1 year before your wedding day

• Appointment with wedding planner to advise on budgets and research venues

• Decide on Church or Civil Ceremony venue

• Book Vicar or Registrar

• Choose your wedding dress

• Discuss menus with hotel or caterer

• For a stress free day book a Professional Toastmaster/MC and
  add a touch of class

9 months before your wedding day

• Attend some bridal fayres

• Select your wedding services/pay deposits

• Book your photographer

• Arrange transport—vintage car/carriage/helicopter

• Arrange entertainment and music for ceremony and reception

6 months before your wedding day

• Select bridesmaids dresses

• Link colours, co-ordinate accessories

• Arrange your honeymoon

3 months before your wedding day

• Buy your wedding rings

• Order wedding stationery

• Ask your florist for ideas/venue dressing

• Apply for special marriage license

• Check certificates, passports, vaccinations

• 8 weeks before the wedding send out the invitations

1 month before your wedding day

• Final invoices for wedding services to be paid

• Keep an accurate check of acceptances

• Book rehearsal date with the Vicar or meet with the Registrar

• Order your favours

• Buy your presents for ushers/bridesmaid

3 weeks before your wedding day

• Final appointment with venue

• Catering/wines/timeplan of the event

• Double check all these details

• Start to organise your table plan

• Create check list for the bridegroom

2 weeks before your wedding day

• Reconfirm all the wedding services

• Send letters to the services with their own individual starting times

• Final dress fitting

• Collect stationery—order of services, tables

• Beauty and tanning treatments

1 week before your wedding day

• Collect your wedding dress

• Collect your bridesmaid dresses

• Delegate some of the collections to your family

• Both of you to collect your wedding rings

• Rehearsal for your wedding

Day before your wedding day

• Manicure appointment

• Pack your honeymoon clothes

• Bridegroom/ushers/dress hire collection

• Final check with caterers/hotel

• Wedding cake to be delivered

Morning of
the wedding

• Champagne breakfast

• Hair & make up appointments

• Bridal flowers arrive

• Florist delivers to venue

• Photographers arrives

One hour before the ceremony

• The bridesmaids help you to dress

• You are all ready—photos at home

• The wedding car arrives—everyone is waiting for you

• YOUR DREAM HAS JUST BEGUN