Wedding Planner Clicklist...
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!