Gifts and Etiquette

From the Introduction

Do a Google search of weding disasters, and you'll likely come up with news reports ranging from the limo driver who attempted to extort more money from the bride and groom at the last minute (New York Post) to the reception hall that went bankrupt the week before three wedding receptions were to take place there (Philadelphia Inquirer).

Admittedly, most weddings go off without a major hitch, but small snafus can still happen as they do in everyday life. For example, on the way to the airport to leave for our honeymoon, I discovered that we didn't have our airline tickets. A race back to our house didn't turn anything up so we ended up having to pay hundreds to replace our lost tickets. Months later, when my husband and I moved to a new home, we found those lost tickets behind a piece of furniture. Now, who would have ever thought that you'd lose your airline tickets for a honeymoon? It can happen and it did to me, but I survived. And you can, too.

The idea behind The Complete Guide for the Anxious Bride is simple: to give you comfort by taking potential worse-case wedding scenarios and providing fabulous ways to either avoid these problems or fix them on the spot. I don't want to add stress to an already stressed woman. The idea here is that, heaven forbid, a bride finds herself facing a potential wedding-day disaster, she'll be able to use the advice in The Complete Guide for the Anxious Bride to avert disaster or figure out a way to fix things before it's too late.