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Nine to Twelve Months Before |
- Meet with parents to celebrate and discuss type and date of wedding.
- Order engagement/wedding rings.
- Go for engagement photograph sitting.
- Research marriage requirements in the Country/ State where you’ll marry.
- Select and book ceremony location.
- Decide who will officiate and discuss pre-marital requirements.
- Select and book reception location.
- Choose and book a caterer if the reception location does not provide one.
- Start guest list and compile addresses.
- Shop for wedding dress, headpiece, veil, and accessories.
- Choose bridal attendants.
- Book a photographer and videographer.
- Decide and book music entertainment.
- Choose a florist and discuss possible flower color and style combinations and arrangements
- Create a bridal registry.
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| Six to Nine Months Before |
- Shop for attendant’s attire.
- Order tuxedos for groom, male attendants, fathers of the Bride and Groom.
- Complete and finalize guest list.
- Order wedding Stationery.
- Meet with a travel agent to plan honeymoon/travel accommodations.
- Obtain passports, if needed and inquire about necessary immunizations.
- Order wedding cake.
- Groom’s parents plan and book rehearsal dinner facility.
- Reserve rental items for ceremony and reception needs.
- Meet with music venue to plan music selections.
- Meet with florist to narrow down bridal bouquet choices and other floral needs.
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| Four to Six Months Before |
- Send engagement picture and announcement to advertising media.
- Decide
when and where gift opening will occur.
- Order
mother’s dresses.
- Meet
with caterer to talk about menu selections and schedule tasting.
- Book
wedding-day transportation.
- Reserve
your accommodations for the wedding night / Finalize Honeymoon travel plans.
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| Two to Four Months Before |
- Address
& stamp invitations.
- Mail
invitations with hotel and travel accommodation information six to eight weeks
prior to the date.
- Purchase
thank you notes.
- Write and send thank
you’s for gifts received as they arrive.
- Purchase
wedding dress undergarments so that you can take to your first fitting.
- Have
fittings for wedding dress, attendant’s dresses, tuxedos.
- Order shoes.
- Confirm
wedding cake details.
- Design
and have wedding programs printed.
- Meet
with officiate to discuss options for the ceremony and choose readings; invite
loved ones to participate, if appropriate.
- If you are writing your own vows, begin doing so now.
- Choose
and order gifts for attendants, parents, and helpers.
- Make
appointments with hairdresser and/or make-up professionals.
- Meet
with florist to finalize flower needs.
- Plan
bridesmaids’ luncheon.
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| Three Weeks to One Month Before |
- Schedule and finalize all fittings for wedding dress, attendants, and tuxedos.
- Pick
up wedding rings / check engravings.
- Start
name changes, address changes, magazine and correspondence changes.
- Continue
to keep up with thank you notes for early gifts / Update gift registry, if
needed.
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| Two Weeks Before |
- Schedule a time with your hairdresser to do a run-through to style your hair as it will be for wedding day. Bring your veil with you!
- Pick
up wedding dress, if not being delivered.
- Confirm
and finalize all details with wedding professionals.
- Contact
guests who have not responded to wedding invitations.
- Finalize
guest count for ceremony and reception.
- Create
seating chart for the reception.
- Confirm
hotel reservations for out of town guests.
- Start
packing for honeymoon.
- Confirm
rehearsal dinner plans.
- Host bridesmaids’ luncheon.
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| 24-48 Hours before Wedding |
- Pick up tuxedos.
- Make sure to try them on before leaving the store.
- Give
assignments to wedding party members; remind them of rehearsal details.
- Confirm
transportation details.
- Confirm reservations for wedding night and honeymoon.
- Give
attendant’s/parent’s gifts at the rehearsal dinner.
- Get
a massage to unwind and relax / Have nails done.
- Go
to sleep early the day before the wedding.
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| Day of Wedding |
- Have hair and make-up done
- Allow time to get dressed and get to ceremony site
- Take
marriage license and rings to ceremony site.
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Have a wonderful
day and cherish every special moment! Enjoy your guests! Don’t sweat the small stuff! This is the
first day of the rest of your married lives together! |
