The Ultimate Wedding Planner & Organizer Ring-bound – Illustrated, September 16, 2009

I am planning a very low key and low budget wedding but I love being organized with all of my planning. I LOVED the calendar in the back that you could fill in the dates so you could decide when exactly you wanted to start in detail, planning your wedding. It was great! I also love the fact that all of the sections are divided, but it would have been nice if there had been tabs to make it easier to flip to a section in the middle. I appreciated all of the information included in the planner, a lot of the items that they mentioned I hadn't really even considered before.I think my favorite part about this planner however, was the fact that it was basically a three ring binder. This may make it seem cheap to you, but being able to print out my e-mails with valuable information and hole punch them and stick them in was so amazing!! The three hold punch included is not by any means an industrial strength but perfect if you are on the go and just want to stick something in. All in all I love it and would recommend it to anyone!!*** UPDATE ***One month after our wedding: I used this planner up to the very end and even after our wedding!! I put everything inside of it, information from the photographer, the person baking our cake, the officient, addresses ... you name it, it was in there! In addition I used this a lot after the big day because I had researched all of the information about how to change my name before the wedding and had all of the online forms filled out and stuck in the folder partitions in the binder so when the time came I just pulled them out, double checked what documents I needed and then headed off to the DMV and social security office. All in all, I loved this binder for planning my wedding and I hope you do too!!

I purchased this planner after reading reviews for many different planners. I am going to be using this for my wedding in May 2015. I really like that I can insert my own picture in the front cover which I plan on doing after I get my engagement pictures done. This makes the book so much more personal, and I am really excited that this is going to be something that I can keep after the wedding as well. I love all the extras such as the business card holder, hole puncher, and tote bag. Additionally, this book comes with six two-sided pocket folders to store all of your different receipts. The bag actually comes in a clear plastic divider page that is completely sealed on all edges, so I used a paper slicer to cut it open, and I now have an extra plastic page to store things in! I will update again when the wedding is closer to let everyone know how useful this book proves to be but I was having a hard time keeping my thoughts organized as there are so many different wedding ideas out there.

I only had nine weeks to plan my wedding. I didn't have time to do a ton of shopping for the perfect book to help, so I bought two from Amazon that looked the best and just prayed one would work. This planner would have been fabulous for the bride with a six months or more to plan. It was organized very well, with lots of pockets and places to put things. I initially used both of them to see which one would work, but within a week or so it was obvious the other one was the one I needed. (Instant Wedding Planner: Get from 'Will You?' to 'I Do!' in Record Time (spiral bound) by Jennifer L. Shawne) This planner was so large it came with it's own bag to lug it around! While the bag was cute, I needed something more compact, both in size and the amount of planning stuff it offered. My whole wedding was DIY, except for the videographer and photographer. My mother and I did flowers/invitations/decorating/food/etc.I did like the checklists, and worksheets and a few other things in the planner. I only used maybe 15-25% of the book. The other planner I used 100%, including after my wedding. If I would have had more time to plan my wedding, I have no doubt I could have and would have used this book in full.

I am obsessive about details and being organized so I considered making my own notebook (including color coded tabs, etc) to keep all the clippings, notes, and contracts organized; afterall who could make a book perfect for my thoughts better than me? They can. When I read the reviews on this book I was nervous about the few negative ones, but I decided to take a gamble. I am so glad I did! This book has EVERYTHING you need. Super strong three ring binder clips, lots of pockets, business card organizer, and some suggestions (and vendor questions) that I hadn't even thought of! Even contact sheets for your vendors to know phone numbers and times of arrival, down to timelines to help you and your coordinator plan every last detail of your event! I love it. I carry it around with me in the awesome tote it came with, which is large enough to hold some of the bridal magazines I have collected too!Congratulations! And I recommend you give yourself this fantastic gift.