Get organised for your wedding now with our planning guide. Follow our countdown to ensure your wedding plans stay firmly on track!
You're engaged - congratulations! Do the following things now...
Tell all potential wedding guests you're engaged
Choose a wedding date
Choose what type of ceremony or service you want, and the amount of people you'd like to invite
Visit possible venues and check your dates with them
Set your budget and talk to family about who's paying for what
Organise your wedding insurance
Open a dedicated wedding bank account or saving plan and start saving
Choose your bridesmaids, best man and ushers - ask if they'd like to be part of your big day
Book your tickets to the National Wedding Show
Wedding planner - 6-12 months to goBook your venue
Check your date with your minister, priest or rabbi or book the register office
Make your first draft of the guest list
Send out save the date cards to friends and family
Start a scrapbook filled with ideas about colours and themes torn out from the pages of Wedding and Wedding Flowers
Hire a wedding planner if you're going to have one
Look at loads of sample menus and book your caterer
Book your wedding photographer
Book your videographer if you're having one
Book your wedding transport
Order your wedding stationery including invites, orders of service and placecards
Start looking for your cake maker
Make appointments to try on wedding dresses
Choose your florist and discuss ideas
Book your reception entertainment
Begin a health and beauty regime
Wedding planner - 4-6 months to goIf your wedding isn't in a Church of England, you'll need to get in touch with the superintendent registrar at your local register office to give notice
Nudge your groom to start looking for suits for himself, his best man and the ushers
Order your wedding cake
Choose and purchase your wedding rings for you both
Set up your gift list if you're having one
Choose or start making your wedding day favours
Book accommodation for any guests who need it
Reserve any rental equipment such as chairs or glassware
Arrange a menu tasting with your caterer - any good caterer will do this for you
Have your first wedding dress fitting - don't forget to take the lingerie and shoes you want to wear on the wedding day
Choose your bridesmaid dresses
Find and book your hair and make-up artist - make sure they can do a trial for you
Plan and book your honeymoon
Wedding planner - 2-4 months to goSelect your wedding readings and music and confirm your choices with your minister/registrar
Send out your invitations including details of your gift list if you're having one
Confirm your booking if you're marrying in a register office
Finalise your honeymoon plans, visas, passports and travel insurance - and check to see if you need jabs!
Have order of service sheets printed
Write your personalised wedding vows, if you're doing your own
Schedule a wedding rehearsal for one week before the big day
Buy a guest book for everyone to sign
Try out various hair and make-up looks
Plan your hen and stag parties with your bridesmaids and ushers
Buy your going-away outfit and any things you may need for your honeymoon
Book your first-night hotel
Contact local or national newspapers if you want to publish your wedding announcement
Wedding planner - 1-2 months to goChase all unanswered invitations and draw up a final guest list
Finalise your reception seating plan
Give the final number of guests to your caterer and venue
Buy the marriage licence from the registrar
Have your final dress fitting and confirm when you're going to pick it up
Choose gifts for your wedding party
Book your final hair appointment
Finalise transport
Write thank you notes as people start to buy from your gift list - you'll be glad you started early when the wedding's over!
Give your fiance, father and best man a gentle nudge to start working on their speeches - start writing yours too, if you're doing one
Find out where your guests are staying if you plan to deliver gifts or welcome notes to their rooms
Have your hen and stag parties
Wedding planner - 2 weeks to goWrite out your name cards or send them off to be printed
Type up a list of must-have pictures for your photographer
Confirm timings of the day with all your key wedding suppliers, including photographer, florist, cake maker and band/DJ.
Plan your honeymoon wardrobe
Remind your fiancé to have a haircut!
Wedding planner - 1 week to goHave a final hair and make-up practice
Arrange for the cake to be delivered to the reception venue if it's not being made in-house
Reconfirm final numbers with your caterer - you're likely to have had a few cancelations
Hold your wedding rehearsal with the rest of the wedding party
Double-check your wedding dress and accessories
Make sure your best man has arranged for the hired suits to be returned on time after the wedding
Wear in your wedding shoes around the house - just don't let the groom see you!
Wedding planner - the day beforeHelp to decorate the venue, if you want to make sure it's all just as you want it
Have a manicure and pedicure
Have your honeymoon luggage sent to your first-night hotel
Eat a small meal and drink lots of water, take a long bath with lots of bubbles, have an early night - and try to relax!
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