12 Months Before

• Register on Weddingsetgo.com for the latest trends in the wedding industry and to research wedding services in your area.
• Buy a wedding planner and/or organizer.
• Talk with your fiancé and parents about the big day: overall theme, budget, dates, possible sites and the guest list.
• Select the ceremony and reception sites.
• Choose your attendants.
• Mail save-the-date cards to ensure your guests have enough notice.
• Send your engagement announcement to your local newspaper.

10 Months Before

• Attend Interactive Bridal Showcases to find wedding professionals and services you will need to make your dream day perfect.
• Visit with your clergy member if you are having a religious ceremony.

8 Months Before

• Book your caterer, baker, florist musicians, photographer and videographer.
• Shop around for bridal gowns that fit your style. Order your gown.
• Begin the guest list. Typically, half the list is allotted to the bride and her family, and the other half is allotted to the groom and his family.
• Register for gifts at your favorite stores.

6 Months Before

• Reserve a block of hotel rooms for out-of-town guests. Be sure to offer a luxury hotel as well as an affordable alternative.
• Shop for your bridesmaids’ dresses.
• Order wedding stationery such as invitations, response cards, maps, programs, menu cards, table cards and thank-you cards.
• Research the honeymoon and have a few ideas for the Travel Agent.
• Book a calligrapher, a limousine company and a portrait photographer.
• Plan all of the details with all of the wedding professionals and/or the wedding coordinator.

4 Months Before

• Book your dream honeymoon. Don’t forget about photo ID’s and passports if necessary.
• Make an appointment for your first dress fitting.
• Order the wedding bands.
• Complete the guest list and give all the addresses and contact information to the appropriate wedding professionals.
• Book your hotel room for the wedding night.
• Visit the formalwear shop with your fiancé to discuss what type of tuxedos to order for the big day.
• Schedule the rehearsal and the rehearsal dinner.

2 Months Before

• Mail out the invitations. Check the postage by using one sample invitation at the Post Office.
• Meet with your officiant to go over the ceremony.
• Shop for your honeymoon wardrobe and for your lingerie.
• If you are having your makeup and hair done for the wedding, do a trial to ensure you like the outcome. Also, ask your mother or the maid/matron-of-honor to take a picture as a test.
• Go for your blood tests; if required by the state.
• Choose gifts for the attendants.
• Get name-change forms from the Social Security office, credit card issuers and with the Department of Motor Vehicles.
• Arrange movers and/or a moving truck to transport your belongings if there is a move involved.

6 Weeks Before

• Have your final dress fitting.
• Pick up the wedding bands.
• Send your announcement to the newspaper(s) of your choice.

2 Weeks Before

• Pick up your marriage license.
• Arrange the seating plan for the reception.
• Speak to your wedding professionals one more time to go over any final details, i.e., music, photos, etc.
• Write any toasts needed for the dinner rehearsal and the wedding.
• Confirm your honeymoon reservations with your travel agent.
• Break in your wedding shoes. Mention this to your fiancé if he is not use to wearing dress shoes for long periods of time.

1 Week Before

• Give the final head count to your caterer.
• Pack for your honeymoon.
• Keep up with thank-you cards.
• Pick up your dress.
• Anyone performing readings should be supplied the materials at least one week prior to the wedding.

1 Day Before

• Treat yourself and your Mom and your Maid/Matron-of-Honor to a manicure and/or a spa treatment. However, be careful of facials. You should give your face a one-week break prior to the wedding.
• Hold the rehearsal and the rehearsal dinner.
• Try to relax and get a good night’s sleep!

Day of The Wedding

• Be sure to eat breakfast prior to the wedding.
• Make sure announcements are in the mail.
• Enjoy the day! You planned and planned so be sure to enjoy the day with your new husband, family and friends.

Good luck and best wishes for beautiful day, but more importantly a lifetime of happiness, good health and love.

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