Wedding Coach Rita Smircich draws on her many years of experience to help engaged couples plan both a wedding and a marriage. Her book covers the basic topics -- from selecting venues to buying a wedding gown to planning seating arrangements - as well as practical areas, including organizing, working with vendors, and keeping track of all the details. Throughout the text, Rita provides War Stories, Heads Up Alerts, and Budget Tips; on her web site ToDoBeforeIDo.com, Rita provides worksheets and timelines. All of these tools and tips help make planning the wedding, and surviving the wedding planning, much easier. Rita also goes beyond the typical wedding planning book by talking with her readers about the meaning of marriage and providing information the couple can use to build a strong relationship in their married life.