The Ultimate Wedding Prep Guide

Design and purchase wedding bands

Discuss wedding plans with both families

Pick a wedding date & location

Get marriage license

Discuss with your fiancé/fiancée invitation lists for both the reception and wedding day

Finalize rehearsal dinner location, food, decoration & slideshow

Plan Honeymoon, and prepare passports (if traveling abroad)

Book an officiant for the big day

Create a room block at a near by hotel for your guests

Prepare wedding night accommodations

Choose wedding attire with your partner for bridesmaids and groomsmen

Contact local florists for bridal bouquet/corsage, flowers for mothers & bridesmaids, boutonnieres for groom & groomsmen, and floral decorations at ceremony/reception

Consider a wedding gift for your fiancé/fiancée

Create welcome baskets for out-of-town guests

Select music to be played during the wedding ceremony

Select a DJ or band to play at your wedding reception

Buy gifts for bridal party (groomsman, bridesmaids, ushers)

Hire a care service for the wedding party if necessary (for transportation from wedding prep > ceremony > reception)

Keep track of wedding gifts as the arrive and to whom thank you notes should be written

Prepare beauty routine with any makeup/hair technicians for day of wedding, and/or get haircut

Pack for Honeymoon (if leaving right after the wedding)

Prepare a toast to your future wife/husband