Beware These 2009 Wedding Ads

Carlos Mendoza Lima

 “From tried and true to the brand new, couples young and older are choosing the best of everything to celebrate their love…”

Reads like a flippin’ Hallmark card, doesn’t it?

That quote is straight out of the “2009 Wedding Supplement” of the New York Times.  According to them, 2009 wedding trends show couples “sparing no expense” to have the BEST as a “celebration of their love.”  

The unspoken implication is that if you dare spend less…you just don’t value your love enough.

Are they living on another planet?  The brides I know are getting smart, trimming their budgets and spending where it makes the most impact.  I’m not seeing those “Spare No Expense” brides around these parts.

Ah, now I see…it’s the 2009 wedding advertising supplement.  Why that explains everything!

Watch out for those advertisements disguised as newspaper ads.  The wedding industry is still projecting the illusion of extravagant spending as the norm, as the average, even. 

Why would they do a thing like that?  Maybe it’s to brainwash you into spending MORE MONEY…money you didn’t have to spend.

Of course you still want the best for your wedding.  I want you to have the best, too.

But gone are the days when brides would spend $10,000 on a dress and brag about it.  Even brides who have the money are toning it down these days.

It’s cool to be frugal.  It’s hip to be thrifty.

The wedding industry will try to keep you in the dark as long as possible.  They want you to think you have to pay their ridiculously high prices to have your dream wedding.  The truth is…

Most brides pay 2-3 TIMES MORE than they have to pay on their weddings.

I expose the industry’s wedding Scams in my eBook, “The $10,000 Dream Wedding,” because I know you can have the wedding of your dreams for a fraction of the cost when you know exactly what to say and do to get the best deals.

DON’T BUY THE HYPE.  When you see a “newspaper ad,” scan the top and bottom carefully and read the small print.  “A special advertising supplement…”  “This is a paid advertisement…”

Proceed with caution. 

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