Example Wedding Planning Checklist
Getting the Wedding Site Ready
The wedding planner software will add these tasks to your task list if you tell it that your wedding 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 wedding 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 wedding. Do you need access for wheelchairs or for those who can't walk or climb stairs easily, and so on? |
10-11 months before |
If the wedding will be held in a private home, decide whether you want to make any big changes before the wedding, such as painting, planting new flowers, and so on. |
10-11 months before |
Decide what you need to rent for the wedding. |
9-10 months before |
Check with several companies to compare prices, then reserve the rental items you need. |
9-10 months before |
Call the wedding 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. |
day before 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 wedding. |
day of wedding |
Collect all the rental items after the wedding. |
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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