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Advice

Wedding advice and etiquette can be a weird thing, especially when you’re talking about alternative and offbeat weddings. We pride ourselves on our compassionate focus on constructive, respectful communication and focus on conflict resolution.

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Planning tools 101: wedding venue comparison chart

You may be following along with this series on our new totally customizable document of wedding planning spreadsheets. They’ll help you build out the best wedding planning binder for super organization in spreadsheet form (my fave kind!). We’re showing you the wedding venue comparison chart, which is a chart we haven’t seen elsewhere before in this form. We’re talking a total venue chart to fill in with your venue option totals, specific amenities, parking information, notes, and photos to help you make your wedding venue decision.

Wedding planning reminders -- The "just don'ts," self care, and discussion board reminders we all need during wedding planning

The “just don’ts,” self care, and discussion board reminders we all need during wedding planning

Having had an account on The Knot since I was 13, when the internet was just a place of pretty, floofy things with which I could pretend to plan my virtual future, I thought I had cultivated a good notion of what planning my actual wedding would be like. Sure, a little more involved than the average person would expect, but there are so many tools and people to help, and people to do it every day. No big deal. Like the Megabus bathroom I got locked in after my engagement, wedding planning turned from deceptively easy in-and-out adventure, to getting sealed in a small airless space that just smelled like poo. Here are the top five things to remember during wedding planning.

Themed advice guest book idea

More than just advice, this is a THEMED advice guest book idea that you’ll want to steal

Sam and Justin’s Chicago Halloween wedding featured handmade costumes, vinyls, a flower girl throwing googly eyes, and a first look in a cemetery. One detail we LOVED was their themed advice guest book idea. From general newlywed advice to Halloween costume ideas to “draw a bear,” the themes are WILD and super fun.

Philadelphia Allebach Offbeat 1 3 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Chemistry, price, and a “bait & switch” scheme: real talk tips for how to choose a wedding photographer

Mike Allebach has photographed hundreds of weddings over the past nine years, and he’s picked up a few fool-proof tips for choosing a wedding photographer along the way. Here are the six most important factors to consider when choosing a wedding photographer (and one word of warning you can’t afford to ignore!).