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1. Is that a lawyer cutting your cake? Some hotels and country clubs have ridiculous charges such as "cake cutting fees"--a 50¢ to $2 per guest charge to simply slice a wedding cake.
2. Milli Vanilli demo tape. Here's a modern scam--wedding bands that use other studio musicians to record the tracks to their demo videos. The result: What you hear isn't always what you get.
3. Disintegrating bridesmaids dresses. Some dresses for bridesmaids are so cheap, they unravel during the reception. Why? While they cost $100 to $200, most bridesmaids dresses are made of cheap polyester with glued-on detailing and unfinished seams.
4. Sky-high Hi-C. Why are wedding receptions so expensive? $35 per gallon fruit punch could be one reason--that's how much hotels mark up this simple item. And no, you don't get to keep the silver bowl after the party.
5. The Mercedes syndrome. Some florists change the price of wedding flowers and arrangements depending on the type of car a bride drives up in. When a bride drives up in a fancy car, up goes the price of wedding flowers. Take the bus!
6. Lucky for whom? Sometimes it's the little items that can add up. At some bridal shops, you'll find accessories with sky-high price tags--such as faux pearls at real pearl prices and lucky pennies for $5!
7. Now you see it, now you don't. Here's a new scam--the wedding gown preservation rip-off. You pay a company $250 to "clean and preserve" your expensive wedding dress and they give you an empty box. That's what happened to talk show host Leeza Gibbons and hundreds of other brides who dealt with unscrupulous gown cleaners.
8. Bait and switch, photo-style. Beware of photography studios that promise expert photography and then deliver only amateur prints. Instead of the professional photographer showing up at your wedding, you get a stringer who couldn't tell an F-stop from a camera lens.
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