Wedding Academy | The Couple’s Wedding Planning Handbook by Jac Bowie
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The Couple's Wedding Planning Handbook by Jac Bowie

Book six of the wedding academy handbook series

The Couple's Wedding Planning Handbook

Everything the professionals know, so you can plan your own wedding like one. Budget, guest list, venue, suppliers and contracts, styling, flowers, what you'll wear, ceremony, reception and the day itself, with planning recipes, real-life stories and fillable planning pages. The perfect engagement gift.

18chapters
90fillable planning pages
1Planning Toolkit
420full-colour pages

The ebook is a fillable PDF with instant download, sold direct by The Wedding Academy. The full-colour paperback is printed and shipped by Blurb.

what's inside

Inside the book

What's inside

  • Before you plan anything: the first weeks of your engagement, your wedding vision, your budget and the guest list
  • The big bookings: choosing your venue and ceremony location, finding and booking suppliers, photography and video, and food, drink and cake
  • Design and details: styling, flowers, what you'll wear, and stationery, wedding websites and guest communication
  • Ceremony and celebration: your ceremony and vows, and your reception, speeches, music and seating
  • The final countdown: the last eight weeks, the run sheet and the wedding day itself
  • You, your relationship and after: staying sane and still in love, and everything that happens after the wedding

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Look inside The Couple's Wedding Planning Handbook: contents
Contents
Look inside The Couple's Wedding Planning Handbook: chapter one
Chapter one
Look inside The Couple's Wedding Planning Handbook: stories and recipes
Stories and recipes
Look inside The Couple's Wedding Planning Handbook: reference section
Reference section
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who it's for

Written for you if…

You've just got engaged and don't know where to start
You're planning your own wedding and want a timeline, budget and checklists in one place
You want to give a newly engaged friend a gift that actually helps
Jac Bowie, author and owner and CEO of The Wedding Academy

Jac Bowie

Author · Owner & CEO, The Wedding Academy

About the author

meet jac bowie

“I wanted to put the best of that teaching into one place you could keep on your desk.”Jac Bowie, from the welcome

Jac Bowie is the owner and CEO of The Wedding Academy, the online school for wedding planners, stylists, florists and wedding business owners. The Academy has been training wedding professionals since 2004 and has taught more than 11,000 students around the world.

Jac took the Academy over in 2022 and is based in Melbourne, Australia. Before weddings, she spent years producing events and shows, from Mardi Gras to the Burlesque Ball and Business in Heels, so she knows what it takes to make a big day run. She is the author of eight books in The Wedding Academy Handbook series, from this one to The Couple's Wedding Planning Handbook.

2004Academy founded
11,000+students taught
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The handbook series by Jac

The Wedding Planner's Handbook by Jac BowieThe Wedding Stylist's Handbook, Volume One by Jac BowieThe Wedding Stylist's Handbook, Volume Two by Jac BowieThe Wedding Florist's Handbook by Jac BowieThe Wedding Business & Marketing Handbook 2026, Volume One by Jac BowieThe Wedding Business & Marketing Handbook 2026, Volume Two by Jac BowieThe Micro, Intimate & Destination Wedding Handbook by Jac BowieThe Couple's Wedding Planning Handbook by Jac Bowie
See all eight books

What people say about Jac · LinkedIn

“I've had the pleasure of knowing Jac Bowie for 12 years. I have worked with Jac on various occasions and she has always been very professional, dedicated and passionate in all areas of her work.”

Jade SardonFounder, Styled by Jade & Co

“Jac is a great operator, full of energy fun and creativity. She has a wide range of talent and produces wonderful art experiences for our enjoyment.”

Roselle GowanDirector, Events Management & Festival Director

“Jac is a whizz at organising events that sparkle.....pizzazz....buzz... a wonderful flair and creativity with bubbling enthusiasm.”

Roland H.Business-Life Coach

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David Tutera

Wedding Academy | The Couple’s Wedding Planning Handbook by Jac Bowie

Leading Wedding & Entertaining Expert, David Tutera is hailed as an artistic visionary whose ability, uniquely creative talents and outstanding reputation have made him a tremendous success in the lifestyle arena. Tutera has created a name for himself by taking his passion for designing spectacular events and transforming it into a lifestyle.

He continuously exceeds the expected with an unmatched level of inspiration, imagination and innovation to create the latest trends in entertaining. Tutera’s grandfather, a successful florist, first noticed his grandson’s artistic ability at an early age and encouraged David to pursue his destiny. At age 19, with the sound advice of his grandfather and only one client, David opened his own event planning business.

Today, David Tutera presides over an award winning company built from experience, dedication and Tutera’s natural talent for transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. His name has become synonymous with style, elegance, creativity and vision. David Tutera has a natural talent for transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. His name has become synonymous with style, elegance, creativity and vision.

Honored by Life & Style Magazine as “Best Celebrity Wedding Planner,” David’s impressive client list includes Jewel, Star Jones’ wedding, Real Housewife Taylor Armstrong’s wedding, Los Angeles Clippers’ Chris Paul’s wedding, NY Giants Antonio Pierce’s wedding, Shannen Doherty’s wedding and events for Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey, Brandy and Ray J, Jenni “JWoww” Farley, Lil’ Kim, the Official Post Grammy Parties in New York City, Elton John, Barbara Walters, the Rolling Stones, Nancy Reagan, Prince Charles, The White House, private events for the Vice President, Kenneth Cole, Tommy Hilfiger, Susan Lucci, The John F. Kennedy Center, as well as countless film premieres and celebrity parties for royalty, politicians and socialites.

Tutera has also designed events for several charities including the Prevent Cancer Foundation, the Alzheimer’s Association, DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting Aids) and the Make-A-Wish Foundation. David has made guest appearances on Today, Extra!, Good Morning America, The View, CNN, The Rachael Ray Show, The Talk, Steve Harvey, Wendy Williams and many more. In addition People, USA Today, In Touch, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, In Style, Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Bridal Guide and Town & Country have all featured his work.

Tutera has also made special television appearances in the popular daytime soap, The Young & the Restless and TV Land’s The Exes. David lives in Los Angeles with his husband Joey, daughter Cielo and their rescue dog Lucy.