Wedding Countdown
Wedding Countdown
18 Months to go
- Announce your engagement
- Set a budget
- Open a wedding account
- Choose your ceremony type
- Look at various venues
- Begin a fitness regime
12 Months to go
- Organise wedding insurance
- Set a date
- Choose your attendance
- Compile a guest list
- Arrange the wedding licence
- Hire a wedding planner
- Book the registrar
- Book the ceremony venue
- Start a scrapbook
- Book a photographer
- Book a videographer
- Book the entertainment
- Contact various caterers
- Begin shopping for your dress
- Find a cake maker
9 Months to go
- Visit reception venues and reserve your favorite
- Book caterer
- Choose and order a dress
- Book the florist
- Order the cake
- Buy stationery
- Take care of your hair
6 Months to go
- Book transport
- Dress the bridesmaid
- Choose the men's outfits
- Book your honeymoon
- Have a dress fitting
- Reserve accommodation for guests
- Find hairdresser
- Choose a make-up artist
- Select your readings
Three months to go
- Buy wedding rings
- Send out invitations
- Choose the wedding favours
- Have a make-up and hair rehearsal
- Test-drive fake tans
- Buy wedding lingerie
- Purchase your going away outfit
- Book you first night accommodation
- Create a eating plan
- Try out table decorations
Two months to go
- Choose the music for your ceremony
- Check your passports are in date
- Make your gift list
- Confirm the menu with caterer
- Confirm the register office booking
- Finalise your seating plan
- Remind key guests about their speeches
- Buy a guest book
- Choose the music for the reception and wedding breakfast
One month to go
- Write vows
- Copy supplier contracts and give to the venue
- Hold hen and stag parties
- Have final dress fitting, complete with lingerie, shoes and veil
- Run through the ushers' and best man's duties with them
- Get glowing spa treatments
- Send place cards to the calligrapher/printer
Two weeks to go
- Wear your wedding shoes around the house to break them in
- Pack holiday clothes
- Order travellers' cheques
- Inform the photographer of any must-have photos
- Have a hair and make-up trial
- Buy gifts for the wedding party
- Make sure the best man has arranged for the hired outfits to be returned on time
- Remind your fiancé to get a hair cut
One week to go
- Have a spray on tan
- Make final honeymoon checks
- Confirm time and place with the photographer, caterer, florist, cars, music and entertainment
- Reconfirm final numbers with your caterer
- Hold wedding rehearsal
- Arrange for the cake to be delivered to the reception venue
The Day Before
- Have a manicure and pedicure
- Help to decorate the venue/church
- Have honeymoon luggage sent to first night hotel
- Relax and have an early night
On the Day
The Best Man Should:
- Have the rings
- Be ready to take any hired suits back on time
- Pack up the wedding presents
The Maid of Honour should:
- Help dress and arrange your veil
- Keep you calm and relaxed!
- Take your dress away to be cleaned