Reddit mentions: The best wedding planner books

I ADORE pygmy goats! Lucky you! What sort of degree/program are you looking at for grad school?

Also, congrats on the pending nuptials! I got married 3 years ago and miss the wedding planning. It was so much fun! I highly recommend Miss Manners' Guide to a Surprisingly Dignified Wedding. It will help you keep things in perspective and keep you from being distracted by all the wedding-related BS that is so prevalent today.

We use/used "The Bride's Essential Wedding Planner Deluxe Edition" I bought it on amazon for about $15.

It was really helpful for guest list creating, though I made sure to photocopy the guest pages because there wasn't enough for our less than 100 invites. It's spiral bound, which I like but the spiral came off the back. Looking back, we realized we're not really "hard book" types when it comes to planning, but I am really impressed with all the space it has for organizing and comparing options for each aspect of the wedding and all the tips and timelines. I think it might have had too many - which is probably perfect for some planners.

Also, invest in a wedding planning book (or find a website). I have "Easy Wedding Planning Plus" http://www.amazon.com/Easy-Wedding-Planning-Plus-Comprehensive/dp/1887169369. It is extremely helpful and includes checklists, a budget outline, money saving tips, ideas, instructions, etc. It has everything. It's the only thing that has helped me really figure out what's going on and where to start. Congrats and good luck with everything!

TYVM

We've only been officially engaged for a few months now. We haven't even bought the 3inch wedding planning binder yet, let alone seriously talked about if we're going to have a summer wedding or not. Why? are? they? so? expensive?

<SARCASM>Thank you for reminding me about the most joyous and least stressful part of the wedding planning process: the guest list.</SARCASM>

Maybe I'm a wet blanket, but I wish I could give this book to all of my engaged friends: http://www.amazon.com/Manners-Guide-Surprisingly-Dignified-Wedding/dp/0393069141

My friend bought me and my partner this book for our engagement, I haven't read through it all, but it does have a lot of useful and interesting advice/tips:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ooh-Yes-Do-Ultimate-Lesbian/dp/1491255854

I got the little purple one by uh...Weddings or something. Barnes and Noble, it fit in my purse, took it everywhere with me!

JK foundsies: https://www.amazon.com/Brides-Essential-Wedding-Planner-Deluxe/dp/1454908459/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_img_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=C3MNG7R48AW5RV4QNWQN

I looked at a bunch-- this one was best imo-- especially if your lady is a nofrills, straightforward, solid information kind of girl.

I got this planner and it is huge! There are spaces for interviewing 5 vendors of each type with suggested questions. If you have no idea where to start, it's a great and very inexpensive resource for how detailed it is!

I agree with the above comment that as long as you wife is not actually writing the notes, maybe she can help with addressing, etc. Although, I personally think that is out of the scope of her duties. Maybe your wife should get the bride this book; it helped me a lot during my wedding. Miss Manners Wedding Book

I'm using [this one] (http://www.amazon.ca/Brides-Essential-Book-Lists-Questions/dp/1454908440/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418687906&sr=1-5&keywords=brides+book+of+lists) which is nice because it fits in my purse. They have a deluxe version as well which is binder sized.

I bought this one: http://www.amazon.ca/The-Ultimate-Wedding-Planner-Organizer/dp/1934386405

It's meh. Some parts are helpful, but I really just ended up putting a lot of looseleaf into it to make lists and used the pockets to keep my contracts and receipts.

If I went back in time, I would probably forget buying a book altogether. Get a binder and some paper and use the internet for resources.