Wedding Timeline

Ultimate Wedding Planning Checklist

Are you getting married? You may have years or months of planning, but the question is, can you handle everything perfectly while enjoying your special day? You know the answer, right? Organizing a wedding event is never a simple task, especially if it is happening according to Indian culture. There are several rituals to be followed, and you need to arrange everything perfectly. If you want your wedding Events to leave a lasting impression, hire professional event planners today. They can create an ultimate wedding checklist for you.

A wedding checklist is a structured timeline of all wedding events that organize your wedding day. Planning a wedding is always a stressful task as you will have to manage everything from setting the budget to implementing the plans successfully. Professional event planners can do this for you easily. From Venue selection to Budget planning, everything is at their fingertips.  

In this blog, we have created a complete wedding timeline, including every essential detail regarding your wedding events. The list includes everything from choosing wedding attire to venue selection and reception planning.

Planning Your Wedding: A Time-Line in a Nutshell

Congratulations on your engagement! There are so many aspects that need to be considered and, most importantly, planned for the wedding to be a success. Here is a timeline that covers your planning period, from one year to your wedding day or the planning period you have chosen.

From 12 to 24 months before the wedding.

 1. Pick your date and Research Sites

 – Choose the proposed season or the day that is dear to both of you.

 – It is advisable to begin doing your research on the best wedding venue and booking the venue as soon as possible for the date you have in mind. In some cases, individual facilities get busy because many customers prefer them.

 2. As your final step, I’d like you to start and complete a Wedding Pinterest Board.

 – Begin to collect ideas for your wedding aesthetic, decorations, and themes.

 3. Set Your Wedding Budget

 – The budget would be best set up at the beginning, as it would guide the planning process. Budget planning is very important.

 4. Picking Your Bridesmaids and Drawing up Your Guest List

 – Decide on your bridal and groom attendants and compile your guest list. Issue out save-the-dates, which are invitations with information concerning the date of your wedding.

 5. Finding Research and Key Book Vendors

 – Hire service providers that will act as the photographer, planner, caterer, and officiant among others. The vendors can work for very long lead times when it comes to the bookings of such services.

 6. Book Your Venue and Photographer

 – First, determine where you will be having your wedding and then book your photographer to take pictures of your big day.

 7. Create a Wedding Website

 – A wedding website will encompass a couple’s love story, details of the wedding, and details of a couple’s registry.

10 Months to 12 Months before your Wedding

 1. Book Additional Vendors

 – Book other crucial service providers such as music providers (DJ/Band), anyone who will be catering for the guests, and the florist.

 2. Schedule an Engagement Photo Session

 – Settle for engagement photos, which can also be used for the save-the-date cards and wedding invite cards.

 3. Start Your Hunting for the Wedding Attire

 – Introduce the selection of the wedding gown and choice of the groom’s outfit.

 4. Research Honeymoon Options

 – Start booking your honeymoon and confirm the validity of passports in case you are going to another country.

 Six to Seven Months to 9 Months before Your Wedding

 1. Make sure and draw up your time frame or schedule for your wedding day.

 – As with most families, one of the momentous decisions that have to be made is the schedule for your wedding day in consultation with your planner and photographer.

 2. The final touches of your guest list and invitations

 – Exchange bridal showers, engagement parties, or bachelor/bachelorette parties, or order, prepare, and mail formal-out wedding invitations or save-the-date cards.

 3. Book Hotel Accommodations

 – Get rooms for out-of-town guests and the honeymoon suite or your bridal suite.

 4. Select Formalwear

 – Decide on the suits/tuxedos for the groomsmen and the dresses for the bridesmaids.

 From 6 months to 7 months before your wedding.

 1. Schedule Trials and Tastings

 – Have trials for hair and make-up and have a tasting session with your chosen caterers.

 2. Décor and order favors.

 – Select what kind of decorations will be used and choose the kind of wedding favors that need to be purchased.

 3. Send Out Invitations

 – Once you have decided on the place, it is time to send out your civil wedding invitations.

 4. Plan the Rehearsal Dinner and the honeymoon

 – Ask friends and family to set the arrangements for your rehearsal dinner and decide what to do on the honeymoon.

 The planning sequence begins three months before the wedding date for those who wish to follow the traditional way of planning a wedding.

 1. Finalize Details

 – Arrange the location of chairs and tables, choose the menu, and buy the wedding rings.

 2. Prepare for the Ceremony

 – Select the first dance song or any other songs that the couple wants for the ceremony, rent a car or order a limo to get to the ceremony site, and decide on where the bride and groom, along with the groom’s men and bridesmaids, will be having their meals on the night before the wedding.

 3. Prepare for the Reception

 – Gloss the toasts, buy trinkets, and plan for a brunch the Sunday afterwards.

One month to a wedding:

 1. Confirm Final Details

 – Schedule your last fitting for the gown and check on the remainder of the particulars with the suppliers.

 2. Prepare for the Day

Make a schedule of which vendors are allowed on which hours on the wedding day, gather the wedding attires you’ll need for the honeymoon, and list down everything that might need to be done before the wedding.

 Two Weeks to Your Wedding

 1. Finalize Numbers

 – Give the final numbers of the guests to your caterer, and also give your playlist to the DJ/Band.

 2. Delegate Responsibilities

 – Delegate roles of the wedding day to your wedding party and assistants.

 3. Practice and Prepare

 – Rehearse your vows and maybe have the last discussion with your photographer.

 Exactly One Week to the Wedding

 1. Check Final Details

 – Receive costumes, check that changes are agreed with the vendors, and make and pack payment envelopes.

 2. Prepare for Emergencies

 – Lay out clothes and any items that would be in a go bag and look at the weather for the day.

 Wedding Eve

 1. Relax and Rehearse

 – Indulge in spa time, go to your rehearsal, and feast on food at the rehearsal dinner.

 2. Get Ready for the BIG Day

 – Rehearse the first kiss and the members’ assignments, especially for the ceremony.

 Your Wedding Day

 1. Enjoy the Moment

 – Eat good breakfast then, drink water, and never worry about small things like stocking as this will be done by your vendors.

 2. Celebrate

 – Wear your wedding attire when you exchange the vows while dancing with the guests and when you will be dining and wining on your special day. Thus, by adhering to the aforementioned timeline, you will be ready for a problem-free and lovely wedding day with loved ones. Good planning, and thank you once again.

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