Your wedding checklist, month by month
34 tasks from a year out to the thank-you notes, in the order they need doing. Add your wedding date to see when each phase is due.
12+ Months Before
The decisions everything else depends on.
- Set wedding budget
- Pick wedding date
- Draft initial guest list
- Choose wedding party
9–12 Months Before
Book the vendors whose calendars fill first.
- Book venue
- Book photographer
- Book videographer
- Book caterer
6–9 Months Before
Outfits, music, flowers and the honeymoon.
- Shop for wedding attire
- Book entertainment (DJ/band)
- Book florist
- Plan honeymoon
3–6 Months Before
Save-the-dates out, the remaining bookings made.
- Send save-the-dates
- Book transportation
- Order wedding cake
- Book officiant
1–3 Months Before
Invitations, rings and the rehearsal dinner.
- Buy wedding rings
- Send invitations
- Plan rehearsal dinner
- Schedule hair & makeup trials
1 Month Before
Final fittings, paperwork, numbers and vows.
- Final dress/suit fittings
- Apply for marriage license
- Final venue walk-through
- Confirm final guest count
- Write vows
Week Of
Confirm everything, then pack.
- Confirm details with all vendors
- Pack honeymoon bags
- Pick up wedding attire
- Get manicure & pedicure
Day Of
Nothing left to do but enjoy it.
- Relax and enjoy your day!
After Wedding
Thank-yous, keepsakes and loose ends.
- Send thank you notes
- Preserve wedding dress
- Review vendors online
- Update name (if applicable)
Good to know
- Start at the top: the earliest phases hold the decisions and bookings everything else waits for.
- Less than a year to go? Begin with the phase you are in, and clear the earlier ones first.
- Skip what doesn't apply to you, and add what's missing.
Tick it off together
Start a wedding in Bridewell with these 34 tasks already in it, each due on a date worked out from your wedding date. Your partner joins with a link, and what's next or overdue shows on your home screen.
Start this checklist freeQuestions, answered
When should we start planning our wedding?
This checklist starts a year or more before the date, with the decisions everything else depends on: the budget, the date, a first guest list and the wedding party. The venue, the photographer, the videographer and the caterer follow nine to twelve months out.
We have less than a year. Where do we start?
Add your date above: the phase you are in is marked, and the phases before it are the ones to catch up on first. In Bridewell, tasks from phases you have already passed get due dates spread over the next few days, instead of all showing as overdue at once.
Can we change the tasks?
Yes. In Bridewell every task can be renamed, given another due date or deleted, and you can add your own. Invite your partner and you both work on the same list.