Wedding Etiquette
Who sits where? What to do if your parents are divorced. What is the etiquette with wedding gifts?
Wedding Etiquette, Who Pays for What?
Whether you are planning a traditional or modern wedding, the wedding etiquette of who pays for what?
Wedding Invitation Etiquette
Need to know etiquette for your wedding invitations and stationery.
Wedding Dress Etiquette
How to choose your wedding dress to suit your figure and your wedding style. What to ask the bridal boutique.
My wedding date is still two years away. When should an engagement announcement appear in the paper?
As a general rule, engagements should be published no more than a year and not less than six weeks before your wedding.
If people bring gifts to our reception, do we have to open them there?
Not only do you not have to, you shouldn't. It used to be considered bad manners to even bring gifts to a reception. While that is no longer true, you should still find a safe, out-of-the-way place for guests to leave them until you can open them later.
My family is much larger than my fiancée's. Do we have to seat people on the "bride's side" and "groom's side?"
No. Just have your ushers seat people without asking which side. Your mothers and immediate families, however, should be seated on the traditional sides.
Our wedding reception will be a large, sit-down dinner. What is the best way to direct guests to their places?
Use place cards on the tables. Then display a seating chart (also beautifully lettered) where your guests can see it, so they won't have to go from table to table searching for their places.
What if one of our attendants gets sick and can't come to the wedding?
As much as you'd like to have your friend there, the wedding must go on. If there is time and you feel comfortable asking another friend to fill in, you can do that. Or just proceed as you would without that person. Be sure to call your friend the morning of the wedding and let them know how much you will miss them.
During the wedding, do I walk down the aisle on my father's right arm or his left?
You will take your father's left arm as you walk down the aisle. Your father will then be on your right when your groom joins you from the right at the altar.
Should I buy my fiancée a wedding gift?
While there is no rule that says couples should exchange wedding gifts, most do. Usually brides and grooms choose something they know will be treasured for years to come. Special gifts for either the bride or groom include watches, jewellery or luggage.