Wedding Checklist

Use this guide as a checklist through your planning stages, and click the links along the way to get more information.

Eleven to Twelve Months Before the Wedding

• Choose a wedding date
• Decide on a budget
• Run engagement announcement in local paper
• Select a ceremony site
• Choose your bridesmaids and groomsmen
• Begin shopping for your wedding gown

Eight to Ten Months Before the Wedding

• Choose your wedding officiant
• Choose a hotel for your accommodations, reception venue and catering
• Book a disc jockey
• Book a wedding photographer
• Book a videographer
• Finalize guest list and confirm addresses
• Choose bridesmaid dresses

Five to Seven Months Before the Wedding

• Sign up for wedding gift registry
• Purchase wedding stationery
• Select your wedding cake
• Set up a personalized online group webpage for guests to make their hotel reservations
• Decide on a honeymoon location
• Begin marriage counseling sessions

Four Months Before the Wedding

• Send out save the date cards
• Book your wedding florist
• Purchase your wedding bands
• Reserve a limousine or horse-drawn carriage

Three Months Before the Wedding

• Select tuxedos and arrange fittings for groomsmen
• Arrange for rental items
• Finalize costs and menu with caterer
• Use Interactive Meeting Planner to design your reception room layout
• Order wedding favors

Two Months Before the Wedding

• Send out your invitations
• Confirm with D.J. and other vendors
• Choose your wedding songs
• Shop for bridal party gifts
• Make plans for wedding rehearsal
• Book a rehearsal dinner and farewell brunch at your host hotel
• Book a hair appointment
• Book a makeup appointment

One Month Before the Wedding

• Design your wedding program
• Apply for marriage license
• Invite your guests to use the Online Itinerary Planner to plan their weekend in Savannah
• Go through a trial run of your hair and makeup
• Get your formal bridal portrait

Two Weeks Before the Wedding

• Call any guests who haven't responded
• Give your caterer a final guest count
• Pick up your marriage license
• Decide on seating plan for reception and order place cards
• Confirm cake and floral deliveries
• Arrange for wedding announcement in local paper

One Week Before the Wedding

• Pack for honeymoon
• Confirm all reservations

One Day Before the Wedding

• Get a manicure and pedicure
• Give rings To best man
• Rest and relax!