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Every number shows where it came from

Wedding advice online repeats figures nobody can trace. These are the six rules My Wedding Plan follows instead, and below them the complete list of pages cited in the kit and in the free guides: 301 pages from 97 websites.

  1. Read the page, then write

    A fact goes in only after we have opened the source and read it there. Search summaries and second-hand quotes do not count.

  2. Link every source

    Each guide and article ends with the pages it used, with the date the source shows when it has one.

  3. Show both sides

    When two published guides disagree, on tipping or on who pays for example, you see both and who says which.

  4. Call a rule of thumb what it is

    An estimate from a planner is not survey data. We say which one you are reading, and how many couples a survey covered.

  5. Leave out what we could not confirm

    If a number could not be traced to a page we read, it is not in the kit, even when it is repeated all over the internet.

  6. Say who decides

    License rules, permits, fees and taxes are set by governments and change. The guide points you to the office that issues them.

What this does not make it

Sourced is not the same as reviewed. The content has not been checked by a lawyer or by a professional wedding planner, and it is general information, not legal, tax or financial advice. Sources change after we read them, so confirm anything that carries a fee, a deadline or a legal effect with the office or vendor involved. My Wedding Plan is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any source below.

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The sources

Government and official pages (131)
Wedding surveys and planning guides (124)
Etiquette, trade and other publishers (46)
Read the free guidesAbout My Wedding Plan