Wedding Planning: Contract Negotiation Save Money, Reduce Stress, and Have the Wedding You Desire Without the right negotiation skills you will pay more and you may not get what you want. With them, you can't help but succeed. Does the idea of negotiating contracts make you shy-away or maybe even cringe? You aren't alone research shows that women in particular are timid about negotiating. Dr. Marsha Lichenstein from www.WomenNegotiate.com reminds us in the book Foreward that "Everything Is Negotiable". Negotiation is a Dance...with this book you can learn the steps and understand the beat. Do you want your wedding day to run smoothly? Would you like to have everything run smoothly? How about being able to just relax and enjoy this most special of days? In this second book of the Wedding Planning series, Sue Shafer gives you all the tools you need to walk through successful negotiations with your wedding vendors and suppliers. You'll Learn: -How to negotiate from a positive frame of mind and from a positive prepared position. -Understand which services are most easily negotiated and spend your time and energy negotiating with the providers of those services. -Valuable negotiation skills to make you a confident negotiator though-out your marriage when it is time to buy a house, plan family vacations, and determine when the kids are to be in bed. In 9 concise chapters the book delivers the key insights from negotiation research and best practices allowing you to implement the strategies and tactics with lightning speed. Negotiation is an inescapable part of modern human life, and yet it's a part for which many people are ill-prepared. This book aims to fix that problem by providing invaluable information about wedding contract negotiation. -Negotiation history -Modern Negotiation Tactics -Issues Faced by Women -Tips and Tricks Couples Can Use Dramatically lower the overall cost of your wedding while creating your truly positive and unique experience. Here is what the Professionals have to say about Wedding Planning Contract Negotiation Save Money, Reduce Stress, and Have the Wedding You Desire " Required reading for all engaged couples" Marsha Lichtenstein President Women in Negotiation "...Terrific! A best-seller!" Karin Badequ-Susanu Owner KarinEvents.ro "Fast-paced, great information...ideas, tactics, and strategies" DJ Jack Barros, Boston-Area Wedding DJ djjackbarrow.com "Easy to use lists, formulas, and quick reference guide will make the novice into an expert at the art of negotiation!" Jennifer Montoya, Director of Convention Services www.texarkana.conventioncenter.com