❐ Announce Engagement
❐ Select Wedding Date (auspicious dates)
❐ Hire Wedding consultant/coordinator/pla
❐ Determine your dream wedding: location, theme, number of guest, formality, time & day
❐ Determine budget & how expenses will be shared
❐ Get a timer to keep track of appointments & events
❐ Develop a record keeping system for payments
❐ Create an approximate guest list - bride's, groom's, bride's family, groom's family
Further organize into
(a) A must invite
(b) Should invite
(c) Would be nice to invite
❐ Decide if you will be inviting children or not
❐ Select and reserve wedding venue
❐ Select and book Officiant/ Priest/ Minister/ Rabbi
❐ Obtain passport, visa, birth certificates, any documents need for travel and/or marriage legalization
❐ Select & book reception location
❐ Select and bridal gown & groom's attire
❐ Determine color scheme/theme
❐ If ceremony or reception is at a home, arrange for any home improvements
6 to 9 Months
❐ Select and book wedding banquet (if popular or suspicious venue, book a year earlier)
❐ Select and book caterer, if needed
❐ Select bridal studio package, or even have your photographer for your pre-wedding shoots
❐ Select wedding party and attendants - maid-of-honour, best man, bridesmaid and groomsmen
❐ Give wedding party a card with their list of responsibilities
❐ Select and buy attire or bridesmaids & flower girl, if needed
❐ Select and buy attire for mothers of bride & groom
❐ Select and book ceremony musicians
❐ Select and book live band or DJ for reception, discuss with your wedding planner to suit your wedding theme
❐ Select and book photographer and videographer, if needed
❐ Select and book florist, coordinate with your wedding planner or even get your wedding planner to coordinate according to your wedding theme with florist, decorator and venue provider, including details and delivery time frame
❐ Register for your wedding gifts ( can be done sooner)
4 to 6 Months
❐ Schedule fittings for custom made bridesmaids gowns
❐ Arrange marriage prep-courses, if necessary
❐ Reserve rental items
❐ Select and book decorator
❐ Finalize an A and B list of guests
❐ Select and order invitations and other wedding stationary
❐ Set date, time and location for rehearsal dinner
❐ Select and book honeymoon night suite
❐ Arrange accommodations for out-of-town guests
❐ Start planning your honeymoon
❐ Shop for your wedding gifts to each other
❐ Shop for your wedding gifts to your wedding party
❐ Shop for your wedding gifts to your parents
❐ Buy shoes, lingerie and accessories for the bride
❐ Buy shoes and accessories for the bride
❐ Buy shoes and accessories for the bridesmaids
❐ Select and order wedding bands
2 to 4 Months
❐ Take formal arrangement picture
❐ Select and order wedding cake, if needed
❐ Select party favours
❐ Select and order decorations
❐ Purchase honeymoon attire and luggage
❐ Select and book wedding day transportation
❐ Start dressing your invitations
❐ Plan activities for out-of-town guests (optional)
❐ Go on trials and book wedding day hair and makeup. Bring your headpiece and wear a white shirt
❐ Send out your invitations
❐ RSVP your guests a month after delivery of invitations
❐ Select ushers to seat your guests
❐ Select guest book attendant
❐ Select your MC
❐ Mail invitations to shower
❐ Get photography permit, if needed
❐ Prepare a schedule for all your wedding vendors -time tables, arrival times, wedding day itinerary and etc
❐ Schedule delivery times and dates with all wedding vendors
6 to 8 Weeks
❐ Maintain a record of RSVP's and early wedding gifts
❐ Maintain a record of shower gifts and send thank you's
❐ Purchase all ceremony and reception accessories: guest book, toasting glasses, garter, ring pillow, etc
❐ Select and reserve wedding attire for all gentlemen
❐ Mail invitations to rehearsal dinner
❐ Plan bridesmaid luncheon
❐ Get a trial make-up and hairstyling session and book the stylist if you like your look, do bring along pictures or reference
❐ Select and schedule hair treatment or hair color sessions with your stylist
2 to 6 Weeks
❐ Delivery of Betrothal by Groom & family to bride & bride's family (过大礼)
❐ Finalize all food and beverages for wedding
❐ Finalize all ceremony details with Officiant
❐ Finalize all rehearsal arrangements
❐ Finalize all floral arrangements
❐ Final fittings for yourself and bridesmaids
❐ Make a wedding day itinerary
❐ Give a copy of the itinerary to your wedding party and vendors
❐ Finalize all details with all your vendors
❐ Decide order of receiving line and head table setting
❐ Contact guest that haven't replied
❐ Pick up wedding rings
❐ Visit reception seating plan
❐ Arrange seating and prepare place cards or thank you notes
❐ Plan reception layout and seating with wedding planner & usher
❐ Print out seating cards
❐ Give musicians a list of your music selection
❐ Give photographer a photo checklist
❐ Inform attendants when and where to pick up attire
❐ Determine VIP seating for the ceremony seating
❐ Prepare, confirm and have a final meeting with all service providers
❐ Pick up honeymoon tickets
1 Week
❐ Preparation of bridal bed at bridal room or couple's new home
❐ Bride's family to deliver dowry to the bridal room or couple's new home
❐ Give caterer/reception venue final tally guests
❐ Pack of your honeymoon
❐ Wrap reception flavours
❐ Pick up wedding attire, make sure everything fits
❐ Finalize guest count and notify your venue manager
❐ Gather everything need for the Big Day
❐ Arrange for someone to drive wedding car
❐ Schedule for manicure & pedicure
❐ Take a break at the spa with your fiance or bridesmaid
❐ Review schedule of events and last minute arrangements with your service provider
❐ Familiarize yourselves with guests' and relatives' name
❐ Confirm all honeymoon reservations and accommodations
❐ Final packing for your honeymoon
❐ Arrange mail collection while you are on honeymoon
Day of Rehearsal Dinner
❐ Drop all wedding accessories and decor off at ceremony and reception locations
❐ Make sure you bring all gifts that will be handed out at dinner
❐ Make sure you have all final payments in envelopes for wedding day
❐ Pack over night bag for honeymoon suite
❐ Make sure wedding party has their itinerary
❐ Go to church for rehearsal, if needed
❐ Review seating with ushers at ceremony location
Eve of Wedding Day
❐ Make sure you put up chinese wedding decorations
❐ Setting up the 2 dragon candles at bride's side and 2 phoenix candles at Groom's side
❐ Hair combing ceremony to be conducted for the bride and groom in their respective home the night before the chinese wedding
Wedding Day
❐ Most of the details will be on your wedding day itinerary
❐ Eat breakfast/rice with your sibling and parents. In chinese custom, this is a farewell meal before she married off.
❐ Pack anything remaining on your 'To Bring' list in cars
❐ Make sure Maid of Honour has groom's ring and Best Man has bride's ring and don't forget your bridal bouquet
❐ Make sure you have your wedding licence, photo permit and Special Occasions Permit, if needed
❐ Put your engagement ring on your right hand
❐ Use your wedding day itinerary to get you through the say on some soft of trouble
❐ Remember to look around and soak in the views of the day you planned so long and hard for
❐ Relax and enjoy your big day
❐ Remember to put on your best smile!
Will update further on the Details on Actual Wedding Day. Stay tune!!
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