Wedding Checklist

Engagement

• Announce engagement, and insert in newspapers if necessary.
• Arrange engagement party.

Soon after

• Establish a wedding budget. You might find it helpful to use the Wedding SA budget plan.
• The wedding style you choose.
• If you need a wedding coordinator, hire one or plan your wedding using Wedding SA.
• Select the venue for your wedding and choose the date.
• Contact the priest, celebrant, or registry office to arrange a wedding ceremony.
• You can choose from bridesmaids and groomsmen for your wedding party.
• Make a guest list.
• Book the reception venue.
• Hire any extra equipment required – marquee, furniture, pottery, etc.
• Find out if you need a wedding decorator and get in touch if needed.
• Start shopping for a wedding dress, or a dressmaker, and accessories.
• You will need to select suits and dresses for your wedding party and organize fittings.
• Book your honeymoon.
• Book your wedding transportation: cars, horses and carriages, limousines, etc.
• Choose a photographer or videographer.
• Choose a florist.
• For a church or ceremony, choose music or a musician.
• Book reception entertainment.
• Pre-marriage counselling is an option.
• Take into consideration wedding insurance.

3 months before

• Send invitations and other stationery orders
• Select Bomboniere.
• Select a wedding cake
• Book your wedding day appointments with a hairdresser, beautician or other professional.
• Set up any personal appointments that are necessary.
• If the honeymoon is abroad, arrange passports and vaccinations.
• Arrange Master of Ceremonies.

2 months before

• If necessary, compile a gift list and consult a gift registry.
• Notify the wedding coordinator of your intention to marry at least one month in advance.
• Organize a wedding rehearsal
• Choose your wedding rings
• Invites can be collected and written.

6 Weeks before

• Relax! Relax!
• If hired goods were selected, confirm reception arrangements.
• Get beverages
• Confirm arrangements with the florist
• Confirm details for your honeymoon.
• Get your honeymoon clothes planned.
• Send your invitations.
• Keep track of all declines and acceptances.
• Provide estimates of guest numbers to venues.
• Plan hen’s or buck’s night.
• Choose gifts for attendants.
• Start to prepare your speeches.

4 Weeks before

• Organize holiday and wedding insurance.
• If hired goods were selected, confirm reception arrangements.
• Confirm arrangements with the wedding official.
• Do a hair- and beauty rehearsal.
• Final wedding dress fitting and any necessary alterations.
• Finalize arrangements with the photographer.
• Finalize attendants’ outfits.
• Start updating your Wedding SA Guestlist and writing thank-you notes when receiving gifts.

2 Weeks before

• Relax! Relax!
• Final fitting of all wedding gowns and arrangements for delivery
• You must ensure that the wedding party knows all details and what they need to do.
• Finalize guest numbers and confirm with caterers.
• Organize wedding reception seating.
• The bride must notify credit institutions if she is changing her name.
• Send your guests an alphabetical list with table assignments and place cards.

1 Week Before

• Relax! Enjoy the weeks leading up to your wedding.
• Finalize all arrangements, including catering, floral, and photography.
• Perform a wedding rehearsal
• Final fitting of all accessories and outfits
• Make sure that guests, especially interstate or overseas, have transportation to and from the church.
• For an emergency, make sure a family member has access to it.
• Take a bag for your honeymoon.
• To make your mind at ease, layout all the clothes you need for the big day.
• Gifts for attendants