Wedding Discounts and Savings They DON’T Tell You

I was thumbing through an old issue of The Knot magazine the other day, and it reminded me how much I simultaneously love and hate those things.

I mean, the photos are a great source of wedding inspiration.  The articles are (sometimes) informative and useful.

But you’ve got to be careful.

What do I mean?  Well, let’s take The Knot, for example.

First, The Knot is a tremendous resource for information, vendors, and references from brides.  However, The Knot makes BIG MONEY off advertisements and commissions from the sales of products and services.

They’ve got to create products that meet brides’ needs in order to keep you coming back to the website and buying the magazines.  But at the same time, they’ve got to keep their advertisers happy.

If forced to choose between writing an article that gives brides the vital information they need to know to plan a budget wedding…and ticking off their leading wedding vendors who pay them hundreds of thousands of dollars for advertising…who do you think they will choose?

Can you say AGENDA?

When you read the advice on wedding websites and bridal magazines, always take it with a grain of salt.  They are first and foremost out to make their advertisers money. Because if those advertisers make money off you, they’ll pay high fees to keep those ads running.

You know all those articles listing “essential wedding tips” and “wedding must haves?”  They NEVER tell you the whole story.  If they told you the real secrets to buying a designers wedding gown at a discount…or how to book vendors at low prices…or how to find a cheap professional photographer…their advertisers would throw a fit.  They’d STOP their advertisements immediately.

On the other hand, if those articles just happen to recommend high-priced wedding products and services and why you simply MUST have them for any wedding…it will make those advertisers very happy.

Remember: they want YOUR money.  They aren’t in the business of helping you save it.  Make up your own mind about what’s “essential” and a “must have” for your wedding.

With the downturned economy, it’s more important than ever that you learn the insider secrets they don’t want you to know that let you save $1,000′s on your wedding.  I’m proud to say that my eBook reveals the biggest collection of wedding savings tips and techniques I’ve seen ANYWHERE.  Check it out and download my free special report, “The Bride’s Secret Weapon” that will teach you my technique for nabbing a discount from ANY wedding vendor, so you can save an easy 10-50%.

What do you think about wedding websites and bridal magazines?  Leave me a comment.