Task |
Should be completed by |
Research wedding insurance policies and decide whether you need one.
|
11-12 months before |
Decide whether to open a separate checking account to handle all the wedding expenses. |
10-11 months before |
If the bride and groom are citizens of different countries or are not citizens of the country where the wedding will be held, research any additional requirements for the wedding. |
9-10 months before |
Bride and Groom: If you plan to have children, consider whether you might both be carriers for any genetic disorders.
|
9-10 months before |
Decide whether to write a prenuptial agreement, and if so, start researching and writing it. |
6-9 months before |
Research legal requirements for the wedding.
|
3-6 months before |
Bride and Groom: Get physical checkups, if you haven't recently. |
3-6 months before |
Update your insurance policies to include both of you, and make sure your homeowner's or renter's insurance covers the value of your rings and gifts.
|
3-6 months before |
Bride and Groom: Decide whether to change your names and what to change them to.
|
2-3 months before |
Bride and Groom: If you have wills, update them to include each other. If you don't have wills, think about writing them. |
1-2 months before |
If you'll be moving, send out change-of-address notices.
|
1-2 months before |
Make sure you have written contracts with all of your paid vendors. |
1-2 months before |
Bride and Groom: Get blood tests, if required. |
1-2 months before |
Get the marriage license, if required.
|
2 weeks to 1 month before |
Ask two people to be witnesses.
|
1-2 weeks before |
Put the final payments (if any) and tips for your vendors and officiant into envelopes, label each one, and give them to someone else to hand out on the day of the wedding.
|
week leading up to wedding |
Bring the marriage license to the wedding. |
day of wedding |
Have the officiant, the bride and groom, and two witnesses sign the marriage license.
|
day of wedding |
Distribute the envelopes with final payments and/or tips to the vendors. |
day of wedding |
Make sure that all the vendors have been paid in full. |
day after wedding |
Get a copy of your marriage certificate.
|
more than 1 day after wedding |
If one or both of you are changing your names, list where you need to change your name(s).
|
more than 1 day after wedding |
