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New to The Knot? We're here to help! Here's our easy-as-pie, five-step guide to planning your wedding. Have fun!
Dates to Avoid in '08 & '09
Time to set your date! First, double-check for any potential conflicts. (You don't want your wedding to compete with the Super Bowl, do you?)
getting started?
Ready to start planning? Here's your must-have organization kit.
basics editor, charli p.8/8/08 Weddings: How Big Will They Be?
Ceremony: Protestant Wedding Checklist
Engagement To-Dos: First Wedding To-Dos
Guests: How to Make Out-of-towners Feel at Home
Insurance 101: Engagement Ring Insurance
Is Prewedding Counseling for You?
Marriage License: Basics
Muslim Weddings: Prewedding Rituals
Planning Basics: 10 Most Common Mistakes
Planning Basics: Dates to Avoid in 2008 and 2009
Planning Basics: Welcome to The Knot
Planning Calendar: 12-Month Countdown
Planning: 10 Biggest Prewedding Mistakes
Planning: 10 Rules for Every Bride
Planning: 8 Tips to Get Organized
Planning: Flirting With Disaster
Planning: How to Avoid Wedding-Day Mishaps
Planning: How to Plan Your Wedding At Work (Without Getting Fired)
Planning: How to Prevent Wedding Gift Theft
Planning: Inside Your Groom's Mind
Planning: Less Expensive Days for Weddings
Planning: Money-Saving Strategies
Planning: The Bride's Emergency Kit
Planning: The Worst Wedding Advice Ever
Planning: Wedding Insurance 101
NEW! Planning: Wedding Vendor Tipping Cheat Sheet
Postwedding To-Dos: Name Change 101
Reception Sites: Points for Your Contract
Remarriage: Getting Started
Stress: 8 Easy Ways to Prevent Wedding Insanity
Stress: Get a Grip on Guilt
Transportation: 10 Tips for a Great Postwedding Escape
Transportation: A Planning Worksheet
Transportation: Costs, Tips & Trends
Transportation: The Basics
Vendors: A Complete Guide to Contracts
Wedding Announcements: Contacts at Major Papers
Wedding Budget 101: Establishing Your Budget
Wedding Budget 101: Staying on Budget
Wedding Budget 101: Ways to Save
Wedding Budget: How to Negotiate With Vendors
Wedding Budget: Little Ways to Save
Wedding Budget: Who Pays For What
Wedding Cakes: Preserving Your Top Cake Tier
Wedding Ceremony: Catholic Wedding Checklist
Wedding Ceremony: Eastern Orthodox Wedding Checklist
Wedding Ceremony: Jewish Wedding Checklist
Wedding Ceremony: Muslim Wedding Checklist
Wedding Day Emergencies: 14 Swift Solutions
Wedding Guests: Reception Seating How-tos
Wedding Keepsakes: How to Preserve Your Gown
Wedding Money: Who's Footing the Bill?
Wedding Newsletters: Why You Need One
Wedding Planners: 13 Questions to Ask
Wedding Planning Basics: Ceremony Seating 101
Wedding Planning: Tech Savvy Weddings
Wedding Planning: 30 Expert Tips and Tricks
Wedding Reception Ideas: 17 Ways to Spruce up Your Site
Wedding Reception Planning: A Traditional Reception Timeline
Wedding Reception Planning: Finding A Location
Ceremony: Protestant Wedding Checklist
Engagement To-Dos: First Wedding To-Dos
Guests: How to Make Out-of-towners Feel at Home
Insurance 101: Engagement Ring Insurance
Is Prewedding Counseling for You?
Marriage License: Basics
Muslim Weddings: Prewedding Rituals
Planning Basics: 10 Most Common Mistakes
Planning Basics: Dates to Avoid in 2008 and 2009
Planning Basics: Welcome to The Knot
Planning Calendar: 12-Month Countdown
Planning: 10 Biggest Prewedding Mistakes
Planning: 10 Rules for Every Bride
Planning: 8 Tips to Get Organized
Planning: Flirting With Disaster
Planning: How to Avoid Wedding-Day Mishaps
Planning: How to Plan Your Wedding At Work (Without Getting Fired)
Planning: How to Prevent Wedding Gift Theft
Planning: Inside Your Groom's Mind
Planning: Less Expensive Days for Weddings
Planning: Money-Saving Strategies
Planning: The Bride's Emergency Kit
Planning: The Worst Wedding Advice Ever
Planning: Wedding Insurance 101
NEW! Planning: Wedding Vendor Tipping Cheat Sheet
Postwedding To-Dos: Name Change 101
Reception Sites: Points for Your Contract
Remarriage: Getting Started
Stress: 8 Easy Ways to Prevent Wedding Insanity
Stress: Get a Grip on Guilt
Transportation: 10 Tips for a Great Postwedding Escape
Transportation: A Planning Worksheet
Transportation: Costs, Tips & Trends
Transportation: The Basics
Vendors: A Complete Guide to Contracts
Wedding Announcements: Contacts at Major Papers
Wedding Budget 101: Establishing Your Budget
Wedding Budget 101: Staying on Budget
Wedding Budget 101: Ways to Save
Wedding Budget: How to Negotiate With Vendors
Wedding Budget: Little Ways to Save
Wedding Budget: Who Pays For What
Wedding Cakes: Preserving Your Top Cake Tier
Wedding Ceremony: Catholic Wedding Checklist
Wedding Ceremony: Eastern Orthodox Wedding Checklist
Wedding Ceremony: Jewish Wedding Checklist
Wedding Ceremony: Muslim Wedding Checklist
Wedding Day Emergencies: 14 Swift Solutions
Wedding Guests: Reception Seating How-tos
Wedding Keepsakes: How to Preserve Your Gown
Wedding Money: Who's Footing the Bill?
Wedding Newsletters: Why You Need One
Wedding Planners: 13 Questions to Ask
Wedding Planning Basics: Ceremony Seating 101
Wedding Planning: Tech Savvy Weddings
Wedding Planning: 30 Expert Tips and Tricks
Wedding Reception Ideas: 17 Ways to Spruce up Your Site
Wedding Reception Planning: A Traditional Reception Timeline
Wedding Reception Planning: Finding A Location
Q&A: Wedding Money: What Does the Average Wedding Cost?
Q&A: Guest List: Can We Specify Who Guests Bring?
Q&A: Guest List: How to Divide it Up?
Q&A: Wedding Details: Can We Afford a Consultant?
Q&A: Wedding Details: Announcing Wedding Website?
Q&A: Wedding Details: Banishing Bugs at Outdoor Affairs?
Q&A: Wedding Details: Benefits of a Consultant?
Q&A: Wedding Details: Can We Apply for a License by Mail?
Q&A: Wedding Details: Coverage for a Home Wedding?
Q&A: Wedding Details: Enviro-friendly Ways to Do Rice?
Q&A: Wedding Details: Getting Guests Discounted Hotel Rooms?
Q&A: Wedding Details: How Can We Cut Costs?
Q&A: Wedding Details: How Can We Plan for Weather?
Q&A: Wedding Details: Is There an Off Season?
Q&A: Wedding Details: Last-name Woes?
Q&A: Wedding Details: Requirements for Marriage License?
Q&A: Wedding Details: Telling People You've Kept Your Name?
Q&A: Wedding Details: When to Apply for License?
Q&A: Wedding Money: Ask Sibs to Help Pay?
Q&A: Wedding Money: Budget-Busting Groomzilla!
Q&A: Wedding Money: Elope and Use Cash for a New Home?
Q&A: Wedding Money: Feeling Guilty about Dad Paying?
Q&A: Wedding Money: In-Laws Haven't Mentioned Contribution?
Q&A: Wedding Money: In-Laws Suddenly Refuse to Help?
Q&A: Wedding Money: Parents Paying for Hers, But Not Ours!
Q&A: Wedding Money: Parents Paying, In-Laws Overstepping?
Q&A: Wedding Money: Paying Power vs. Decision-Making Power?
Q&A: Wedding Money: Should We Get a Pre-Nup?
Q&A: Wedding Money: Who Pays for Guest Transportation?
Q&A: Wedding Money: Who Pays for Guests' Accommodations?
Q&A: Wedding Money: Who Pays for What?
Q&A: Wedding Money: Who Pays for the Honeymoon?
Q&A: Wedding Vendors: Do We Have to Feed Them?
Q&A: Wedding Vendors: Is Tipping Mandatory?
Q&A: Wedding Vendors: Paying Ones Who Aren't Pros?
Q&A: Wedding Vendors: Saying You've Chosen Someone Else?
Q&A: Wedding Vendors: Tipping Wedding Planner?
Q&A: Wedding Vendors: What If a Vendor Doesnt Show?
Q&A: Wedding Vendors: Who Tips at the Ceremony?
Q&A: Guest List: Can We Specify Who Guests Bring?
Q&A: Guest List: How to Divide it Up?
Q&A: Wedding Details: Can We Afford a Consultant?
Q&A: Wedding Details: Announcing Wedding Website?
Q&A: Wedding Details: Banishing Bugs at Outdoor Affairs?
Q&A: Wedding Details: Benefits of a Consultant?
Q&A: Wedding Details: Can We Apply for a License by Mail?
Q&A: Wedding Details: Coverage for a Home Wedding?
Q&A: Wedding Details: Enviro-friendly Ways to Do Rice?
Q&A: Wedding Details: Getting Guests Discounted Hotel Rooms?
Q&A: Wedding Details: How Can We Cut Costs?
Q&A: Wedding Details: How Can We Plan for Weather?
Q&A: Wedding Details: Is There an Off Season?
Q&A: Wedding Details: Last-name Woes?
Q&A: Wedding Details: Requirements for Marriage License?
Q&A: Wedding Details: Telling People You've Kept Your Name?
Q&A: Wedding Details: When to Apply for License?
Q&A: Wedding Money: Ask Sibs to Help Pay?
Q&A: Wedding Money: Budget-Busting Groomzilla!
Q&A: Wedding Money: Elope and Use Cash for a New Home?
Q&A: Wedding Money: Feeling Guilty about Dad Paying?
Q&A: Wedding Money: In-Laws Haven't Mentioned Contribution?
Q&A: Wedding Money: In-Laws Suddenly Refuse to Help?
Q&A: Wedding Money: Parents Paying for Hers, But Not Ours!
Q&A: Wedding Money: Parents Paying, In-Laws Overstepping?
Q&A: Wedding Money: Paying Power vs. Decision-Making Power?
Q&A: Wedding Money: Should We Get a Pre-Nup?
Q&A: Wedding Money: Who Pays for Guest Transportation?
Q&A: Wedding Money: Who Pays for Guests' Accommodations?
Q&A: Wedding Money: Who Pays for What?
Q&A: Wedding Money: Who Pays for the Honeymoon?
Q&A: Wedding Vendors: Do We Have to Feed Them?
Q&A: Wedding Vendors: Is Tipping Mandatory?
Q&A: Wedding Vendors: Paying Ones Who Aren't Pros?
Q&A: Wedding Vendors: Saying You've Chosen Someone Else?
Q&A: Wedding Vendors: Tipping Wedding Planner?
Q&A: Wedding Vendors: What If a Vendor Doesnt Show?
Q&A: Wedding Vendors: Who Tips at the Ceremony?
On Sale: Best of Weddings 2008
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Who Pays?
Are mom and dad footing the bill, or are you guys signing on the dotted line? Heres a guide to who traditionally pays for what.
