Example Wedding Planning Checklist
Getting the Reception Site Ready
The wedding software will add these tasks to your task list if you tell it that your reception site will not take care of everything for you. These tasks will help you plan the things that you might need to take care of yourself:
Task |
Should be completed by |
If the Reception will be held outdoors, click here to see the list of related tasks the wedding software can add to your tasklist. |
11-12 months before |
Look carefully at the site, and picture all of your guests there for the Reception. Do you need access for wheelchairs or for those who can't walk or climb stairs easily? Edit this task to see more questions. |
10-11 months before |
If the Reception will be held in a private home, decide whether you want to make any big changes before the event, such as painting, replacing carpet, planting new flowers, and so on. |
10-11 months before |
Decide what you need to rent for the Reception. |
9-10 months before |
Decide whether you would like to have the Reception catered or provide your own food, then click here to see the list of related tasks the wedding software can add to your tasklist. |
9-10 months before |
Check with rental several companies to compare prices, then reserve the rental items you need. |
9-10 months before |
Make sure there will be enough trash cans for the Reception. |
2 weeks to 1 month before |
Call the Reception site's manager to make sure that your vendors can get access to the site when they need it. |
2 weeks to 1 month before |
If there are a lot of things to set up, ask several people to help, and agree on a time. |
2 weeks to 1 month before |
Call the rental company to confirm everything. |
1-2 weeks before |
Meet the rental company when they deliver the rental items. |
week leading up to wedding |
Take the rental items to the site, if they weren't delivered there. |
day of wedding |
Set up all the rental items for the Reception. |
day of wedding |
Collect all the rental items after the Reception. |
day of wedding |
Return the rental items, or meet the rental company when they pick up the items. |
day after wedding |
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