6 Months
- Discuss wedding expenses and budget with fiancee and all parents. Who is paying for what?
- Start making out your guest list.
- Select your best man.
- Decide how many ushers you need (1 for every 50 guests), and select them.
- Check marriage license requirements for your State
- Arrange visit with minister/wedding officiant to discuss ceremony.
- Discuss honeymoon plans.
If traveling abroad, make legal arrangements (passport, visas, inoculations etc. - Checkout wedding gift registry’s with fiancee.
- Ask questions about money matters before you are married
- Complete guest list, give it to fiancee.
- Consult with fianceé and order wedding attire for self, best man, ushers and fathers.
- Arrange transportation (limousines, etc.) for wedding party to ceremony and reception.
- Complete honeymoon plans: buy tickets, arrange hotel, etc
- Order wedding rings and engraving.
- Arrange to pay for bride’s bouquet
- Order boutonnieres for men, and corsages for mothers
- Check marriage license requirements for your State to see if you need an exam and blood test.
- Plan rehearsal dinner with your parents.
- Consult with fianceé and arrange lodging for relatives and ushers from out of town.
- Select gifts for best man and ushers, to be given at the bachelor dinner or wedding rehearsal.
- Choose bride’s wedding present. Something personal, such as a watch or other piece of fine jewelry, is traditional.
- Make sure necessary documents – legal, insurance, financial, medical, and religious – are in order.
- Attend bachelor party.
- Pick up wedding rings, check engraving.
- Help fiancee with wedding invitations
- Make a date with your fianceé to get the marriage license.
- Arrange with the best man for transportation from the reception to the airport or train.
- Double check honeymoon reservations and hotel for wedding night.
- Explain any special seating arrangements to head usher.
- Put the clergy member’s or judge’s fee in a sealed envelope and give it to the best man, to be delivered after the ceremony.
- Get your money and credit cards in order for your trip. Out of the USA?
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- Arrange to move belongings to new home.
- Remind best man and ushers of the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner details.
- Plan for your wedding toast
- Present gifts to attendants at rehearsal dinner.
- Arrange for rental returns.
- Be sure you and your bride sign the wedding certificate and send it to the courhouse before leaving on your honeymoon.
- Send a thank-you note to your bride’s parents after the wedding thanking them for all they did. Make it personal!
- Write thank you notes for gifts, and to the special people in your wedding.