The Budget-Savvy Wedding Planner & Organizer: Checklists, Worksheets, and Essential Tools to Plan the Perfect Wedding on a Small Budget

by Jessica Bishop

Bring your big day to life without breaking the bank Congratulations! Getting married is a thrilling time and a major milestone—but you might be overwhelmed at how much there is to do and how much it’s going to cost. Here’s the You don’t need to spend a year’s salary on your wedding day for it to be unique and memorable. This complete wedding planning book shows you how. Pick up The Budget-Savvy Wedding Planner & Organizer today and start planning an affordable wedding you’ll never forget.

Genres: Nonfiction

208 pages, Paperback

Published February 6, 2018

About the author

JESSICA BISHOP is nationally recognized as a go-to expert on budget weddings. She is the founder of the TheBudgetSavvyBride.com, the No.1 online resource to help couples plan their dream wedding on a realistic budget. Her advice has also appeared in outlets such as Brides, NBC, Cosmopolitan, Huffington Post, and Refinery29. She said "I do" in 2009.

Reviews

[Ashley (Red-Haired Ash Reads) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a great resource for any wedding planning. It breaks everything about a wedding down, including the honeymoon, and how to possibly save money on each section. At the end of the book she also provides a bunch of useful resources that might also be helpful while planning your wedding.

I recommend either getting the physical book of this or writing everything down in a notebook (which is what I did). Making notes on the Kindle, which is what it says to do at the beginning of the book, was not super helpful because you can't reference the other information quickly.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

My wedding bible of choice

[Ashlee Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you want Budget Savvy Tips and Solutions to have you Dream Perfect Day without selling your soul to get it, this ebook is your new wedding bible.
I know many woman who get engaged and start the planning the process only to get overwhelmed and through in the towel! I don't want this happening to any of you and neither does Author, Jessica Bishop!
In her new ebook, The Budget-Savvy Wedding Planner & Organizer ,Jessica has done so much more than just helping you plan your wedding! 
This ebook literally covers every single detail you could possibly run into, while planning your perfect day! Filled with 13 chapters, worksheets, note pages, and checklist, this is truly a complete guide to wedding planning!
Savvy tip pages with Discussion questions, Ways to Save, and inspiration worksheets for every chapter(chapters being the key topics of the wedding) in the ebook! Various timeline schedules, questions to ask while comparing options such as the venue, officiate, photographer and more! These are just to name a few items included in this amazing and quite frankly BRILLIANT package! 
Also included in the ebook are budget charts and real life examples from several different couples wedding budgets! 
There were several specific items that made me love this ebook and really sets it apart from others I've previously came across and I'll give you a quick rundown of them next!
First, this ebook is filled with absolutely astonishing photos that separate each chapter from another! The images really add the perfect touch to the book!

Included in the chapter on choosing your dress, Jessica actualy includes every aspect of a dress that you will need to pick the Perfect one! She goes as far as providing these images for you to help pick the right option for every part. 

Isn't that awesome! I told you this ebook covers EVERYTHING!

Next, Jessica has included the awesome and cool little side tabs, so when you print your ebook and worksheets, there is no need to buy folder tabs! I thought this was so neat and useful! 

 
Also, something included on many of the topics that I thought was unique and helpful, is how she has included tips, resources, and things to think about before deciding on pursuing the option of using DIY to produce your items for your big day! 

The last thing I saw that I believe is really cool are the details and resources she has included pertaining to the idea of creating a wedding website along side your actual wedding planning. Personally, I have never even heard of this (even though I'm sure it's quite popular now) but I think it's a really neat way to keep your guests informed and create a beautiful visual illustration for you to have of your perfect day!! 

The Savvy Tips and Questions Jessica has included for every topic!
Jessica Bishop and her ebook The Budget-Savvy Wedding Planner and Organizer, is truly the go-to resource for anyone planning or thinking about planning their Dream Wedding! Feeling overwhelmed throughout the wedding planning process is an feeling that alot of ladies dread when starting out. This ebook takes the stress away and provides a fill in the blank template to create your vision! 
 

[Abby Hargreaves · Rating 3 out of 5]

This wedding planner is pretty standard for its genre. Bishop provides worksheets, questions to ask both of the reader's self and of potential vendors, and a few tips on saving for each of the chapters, which runs through various elements of the typical traditional wedding one by one (though Bishop encourages the reader -- presumed to be the bride -- to overlook whatever element doesn't suit their goals). Budget-Savvy isn't bad or necessarily lacking, it just isn't anything new. The vast majority of the material could be just as easily (or even more easily) gleaned from a few hours in most wedding Facebook groups or other online communities. Bishop is straight forward and keeps the prose short and sweet. Like any book with links to online resources, Budget-Savvy runs the risk of information becoming outdated quickly (as was the case for one link I looked into). Ultimately, if this is your first wedding planning book or material, it will serve you well with a solid foundation -- but if you're looking for more obscure or detailed information, try elsewhere.

[Jessica Marsh · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book really helped me realize a realistic budget and what I can and cannot live without at my wedding! I am going to continue using this as my bible until October!

[Lizzie Peoples · Rating 4 out of 5]

So. Many. Notes.

[Ashlee Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the true definition of a COMPLETE GUIDE to wedding planning! Every topic has it's own chapter and includes various worksheets, inspiration pages, savvy tips with discussion questions, ways to save page, and checklist.
Jessica Bishop, does such an excellent job at this ebook that saying she covered the details wouldn't be sufficient, this ebook covers every detail plus tons more!
There were a few elements of, "The Budget Savvy Wedding Planner and Organized, that has made this the best wedding planning book in my eyes & set it apart from others.
First, the author has included brilliant labeled side tabs! This is so cool and something I would of never thought of, it also makes for easy printing and instant use as a planner.
Secondly, this ebook has TONS of details as I mentioned already, but the detail on the pages detailing the perfect dress are so neat and includes mannequins with actual styles of wedding dresses on them! I love that elememt!
Thirdly, I love how she incorporates the DIY element in almost every topic and even gives you things to consider before choosing that route!
The Budget-Savvy Wedding Planner and Organizer Ebook includes wedding , fill in templates for wedding timelines, final decisions, budget worksheets, and pages made for glueing-on inspirational pictures from any other sources. Jessica Bishop, is truly amazing, she has gone out of her way to find every resource available for the readers.
I would highly recommend this ebook to anyone who is or will be planning a wedding!
This is a priceless deal!

[Courtney Tabor · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is helpful if you have just started the wedding planning process and have no idea what to do at all, not even the basics of where to start. Most of the tips specifically on saving money though are either find a coupon, guilt a friend into doing it for free, or cut it out of the wedding. In some cases, I left this book realizing I was going to need to spend more money than I expected rather than less.

[Em · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received a digital copy of this from the publisher. The book itself was helpful, though not revolutionary. I highly recommend that if you plan to use it as a planner (there are potentially useful checklists) that you get it in hardcopy, not digital.

[Lesa Parnham · Rating 5 out of 5]

My daughter is getting married next year so we have bought dozens of wedding books. This was by far my favorite. Most other books show weddings we could never afford or rustic weddings, which is not what we are doing either. Has pages that can be used as a workbook. Buy this one!

[Victoria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unlike most people that pick up this book, I do not have a wedding to plan on any budget or a wedding at all to plan. I work in the wedding industry and I've seen many of my clients toting this book around and decided to pick it up for myself to see what about it was drawing them in and to better understand their desires and decisions.

As my specialty is bridal and bridesmaid wear, that was the part of the book I was most curious about and have to say that the advice is solid and helpful. The part that had an explanation of the different materials and silhouettes was an incredibly nice touch.

The rest of the book was interesting to read about and I enjoyed the overarching message that even though this book is for people working with a smaller wedding budget, max 20k, that whatever you choose to spend that on is valid whether it's more money for food and less for photography or whatever division you decide to go with.

All in all, it was an helpful read and the worksheets are something that I would be all over if I needed them and when I do end up having to work on my own wedding I will definitely be reaching for this book again.

[Nina Shephard · Rating 5 out of 5]

My daughter is getting married next year and this book helped us determine a reasonable budget. Examples of various budgets helped us put things in perspective. There are worksheets and checklists to help keep track of planning and spending during the process. I liked it so much, I bought one for myself as well.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was helpful and a must read if you have no idea what you’re doing. I didn’t read it much after I chose a wedding planner though. Wedding websites were helpful in the same way as the book. So, I would recommend one or the other.

[Katie Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good way to jog your memory

Handy $$ saving tips and tricks. It’s also a great resource to help you make sure you’re not forgetting anything. Not life-changing, earth-shattering info, but nice to have.

[Devin Stevenson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was very practical! Used it to develop our budget and savings goals.

[Abril Santos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very helpful book! Although it needs to be updated on certain things such as websites, some of them don't exist anymore. Other than that, the tips are useful.

[Rebekah Suwak-Worsham · Rating 4 out of 5]

The spreadsheets for budgets and guests were the most helpful!

[eva · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wished I had started it before I had most of my stuff figured out, but it’s a great resource. Definitely recommend.

[Shannon I · Rating 3 out of 5]

Useful planner, but nothing special. I found that using wedding websites like the knot were just as useful for planning tools.

[Michelle M Victora · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was the first guideline timeline I was given for wedding planning, which was EXTREMELY helpful. But it also told me to invite my boss, which was dumb.

[Julia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Most realistic wedding planning book I’ve read so far.

[Susan Schubert · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a person who is terribly unorganized and often forgets the tiny details, this book helps with both. It has ideas and tips for saving money and thinking outside the box. I will be referring to it greatly while planning my own wedding.