High-tech tools make wedding planning easier

December 3rd, 2008 By Etan Horowitz

I got married a few weeks ago, and as anyone who has planned a wedding knows, it's a ton of work, most of which was done by my wife. But I wasn't a total deadbeat. As you might expect, I gravitated toward tasks that could be accomplished by using technology.



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    If you are doing assigned seating for your wedding (and if you aren't, perhaps you should!) check out http://www.perfec...lan.com/ . This purpose-built seating planner allows you to manage your guest list, drag and drop guests to seats and print place cards and charts. You can even tell it who to sit together (or apart!) and it will create an optimal seating arrangement for you.

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