It’s peak wedding season! Millions of couples are heading down the aisle after making extensive arrangements about everything from bridal gowns to guest lists. Too bad most of them fail to explore the issue that ultimately affects them most: their finances.

Yes — financial expert and Harvard MBA Manisha Thakor says you should “get to the heart of finances with your sweetheart’ and “really talk money with your honey” well before the honeymoon.

Find out what engaged couples and newlyweds of any age need to know, when Manisha visits your show. She’ll reveal:

• Saving for a lifetime begins now. Where’s the money to do it?

• Is a pre-nup for you? Ask these 7 questions regarding your assets and your relationship.

• Information about credit cards and credit scores that could mean the difference between decades of debt vs. a future of financial freedom.

• Whether couples should have separate checking accounts.

• Taming spending sprees and forging a healthy budget, particularly when blending households, assuming a mortgage and planning a family.

• Her powerful, keep-it-simple plan for your retirement “nest egg” long before retirement.

• Others to involve in those “money talks” with your beloved.

CREDENTIALS: Manisha Thakor has co-authored ON MY OWN TWO FEET. Her work has been cited in the New York Times, Business Week, U.S. News & World Report and other publications nationwide. She’s been interviewed on ABC’s America This Morning, NBC Nightly News, CNBC, CNN, and the FOX Business Network.

AVAILABILITY: Houston, nationwide by arrangement and via telephone
CONTACT: Manisha Thakor, (713) 927-3627 (TX); mthakor@mba1997.hbs.edu; www.OnMyOwnTwoFeet.com