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Immediately Following
Your Engagement
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Send
engagement announcements to newspapers.
- Buy a
wedding planner and memory album.
- Discuss all
aspects of the wedding with your families (budget,
style, color scheme, size, etc.). Decide who will pay
for what.
- Meet with
your clergymember to schedule premarital counseling.
- Make lists
of and discuss various ceremony and reception sites.
Go to view them as soon as possible as many will book
months in advance.
- Begin
looking at caterers and ask for estimates from those
your are considering.
- Begin
looking at bakers for your wedding cake and ask for
estimates from those you are considering.
- Begin
discussing honeymoon plans. Make a final decision as
soon as possible as booking months in advance will
save you money over waiting.
- Begin
discussing your post-wedding living arrangements.
At Least 6
Months Before Wedding
- Reserve a
block of hotel rooms for your guests traveling from
out of town. Also book a room for you and your new
spouse for your wedding night.
- Select and
order a wedding gown. Leave yourself time so that any
needed alterations can be made in a timely fashion
without rush charges.
- Order
wedding invitations and "thank you" cards.
- Choose
bridesmaids and groomsmen. Order their gowns and
tuxedos.
- When
selecting ushers, use one usher for every 40-50
guests.
- Make you
final catering and reception choices and book them as
soon as possible.
- Make your
final honeymoon plans. Contact a travel agent to make
reservations and
purchase tickets.
- Choose a
musician(s) for your ceremony music.
At Least 4
Months Before Wedding
- If
traveling outside the U.S. for your honeymoon, apply
for your passports. These can take as long as 90 days
to process. Forms can be picked up at most post
offices.
- Finalize
your post-wedding living arrangements.
- Plan your
rehearsal dinner (time, place, etc.).
- Book a
limousine for transportation to and from both the
ceremony and reception.
- Contact
florists and get estimates for floral arrangements for
the ceremony and reception.
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Reserve a Disc Jockey/ M.C. for
your reception.
- Mail your
wedding invitations.
- Complete
your guestlist.
- Make sure
all pertinent documents (religious, legal, medical)
are completed and sent in.
- Choose
wedding rings and select engravings.
- Book
florist.
- Choose and
purchase decorations and favors for your reception.
- Check with
newspapers on their requirements for submitting
wedding announcements.
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Consult with all companies who are providing services
for your wedding. Discuss if there are any items that
they may not be providing. Make arrangements to
purchase these.
- Send out
shower gift "thank you" cards.
- Make an
appointment with a hairdresser for the bride and
bridesmaids.
- Buy a gift
for your spouse and gifts for your members of the
wedding party.
- Send
wedding announcement to newspapers.
At
Least 1 Month Before Wedding
- Finalize
plans for your rehearsal dinner.
- Finalize
choices for all bridal gown accessories (shoes,
lingerie, earrings, etc.).
- Have final
fitting for bridal gown & headpiece, as well as the
bridesmaids dresses.
- Schedule
bridesmaid’s lunch. This is when the bride gives them
their gifts.
- Confirm
hotel reservations for all guests and for you and your
spouse.
- Get
marriage license.
- Send
invitations to those who will be attending the
rehearsal dinner, informing them of the exact time,
place and date.
- Stay
current with "thank you" cards for shower gifts and
early wedding presents.
- Finalize
seating arrangements for the reception.
- Prepare
wedding announcements. These are to be mailed 1-2 days
before the actual ceremony.
- Complete
change of address cards and take them to the post
office.
- Confirm all
plans and details with all vendors providing services
for your wedding.
- Confirm all
honeymoon arrangements.
- Purchase
traveler’s checks for the honeymoon. These are better
than carrying cash because if you lose them they can
be cancelled and replaced. Cash is lost forever and
your out real money.
- Start
breaking in your wedding shoes. Wear them around the
house or where you can be sure they won’t get dirty.
At
Least 1 Week Before
- Give a
final head count, seating arrangements, and place
cards to the caterer.
- Review
wedding ceremony details and procedures with your
wedding party.
- Pack for
your honeymoon.
- Pick out
the clothes you’ll wear after you leave the reception.
- Assign a
trusted person to act as "troubleshooter" for all last
minute problems and details. Rely on this person to
help you as you get closer to the final day.
- Meet with
Image Entertainment representative to review your Song
List and Reception Planner and to coordinate all final
details.
- Plan a fun,
relaxing day shared with family or friends.
The Day Before
-
Give
wedding rings to the Best Man.
- Mail the
wedding announcements.
- Place the
fees for the limousine driver and the clergy or
officiant into sealed envelopes. Give these to the
Best Man to be handed out by him on the wedding day.
- Attend your
rehearsal and dinner.
- GET A GOOD
NIGHT’S SLEEP!!!! You’ve got an important day ahead of
you tomorrow.
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