A step-by-step timeline for planning your wedding
Planning your wedding, whether you have two years or three months to do it, can be stressful. There’s lots to sort out, all at once, when you first decide to set a wedding date. Here is a step-by-step wedding planning timeline of all the main things you need to do to pull off an amazing wedding day. Not sure what time your ceremony should be? Here is our sample timeline with different ceremony start times to get you started.
- Have a chat with your fiance and discuss what your ideal wedding looks like? Ensure you both are on the same page.
- Map out a budget. How much are you thinking of spending for venue, photographers, videographers, cake, wedding attire, reception and so on.
- Pick your potential wedding dates - check with your important family if there are any clashes. Top Tip: Fridays and Sunday weddings are generally more budget friendly.
- Research potential wedding venues - Here is a list to get you started - Top Wedding Venues
- Optional : Have an engagement party
- Visit and book your Wedding Venue
- Research Wedding Vendors. Here is are our favorites - Wedding Vendors
- Book Photographer and Videographer
- Venue and Reception details and decorations - you can do this yourself with ideas from Pinterest or book a stylist
- Look at wedding dresses
- Ask your wedding party to be part of your special day
- Start guest list
- Book Celebrant
- Buy wedding dress
- Launch wedding website/Facebook page
- Research and sample wedding cake
- Book Honeymoon
- Organise DJ or entertainment
- Purchase invitations and order wedding stationery
- Shop for bridesmaid dresses
- Book florist
- Start figuring out timeline for the day
- Order Cake
- Confirm Guest list and send invites with RSVP date
- Purchase Wedding Shoes, undergarments and wedding rings
- Book makeup and hair trial
- Choose your music - Bride entry, signing, first dance, cake cutting.
- Finalise menu and flowers
- Order favors if needed
- Shop for groom suit
- Outfits for flower girls, page boys, groomsmen
- Plan stag/hens party ( Ask your best man and maid of honour)
- Touch base and make final payments for wedding vendors - Meet celebrant and plan rehearsal.
- Confirm final guest numbers and assign seating plan
- Get marriage license
- Write vows
- Optional - bridal party gifts
- Launch wedding website/Facebook page
- Final dress fitting
LESS THAN A WEEK BEFORE THE WEDDING
- Confirm arrival times for vendors including cake arrival time
- Pick up wedding dress
- Send timeline and group photo list to MC and Photographer
- Enjoy your wedding day!