WEDDING PLANNING TIMELINE

13-15 Months Before

  • Pick your wedding date
  • Look at + Book your venue
  • Start writing your guest list
  • Set a budget
  • Make a wedding folder or Pinterest board

10-12 Months Before

  • Ask bridesmaids to be in the wedding
  • 12 months: Start looking at photographers + videographers + wedding MC
  • 11 months: Book photographer + videographer + wedding MC
  • Pick an officiant

7-9 Months Before

  • Order your wedding dress
  • Order wedding ringsMC
  • Looking at bridesmaid dresses
  • Start hair + makeup trials
  • Book hair + makeup
  • Book the DJ + Floral designer
  • Start looking at invitation design & finalize guests list

4-6 Months Before

  • 6 months: Order invitations
  • Order bridesmaids’ dresses
  • Take prewedding photos
  • Confirm all vendors
  • Book honeymoon
  • Make a vendors group chat
  • Make a friend group chat + Send save-the-dates
  • Make a wedding page on Facebook & electronic invitation letter

3 Months Before

  • Groom: Rent the men’s formal wear
  • Bride: Try Makeup + hair final look
  • Hire wedding day transportation
  • Finalize Dinner Menu
  • Food tasting
  • Book a hotel room for bride for photo taking
  • Reserve a block of hotel rooms

2 Months Before

  • Purchase Gifts for parents, attendants, wedding party + each other
  • Send a must-have shot list to your photographer
  • Buy lingerie for wedding + honeymoon
  • Apply for a wedding license
  • Have name cards made for tables

1 Months Before

  • Have final grown fitting + Bring Dress Home
  • Check in with bridesmaids. Make sure they have their gowns ready for the wedding
  • Make last-minute adjustments with vendors
  • Create a wedding program
  • Make hotel bags for guests
  • Confirm final headcount with venue
  • Finalize music with DJ
  • Create seating chart
  • Book waxing + nail appointments
  • Decide & Write wedding vows
  • Send invitations
  • Attend bridal shower & bachelorette Party

1-2 Weeks Before

  • Get your last prewedding haircut + color
  • Create wedding day schedule for vendors
  • Call a final meeting with all wedding vendors and confirm arrangements
  • Call the party bus company to confirm pickup times + locations
  • 3-5 days : Get everything printed ( place cards , table cards , menus , favors + Seating plan )
  • 3-5 days : Go to wax + nails

Day Before

  • Provide all wedding professionals with an emergency phone number to call on the wedding day
  • Write checks for vendors
  • Pack separate bag for the wedding day + personal hotel bag
  • Pack an emergency kit
  • Attend rehearsal

Day of

  • Present parents + each other with gifts
  • Give wedding rings to the best man to hold during the ceremony
  • Assign a family member or attendant to be the photographer’s contact so he/she knows who’s who
  • Enjoy, every, second