Planning & ideas

Etiquette & Issues

Basic directives and answers to sticky, tricky wedding issues

Bad Wedding Etiquette Comebacks

Classy comebacks for all those unwanted wedding planning opinions.

5 Problem People Who Will Try to Take Over Your Wedding Day

Dominating characters may try and hijack your wedding. Here are five 'types' to look out for and how to manage them with as little drama as possible.

How to Avoid Wedding Day Mishaps

Your wedding plans are humming along, but every now and then you wake up at night in a cold sweat, dreams of "what if..." dancing in your head: What if I fall as I walk down the aisle? What if the caterer serves cold entrees?

Is Prewedding Counselling for You?

Think counselling is just for people with problems? Think again. As far as we're concerned, you've got nothing to lose, everything to gain.

Nuptial Nightmares

Achieving your dream wedding can often become a literal nightmare. Here are bad dreams that have tormented some Knot.com brides.

Get a Grip on Guilt

With wedding planning often come feelings of guilt. If you're going to avoid a bridezilla moment, you need to learn how to take control of these feelings.

Giving Back on Your Wedding Day

It is becoming more and more popular to support a charity through your wedding, with brides and grooms wanting to share their joy with others.

10 Most Common Wedding Planning Mistakes

Brides are only human -- and they're bound to make mistakes. No biggie. But since we hear about some common wedding blunders all the time, we figured why not give you the heads-up?

Same-Sex Unions: Etiquette Q&A

Got Questions about same-sex unions? Well we've got answers...

How to Prevent Wedding Gift Theft

A real couple shares their story, plus 7 things you can do to avoid the same fate.

Flirting With Disaster

Even if you've checked, double-checked, and super-secret pinkie swore with your suppliers that the day will go smoothly, sometimes life gets in the way.

10 Biggest Prewedding Mistakes

Even the smartest, most on-top-of-things couple can make mistakes during wedding planning.

Wedding Day Emergencies: 14 Swift Solutions

Makeup on your gown? Ink on your sleeve? Or worse: a pimple? Relax, we've got solutions for a host of wedding day emergencies that might crop up on your big day.

Receiving Line: Etiquette, Options & Tips

What they say about weddings is true: It'll all be over before you know it. So then how can you ensure you'll get the chance to talk to each and every guest before the bell tolls?