Wedding Planning Checklist
Make a wedding planning checklist that runs from twelve months out to the weeks after, with a name next to each stage so everyone knows their part.
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6 stages, 31 steps
1. Twelve months or more before
- Set the total budget and agree who is contributing
- Draft the guest list
- Choose a rough date or season
- Visit and book the venue
- Book the photographer, and a planner if you want one
2. Nine to six months before
- Book the caterer, music and whoever will lead the ceremony
- Ask the people you want in the wedding party
- Send save-the-dates
- Choose what you'll wear and allow time for alterations
- Reserve rooms nearby for guests who are travelling
3. Five to three months before
- Order the cake and flowers
- Plan the ceremony and the order of the day
- Send invitations with a reply-by date
- Arrange transport
- Find out the legal requirements to marry where you're marrying, and book any appointments
- Buy the rings
4. The last month
- Chase missing replies and confirm final numbers
- Make the seating plan
- Confirm times and arrival details with every supplier
- Have the final fittings
- Write vows and speeches
- Set aside the final payments due on the day
5. The day before and the day
- Give the schedule and supplier contacts to one trusted person
- Rehearse the ceremony
- Pack an emergency kit: needle and thread, plasters, chargers
- Eat a proper breakfast
6. After the wedding
- Return anything hired
- Pay any outstanding balances
- Send thank-you notes
- Update documents and accounts if either of you is changing name
- Back up the photos in two places
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How it works
How the Wedding Planning Checklist works
- 1
Pick the stages
Keep the stages you need and name an owner for each.
- 2
Add your own steps
Add steps specific to your team or product.
- 3
Share the checklist
Create a Room everyone ticks off together from one link.
Worked example
What it makes
1. Twelve months or more before
Set the budget, the guest list and the big bookings.
- Set the total budget and agree who is contributing
- Draft the guest list
- Choose a rough date or season
- Visit and book the venue
- Book the photographer, and a planner if you want one
2. Nine to six months before
Book the main suppliers and tell guests the date.
- Book the caterer, music and whoever will lead the ceremony
- Ask the people you want in the wedding party
- Send save-the-dates
- Choose what you'll wear and allow time for alterations
- Reserve rooms nearby for guests who are travelling
3. Five to three months before
Invitations out and the details of the day planned.
- Order the cake and flowers
- Plan the ceremony and the order of the day
- Send invitations with a reply-by date
- Arrange transport
- Find out the legal requirements to marry where you're marrying, and book any appointments
- Buy the rings
4. The last month
Final numbers confirmed and every supplier briefed.
- Chase missing replies and confirm final numbers
- Make the seating plan
- Confirm times and arrival details with every supplier
- Have the final fittings
- Write vows and speeches
- Set aside the final payments due on the day
5. The day before and the day
Someone else runs the day so you can enjoy it.
- Give the schedule and supplier contacts to one trusted person
- Rehearse the ceremony
- Pack an emergency kit: needle and thread, plasters, chargers
- Eat a proper breakfast
6. After the wedding
Tie up the loose ends.
- Return anything hired
- Pay any outstanding balances
- Send thank-you notes
- Update documents and accounts if either of you is changing name
- Back up the photos in two places
Who it's for
Who uses it
Couples
Share one list and split the jobs between you.
Family helping out
See what's done and what's next.
Wedding planners
Start each client from a clear timeline.
Good to know
What to consider
- Planning in less than a year? Do the first two stages straight away.
- Marriage paperwork depends on where you marry: check the local requirements early.
Questions
About the Wedding Planning Checklist
Can my partner tick things off too?
Yes. Share the Room link and you both see the same checklist as it's ticked off.
Where do the steps come from?
From a step library written and reviewed by people, not generated per visitor. Pick the stages you need, name an owner for each and add your own steps.
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