation spending an average of £17000 on a typical doo like ... more
  • 42 of 42 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    superstar1212

    5 Stars Wedding on a budget Review with images 04/07/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages You don't have to take out a loan to pay for it.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages You will have to down scale - do you really need 11 bridesmaids??

    As a few of you may be aware I am due to get married on the 1st September. So I thought I would be nice to write a review on how to plan a wedding on a budget! We are paying for the wedding ourselves as parents aren’t able to help. We decided to keep it small and personal due to costs. I have tried to include everything in my review and hope that it helps other couples to see you can have a wonderful day without it costing an arm and a leg. Throughout the review I will be quoting prices and at the end I will give a total of the wedding costs so far. Once I have actually got married I shall do ... more
  • 74 of 74 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Multtinems

    5 Stars Civil Wedding Ceremony in A Hotel (New Pics!!!) Review with images 05/10/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages All Under One Roof

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None ...... Yet

    As my own wedding is imminent, I thought I would put in a submission under this category. We have chosen a Civil Ceremony. This is possibly going to be a two part review. A before and after kind of thing. All I can tell you at the moment is of our plans, guidelines etc. I'm sure I'll be able to tell you more in a fortnight. When the deed is done! After getting engaged on my birthday in May 2003, my fiancée and I hadn't given much thought as to what kind of ceremony we would like. Then one evening we decided, wouldn't it be nice to have a Civil Ceremony in a nice Hotel? We both knew nothing of ... more
  • 26 of 26 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    lulu2004

    5 Stars I bought it all on Ebay Review with images 12/11/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A fab fun-filled day, great dayy out for your guests

    Disadvantages Disadvantages costs a lot for a big wedding, post-wedding blues

    I tell you what ladies and gents, when my other half got down on bended knee over a Chinese meal in our kitchen I thought I was just going to burst! The cogs in my brain were going overtime thinking about all the fun Id have planning my big day! I was quite heavily pregnant at the time and so the wedding planning was a welcome distraction from the achy legs, and all the charming stuff that goes with pregnancy like a gazillion trips to the loo, the stretch marks, the swelling from excess fluid... how on earth I could see past all that at the time I don't know, but I was determined to have the ... more
  • 26 of 26 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Tuxley

    4 Stars Tips from one unstressed bride-to-be 19/08/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Things you may not have thought of

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Things you may not have thought of

    TIPS 1. Spread the jobs between people and months. Tip one and I would say the most important in keeping the stress to a minimum. Make a list about a year before the big day, but up to six months would be fine. I had eleven months to plan our wedding. After the big important reservations, I had nothing on the list until six months before. 2. Be aware that Notice will need to be given either Banns (for church wedding) or through the Registrars displaying your names (for Registry weddings). Yes. Very important and not something I knew about before becoming engaged and being given an invaluable ... more
  • 39 of 39 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 6 DeniseKelly40

    Member since 26/04/2006

    Reviews written: 259

    5 Stars Here Comes the Bride! 05/06/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Can be however you want

    Disadvantages Disadvantages So expensive

    Planning a Wedding! You got engaged, congratulations! Now the fun starts trying to plan and sort out your wedding, never mind paying for it. Your wedding will be one of the most important days of your life, one day you will never forget. I got engaged last year and I decided to get married a year later. I wanted a very small wedding as fuss and lots of people irritate me. Don't get me wrong I like people to show me attention but the thought of having hundreds of people all wanting to talk to me petrified me. So a small wedding it was to be. I decided to only have close family and had roughly ... more
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