Fewer couples marrying in Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) - Some 60,100 couples came to Hawaii to get married last year, down 16 percent from a year earlier - a bigger decline than the 11 percent drop in overall tourism. Tim Clark of Hawaiian Island Weddings, a wedding planning company serving

Wedding bells, with a dose of reality
Families are reluctant to let financial woes stand in the way of a wedding day, but the recession has prompted many to find creative ways to make fairy tales more affordable. Throngs of people descended on the Antlers Hilton hotel Sunday afternoon for

5 Great Honeymoon Resorts in Colorado
From city sophistication to cozy cabins here are 5 great honeymoon resorts located right here in Colorado. The Chipeta Sun Lodge & Spa, Ridgway Wrapped in adobe and decorated for causal elegance, the Chipeta Sun Lodge & Spa is an out-of-the-ordinary

Handwritten thank-you notes complete ‘circle of giving'
   We may live in a technological world, but when it comes to thanking guests for their wedding gifts, you'll have to rely on a handwritten thankyou note.   "The thank-you needs to be handwritten to give the personal feel of sincerity

Tackle your wedding as if it were a project for work
    Congratulations! You've set a wedding date, and soon you will be married. Between the romance and the ritual, however, you must survive a challenge: planning your wedding.      Pulling together a wedding celebration

Finding your place
   Of all the details that go into planning a wedding, none are so important as the ceremony and reception sites. Choosing a site can be daunting, though, if you don't know what you're getting yourself into.     Fortunately,

Finding that special someoneto officiate
    Every bride longs for perfection on her wedding day: the perfect dress, the perfect reception and the perfect ceremony. And what could be more perfect than being married by a friend or family member who's important to the couple?    

Smear Campaign
Traditionally, the bride and groom feeding each other a piece of wedding cake symbolizes how the couple will nourish their relationship. The custom of brides and grooms smashing cake into each other's faces is a relatively new idea, according to Carol