Wedding Checklist
12 - 18 month before
- Announce your engagement! Congratulations
- Have an engagement party
- Decide on a preferred date
- Set a budget
- Book your ceremony venue
- Book your reception venue
- Look for inspiration online
- Book photographer and videographer
- Book your makeup artist
- Look for a wedding planner
8 - 10 month before
- Book a wedding planner
- Book the priest or ayyar and the register
- Start the documental work for civil wedding
- Start on the guest list
- Choose and confirm the bridal party
- Decide on theme and color scheme
- Start your DIY projects
- Set up a gift registry
4 - 6 month before
- Purchase your wedding outfit and accessories
- Purchase the bridesmaid outfits and accessories
- Purchase flower girl / page boy outfits
- Book music and entertainment
- Choose wedding flowers
- Choose wedding cake
- Send out “Save the date” cards
- Find accommodation for out-of-town guests
- Plan your honeymoon
2 - 3 month before
- Finalize guest list and send out invitations
- Finalize wedding and reception plans
- Order wedding rings
- Buy gifts for each other
- Book trial with makeup artist
- Book transportation
- Check your passport
- Finalize decorations for all ceremonies
- Ask special guests for speeches and readings
- Create music list for wedding and reception
1 month before
- Finalize timetable for the different functions
- Decide on the final menu
- Finalize outfit fittings
- Confirm honeymoon reservations
- Do beauty treatments
- Check wedding ring size
1 - 2 weeks before
- Confirm all wedding vendors
- Write and practice your speech
- Have your bachelor parties
- Groom - cut your hair
- Pack for honeymoon
- Finish all DIY projects
A few days before
- Pack all the stuff your need in bags
- Try on your outfit
- Drop off everything needed at the wedding venue
- Prepare cash for on-the-day payments
- Do your final beauty treatments
After the wedding
- Return hired equipments
- Pay outstanding invoices
- Preserve bouquet
After the honeymoon
- Proof wedding pictures and videos
- Dry clean the clothes and store it carefully
- Write thank you cards
- Thank and review your suppliers
Notes
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