The Wedding Timetable
We hope that this Wedding timetable will help you with your planning..
From Two Years
- Decide on the date and place of your Wedding
- Book reception venue
- Book photographer and videographer
- Book Transport
- Book toastmaster, if required and reception entertainment
From 12 Months
- Decide on number of guests and make a list and order invitations
- Book honeymoon and, if necessary, apply for passports
- Decide on bridesmaids, best man and ushers
- Order wedding cake and bonboniere
From Six Months
- Compile Wedding present list
- Choose Wedding dress and veil
- Choose bridesmaids dresses and head-dresses
- Once colour scheme is decided, order flowers for bouquets, Church and Reception, if required
- Bridegroom, best man, fathers and ushers should arrange hire of suits
From Three Months
- Send out invitations and arrange outfits for mums
- Choose hymn and choice of music
- Minister to approve - once done, arrange for the Order of Service sheets to be printed
- Arrange calling of banns
- Choose wedding rings
From Six Weeks
- If catering at home, make arrangements for food and drink
- Confirm travel and hotel bookings
- Choose presents for bridesmaids
From Four Weeks
- Confirm reception venue booking and pay fee
- Confirm with Hotel the menus and number of guests
- Make hairdressing /beauty salon appointments
- Give florist total number of button holes and addresses for flowers to be delivered
- Confirm details with photographer, car, hire, etc
- Last minute buys for trousseau and honeymoon
- Write thank you letters for presents as they arrive and make a note of who sent what for future reference
- Final fitting of wedding dress
From Ten to Seven Days
- Practice make-up
- Take head-dress to hairdresser to decide hairstyle
- Meet with the best man, bridesmaids and ushers to finalise arrangements
- Give best man money for fees and tipping
- Give 'Order of Service' sheets to Minister
- Start packing for honeymoon
One Day to go
- Delegate as much work as possible
- Have your 'beauty' treatment
- Final packing for honeymoon
- Lay-out Wedding ensemble and going away ensemble
The Wedding Day Assuming a 2.00p.m.Wedding, the bride's timetable will run something like this:
- 8.00 Shower or relaxing bath
- 8.30 A good breakfast
- 9.00 Polish nails
- 9.30 Hairdressers
- 11.00 Best man arrives to collect luggage/greetings cards
- 11.30 Bridesmaids/pageboy arrives
- 12.00 Make-up
- 12.30 Bride and bridesmaids dress
- 1.00 Photographer arrives
- 1.30 First car takes mother and bridesmaids to church. Bridesmaids wait in church entrance
- 1.45 Second car takes bride and father to church
- 1.58 Wait in church entrance and line bridesmaids up behind you. Verger will greet you.
- 2.00 The Ceremony. Good Luck!
