Her family and friends were spread from Brookings, SD, to Egypt and the bride and groom are living near the twin cities. That kind of geography is not untypical these days. Besides, most small towns do not have a local wedding planner, much less a bridal shop. I began to wonder if one could plan a wedding off the Internet. Actually, I found more wedding sites than I can outline in 600 words or less.
Weddings are a major internet industry.
Commerce is the watchword here. Virtually every wedding site is selling directly or is a vehicle for the advertising of wedding vendors. It's sort of like a bridal show in cyberspace. You can't buy this stuff in most of our towns anyway and some young women I know who recently walked the wedding route tell me that some of the items are very favorably priced. I explored all five sites in well under an hour.