Bridal Bargains Wedding Planner, Deluxe Edition: The Dollars & Sense Guide to Planning Your Wedding Book

I'm updating this review from my previous "yay". Yes this book is chocked full of great info but there are some annoyances:
1.) I originally read most of the parts from a previous edition from the library. Imagine my disappointment when I saw that the coveted breakdown of dress manufacture quirks was - missing. Instead they only provide you with a quick reference chart. This was extremely disappointing to me as I gathered from a previous edition that some of the problems that give a lower rating has NOTHING to do with quality. Since I was not buying from a salon (was looking on used and sample sites) this was extremely misleading.
2.) Which brings me to point 2: little mention of sites where you can get used or sample items. Except for craigslist which they acted like was some new invention (I'll bet most brides reading this book are already very familiar with craigslist.) Sites like BravoBride.com (and MANY others) are like a gold mine for good deals.
3.) Things they alluded to having TONS OF INFO on their website were sadly sparse and hard to locate. Very few brides use the forums, making them hardly useful. Especially when you are looking for local vendor suggestions.
4.) I don't know if several of their recommendations went defunct after publishing or if they just didn't check them to begin with: very annoying. In either case, this info should have been provided in the update section of their website. It's not and there are many errors. After awhile you don't even want to keep looking to see if websites or info is accurate.
5.)They put recommendations from brides without checking on them. For example, there is a recommendation for an invitation website in India that has beautiful cards. The recommendation gave a price quote that was wrong. No the prices weren't raised, she just didn't include shipping, handling, printing, etc. - which from that website (and most Indian Invitation websites) will be well over $150.00. The $125 worth of invitations quickly jumps to $300+ when you printing with S&H. A bride could spend several hours of wasted time before figuring this out. Since this is a bridal bargain book, it really should have incorportated WAAAAAYYYYYY more DIY alternatives.

There are more, but you get my drift. It might be better just to see if your local library carries the book in a past version as most of the useful stuff has not changed (except maybe some dress purchasing items that can quickly be found out. One of their previous recemmendations went out of business.)