If you have a well-designed phased
plan for preparing for the wedding - this is half the success. But strict
adherence to it largely guarantees the success of the celebration. We will try
step by step to sort through the actions that in most cases the bride and groom
will have to perform if they organize their wedding on their own.
The list of cases to prepare for
the wedding is presented in the form of a convenient check-list and, of course,
is exemplary. Each pair can adjust the plan at its own discretion. Copy the
check-list, print it out and go to your wedding Dream by stages.
So, what to do before the wedding.
2-4 months
26 tasks to perform
☐ Notify your family and friends
about the engagement, to celebrate this event
☐ Choose a wedding date (The
actual date will depend on the occupancy of the respective room.)
☐ Select a registry office and
determine the date of application
☐ Choose a wedding format: in a
restaurant or outside the city, buffet or banquet
☐ Select the format of the
ceremony: in the registry office or on-site, are you planning a wedding?
Determine approximate budget
Determine the approximate number of
guests, decide whether children will be at the wedding
☐ Search for inspiration on
wedding sites and instagram
☐ Discuss the style and colors
of the wedding with the groom
☐ Solve financial issues with
parents, distribute wedding expenses
☐ Introduce parents to each other.
Create a folder for storing and
organizing ideas, lists, receipts, booklets, etc.
☐ To study the market of wedding
services
☐ Start searching for a wedding
venue
☐ Make a list of required
contractors, start searches
☐ If you plan to work with a
wedding agency: make a list of possible agencies, study their conditions
☐ If not: make a list of
possible wedding specialists, study their portfolio
Contact selected candidates in
advance to find out if they are free on your date.
☐ Choose an agency, conclude an
agreement, make a prepayment
☐ Hold meetings and select main
contractors, conclude contracts, make prepayment
☐ Start making a guest list in
order to determine their number approximately. Analyze the budget, taking into
account the "mandatory" and "optional" guests.
☐ Buy rings to have time to
engrave / custom design
☐ Choose the main theme and
celebration concept with the decorator
☐ Decide on the venue for the
ceremony and banquet
☐ Reserve a site, make a
prepayment
☐ Clarify parking issues at the
site
2-4 months
42 tasks to perform
Approve the design and send the
cards Save the date
☐ Create a wedding website and
place on it all the necessary information (if desired)
☐ Create a preliminary menu +
choose alcohol
☐ Conduct a trial tasting
Approve the celebration concept with the decorator, finalize the
sketches
☐ Choose bridesmaids
☐ If you plan to sew a dress /
suit to order: find a designer, draw sketches
☐ If you plan to lose weight for
the wedding, sign up for fitness, download our book on weight loss
Make plans for the honeymoon,
choose a country / city, if necessary, make a passport, visa, vaccinations
☐ Make a list of wedding salons,
if necessary, sign up for a fitting
☐ If you plan to order a dress
online: choose a model in advance so that there is time to fit or return
☐ Decide whether you need
transportation, which and how much
☐ Choose a transport company
☐ Select artists and show
program
Approve invitation design
Send invitation cards (include
accommodation information, map, etc.)
☐ Discuss the holiday program
and approximate timing with the host
☐ Work out the details of the
design of the wedding
☐ Choose floristics
☐ Buy outfits for bridesmaids /
groomsmen
☐ Buy a wedding dress, if
necessary, give a fit
☐ Buy a suit for the groom
☐ Find a choreographer for the
first dance, determine the style of dance, discuss the number of lessons
☐ Find a registrar for an away
ceremony
☐ Discuss with the photographer
/ videographer the format of wedding photography, select locations
☐ Prepare a list of mandatory
frames for the photographer
☐ Consider the format of the
first meeting with the bridegroom
☐ Select technical equipment
rental team
☐ Choose a hairstyle / makeup
master
☐ Choose a hairstyle for a
wedding
☐ Book a hotel for a honeymoon
☐ Get confirmation from guests
about their presence at the wedding. If answers are not received - personally
call.
☐ Prepare a rough seating plan
for guests
☐ Prepare printing (menus,
seating cards, thank-you cards, etc.)
☐ If the wedding will be
children: think through the menu, entertainment. Book an animator.
☐ Approve the menu and number of
guests with the restaurant
☐ Approve the arrangement of
furniture / tables in the restaurant
☐ Approve the exit registration
decor
☐ Think over the final ceremony,
coordinate it with the venue
☐ If guests from other cities
will be present at the wedding: book a hotel for them (check about discounts
for groups)
☐ Prepare maps for the ceremony
/ banquet for guests, if they will travel on their own transport
Think over the organization of a
bachelorette party
2 months
37 tasks to perform
☐ Pay state duty, submit an
application to the registry office
☐ Come up with a gift for the
groom. If planning a creative room, start preparing
☐ Book a hotel for a wedding
(morning fees, night)
☐ If you want to come up with a
hashtag wedding and upload photos of training with him
☐ Discuss boudoir photography
with a photographer (location, time, image, script)
☐ Discuss with the decorator if
necessary, design the morning of the bride
☐ Choose a pastry chef, discuss
cake design, try toppings
☐ Choose sweets for candy bar
☐ Discuss with the florist
bridal bouquet
☐ To approve the program of the
holiday, provide the leading names of guests
☐ If a pre-wedding love-story is
planned: choose a date, location, images
☐ Arrange pre-wedding love-story
☐ To conduct a rehearsal of a
wedding image (can be combined with a love-story)
☐ Approve and order a cake
☐ Calculate the route, the
number of hours for wedding vehicles, make an advance payment
☐ Continue to do the first dance
☐ Discuss playlist for cover
band / DJ
☐ Prepare the final of the
wedding (booking artists, salute preparation, purchase the necessary props)
☐ If necessary, order a photo
booth
☐ If necessary, order a loaf
☐ Choose lingerie and wedding
shoes
☐ Choose accessories: veil,
jewelry, etc.
☐ Final dress fitting (full
image)
☐ If necessary: choosing a
second dress (+ shoes)
☐ Choose accessories for the
groom: butterfly / tie, shoes, socks, cufflinks
☐ Choose and buy an outfit for
shooting the morning of the bride
☐ Purchase props for a banquet /
photo shoot with guests
☐ Prepare compliments for guests
☐ Plan all necessary cosmetic
procedures
☐ Print a seating plan and the
rest of the printing.
☐ Prepare a wish book for guests
☐ Make DIY decor if planned
Consider the second wedding day (if
necessary, prepare a menu, alcohol, music, etc.)
☐ If it is planned to sign the
marriage contract, meet with a lawyer
☐ If necessary: help your
mother / grandmother / mother-in-law in finding a wedding dress
☐ Select / arrange a box for
rings
Select and arrange music for the
ceremony (exit of the groom, bride, end)
For 1 month
16 tasks to perform
Provide the transport company with
the final route and timing.
Approve the final budget
☐ Write oaths
☐ “Rehearse” hair and makeup
☐ Arrange a hen party
☐ Call the hotel for the
honeymoon to confirm the reservation, agree on the details
☐ Spread home wedding shoes
Approve wedding timing
☐ Send timing to all contractors
☐ If there are pets at the
wedding: take them to the groomer, prepare costumes / accessories, choose the
person in charge of the animal
☐ Agree with the florist on the
delivery time of the bride's bouquet
☐ Make a list of guests who will
make toasts. If necessary, discuss with them the content and time frame.
☐ Prepare a speech of thanks
from the bride and groom
Think in advance on which transport
guests will get home after the holiday
☐ Prepare welcome baskets for
guests from other cities
☐ Sign a marriage contract
In 2 weeks
6 tasks to perform
☐ If you do not have an
organizer / coordinator, determine who will be responsible for what on your
wedding day (distribute responsibilities between parents and friends)
☐ Give the assistants all the
necessary telephones, timing and so on. Documents
☐ If necessary, conduct a
rehearsal for the ceremony.
☐ Conduct a dress rehearsal for
the wedding dance
☐ Compile a list of hospitals,
pharmacies, supermarkets, banks, dry cleaners, flower salons closest to the
wedding venue
☐ Compile and prepare a list of
accessories and props for photo shoots
During the week
9 tasks to perform
☐ Make a list of all service providers
and participants in the marriage ceremony, including contact details. Always
have this list with you (just in case).
☐ One week before the wedding,
contact all contractors, finalize all details, confirm their arrival time, let
them know the phone number of the coordinator / person responsible for
organizational matters on the wedding day
☐ Prepare a disturbing briefcase
(aspirin, cosmetics, pins, peppermints, money and other things that can help if
trouble happens).
☐ Check the weather forecast, if
necessary, make the latest adjustments to the timing
☐ If guests are going for a
walk, prepare cups, drinks, snacks, water, champagne
☐ Call guests again and make
sure everyone arrives by the appointed time.
☐ Go for a massage
☐ Go on a date with the groom
and have a rest from training
☐ Meet the visiting guests
The day before the wedding
10 tasks to perform
☐ Prepare payment envelopes for
wedding contractors, give them to the coordinator / parents
☐ Stripping dress
☐ Make a manicure / pedicure
☐ Collect the bride's makeup bag
and bag with the necessary things (+ passports!)
☐ Pack your bags for honeymoon
☐ Pack a second dress and spare
shoes, take it to the site / hotel
☐ Call at the hotel, order
breakfast
☐ Set the alarm at the right
time.
☐ Take the bridal bouquet from
the florists and clarify the storage conditions
☐ Get some sleep!
On the wedding day
5 tasks to perform
☐ In the morning on the wedding
day, call the stylist, coordinator, organizer (other contractors), to clarify
whether there are no overlays, whether they will have time for the right time
☐ Do not forget to bring rings,
ring cushion, passports, cash
☐ Tight breakfast
☐ Enjoy the holiday!
☐ Thank all the guests and
contractors at the end of the evening
After wedding
15 tasks to perform
☐ Check whether everything you
took from the site
Close all payments with contractors
☐ Return the leased props, if
any
☐ Unpack gifts, thank all the
guests
☐ Dry clean wedding dress /
costume
Decide what to do with the dress:
store or sell
☐ Engage in the replacement of
documents if you change your name (passport, withdrawn, bank cards, contracts,
etc.)
☐ Change information in social
networks (status, last name)
☐ Get photos and videos from the
wedding
☐ Save photos on your wedding
hashtag
☐ Print photos for parents
☐ Check out a photo book
☐ Send guest photos or create a
shared folder
☐ If you wish, send the story
and photo for publication in wedding / women's magazines
☐ Write reviews on contractors
sites
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