Wedding Planning Countdown Checklist
Which jobs come first and which wait until the main bookings are made.
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Budgets that hold, guest lists that reconcile, suppliers that turn up and a timeline for the day itself.
An event is a budget, a list of people and a running order, and it goes wrong where those three stop agreeing. Every planner here totals what has been spent against what was set aside and counts the replies against the invitations, so the figure you quote the caterer is the one on the page. No prices, no supplier recommendations and no idea of what anything should cost — that is yours.
28 resources · every one as a printable and fillable PDF in A4 and US Letter, and online · 21 with an Excel workbook.
Which jobs come first and which wait until the main bookings are made.
Each table's shape, seats and how many places are still free.
Each moment of the ceremony with the music, hymn or reading chosen.
Each person's role and how to reach them.
Each outfit, who wears it and whether it is bought, hired, made or altered.
The song, artist and version for each key moment, with the cue to start it.
Each artist's number and arrival time, and who is keeping time.
Every piece for the wedding party, the ceremony, the reception and the cars.
What each part of the wedding was budgeted at and what it actually came to.
Who has been invited, for the day or the evening, and how many each invitation covers.
Who each supplier is, what they are providing and how to reach them.
What happens, in what order, from set-up to the end of the night.
What is planned, when, who it is booked with and whether it is booked.
What has to be decided and booked early, before the date is fixed in other people's diaries.
Whose birthday it is, what age, when and where.
The ceremony details in one place: where, when, who is leading it.
Who the funeral director, the person leading the service and the other contacts are, with their numbers.
How many people are eating at each sitting, split into adults, children and staff.
Who gave what, so the thank-you names the right gift.
Who you are buying for, the idea, and what you meant to spend on each.
Where the money is expected to come from, and who is looking after each source.
What each event took, in cash and by card.
What happens when, where and with whom, in one running order.
Who is coming from away and on which dates.
Every prize, who donated it and who won it.
What must be in place before the first person walks in.
What the event is for and who it is for, written where everyone can read it.
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