The 500 Point Wedding Planner Checklist
Copyright © Tenille Gregory 2008-2012
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ISBN 978-1-4661-6922-7
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Contents
As soon as the wedding is announced
Decision making, selecting the perfect vendors & venues
Planning the Hens & Bucks party
This is it, on the wedding morning
Wedding day dreaming
1.
Congratulations, you are getting married!! You are in for a wild
journey, take a deep breath
2. If not already
done ask for permission to marry your fiancé
3. Purchase a
folder for your wedding plans (leaver arch, three ring folder)
4. Purchase
foolscap paper so your notes, drawings and plans can be easily filed
5. Purchase clear
sleeves for your folder to store brochures and business cards you
collect
6. Purchase a
large calendar for your wedding folder to make note of important
milestones and dates
7. Purchase
dividers for your wedding folder & label e.g. ideas, dress,
ceremony, reception, honeymoon
8. Spend time
envisioning a beautiful wedding venue which means something to you
both
9. Imagine the
perfect theme for your wedding (beach, garden, everything pink,
butterflies, gothic)
10. Write down
(or draw) your dream wedding cake
11. Plan your
perfect menu
12. Design your
ideal table layout including decorations (flowers, vases, scatters,
bomboniere)
13. Buy wedding
magazines
14. Cut out
pictures of dresses, cakes, table layouts and ideas you like
15. Bookmark
wedding websites
16. Look for
wedding events in the local paper and online (e.g. wedding expos)
17. Write down
wedding shops and centres in your local area
18. Write down
dressmakers and tailors in your local area
19. Write down
professional photographers who service your area
20. Write down
videographers who service your area
21. Write down
hairdressers in your local area (both shops and mobile hairdressers)
22. Write down
makeup artists in your local area (both shops and mobile makeup
artists)
23. Talk with
your fiancé about the perfect honeymoon destination
As soon as the wedding is announced
24. Announce the
engagement to your family and friends
25. Announce your
engagement in the newspaper, online etc
26. Organise
wedding insurance
27. Increase your
house and contents insurance to include the gifts that you will
receive
28. Meet with
your legal representative to arrange a prenuptial agreement
29. Examine your
superannuation and life insurance policies and update beneficiaries
30. Update your
wills to include each other
31. Obtain a
‘change of name and address’ kit from your local post office
32. Calculate how
much you will be contributing towards the wedding
33. Determine if
the Bride’s parents will be contributing towards the wedding
34. Determine if
the Groom’s parents will be contributing towards the wedding
35. Determine if
anyone else will be contributing towards the wedding
36. Establish a
wedding budget
37. Open a
special bank account for the wedding finances
38. Discuss how
the expenses will shared
39. Compose a
list of guests from the Bride’s family
40. Compose a
list of guests from the Groom’s family
41. Compose a
list of guests of the Bride’s friends
42. Compose a
list of guests of the Groom’s friends
43. Compose a
list of guests of mutual friends
44. Have both
families compile their own guest lists
45. Combine the
guests into one big list and remove double ups
46. Determine the
number of guests to be invited
47. Make contact
with your wedding ceremony official (celebrant, priest, registry
office etc)
48. Have both
sets of parents meet
49. Find a
wedding stationer online or in your local area
50. Browse
through invitation styles and try to match one with your theme
51. Purchase a
book on wedding speeches to help guide you (also look online)
52. Begin
shopping for special clothes needed for your engagements and other
pre wedding parties
Decision making, selecting the perfect vendors & venues
53. Establish an
appropriate date for the wedding
54. Set a time
for the wedding ceremony and reception
55. Choose a site
for the ceremony
56. Pay deposits
for the ceremony venue in order to secure the booking
57. Choose a site
for the reception
58. Pay deposits
for the reception venue in order to secure the booking
59. Obtain
council approval for the ceremony venue (beach, park, botanical
gardens)
60. Contact your
local council to reserve public areas eg park gazebos, park areas
61. Pay fees for
the use of public areas
62. Decide on the
theme for your wedding
63. Select a
colour scheme
64. Decide on the
degree of formality for the wedding
65. Determine if
you will have children attending the reception as well as the
ceremony
66. Select a
wedding planner
67. Appoint and
contact a wedding decorator
68. Appoint a
dressmaker
69. Appoint a
tailor
70. Determine the
size of the bridal party
71. Appoint your
maid/matron of honour
72. Appoint your
best man
73. Choose your
bridesmaids
74. Choose your
groomsmen
75. Choose your
flower girls
76. Choose your
page boy
77. Determine if
anyone else will be part of the ceremony (children, pets, special
family members)
78. Decide who
will walk the Bride down the aisle (father, both parents, family
member, friend)
79. Decide on
your MC (master of ceremonies)
80. Purchase
diaries for your wedding party and mark important dates
81. Select a
caterer and have them send you menu options
82. Decide how
you would like your food served – 5 courses sit down dinner, finger
food platters, buffet
83. Decide what
type of wedding cake you and your guests would like (fruit, mud,
caramel, ice-cream)
84. Choose a
baker and contact with your cake ideas
85. Choose a
music theme (rock, ballads, 80’s 90’s & 00’s, top 100,
string quartet)
86. Select music
for the ceremony (for walking down the aisle, signing certificate,
leaving the church)
87. Talk to your
fiancé and together decide on your perfect wedding song
88. Select the
dance you will perform to your chosen wedding song (bridal waltz,
foxtrot, two-step, rumba)
89. Decide on the
types of flowers and colours that fit in with your wedding theme