Getting married? Six steps in financial planning for newlyweds.

3. Plan a wedding you can afford

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OK, maybe this $3,000-a-night villa on North Island resort in the Seychelles, where Britain's Prince William and his wife, Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, spent their honeymoon, is a little out of your price range. There are plenty of great places to honeymoon that won't break your budget.

Have a wedding and honeymoon that you can afford. Do not start life together charging thousands of dollars in wedding and honeymoon expenses to your credit card if you can't pay them off within a year.

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