What You Need to do on
the Week of Your Wedding Day
A FREE Wedding Day Worksheet
You will need to bring items and to appoint Helpers for different tasks. Mark each item as DONE when you complete it.
| Your marriage license | Give it to the officiant ahead of time | |
| Arrange with the officiant to seat your families in the front rows during the ceremony. | Appoint a helper to secure that any special item you need will be ready for you.(Unity Candles, Breaking Glass, Gifts for your Children etc) | · |
| Have flat shoes if you plan to change from your high heels | o | o |
| Prepare an emergency kit that includes |
Bobby pins Other hair accessories Hair spray Lipstick Other makeup Nail file Tissues Water Snack Mints Pain reliever First aid kit Tampons Sewing Kit Safety Pins Tide to go
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| Overnight Bags for the bride and for the groom for your wedding night | Make sure to get it to the hotel. | o |
| Cash, Credit cards and ID |
Place Tips and or overtime for the vendors in pre-assigned envelopes. Have your parents give out the envelopes to the vendors. |
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| Arrange for vendors meals | With the caterer. | o |
| Create your music selection | Give it to the person in charge of entertainment. | o |
| Arrange for transportation for bride and groom, family and Wedding Party. Especially if the ceremony and the reception will be in different locations |
Appoint a Helper to arrange for transporting and storing your gifts while you are on your honeymoon, and how to retrieve them when you return.
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At the Rehearsal Dinner go over the duties of your wedding attendants and when and wher they should take place. Appoint a Helper to set up place cards and centerpieces OR Sometimes during the week hand them to the venue manager.
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Most venue managers will be glad to set up your place card but will shy away from setting centerpieces.
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Wedding Accessories for the ceremony:
Wedding Accessories for the reception:
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Guest Book and Pen Unity Candles and Candle Holder Flower Basket Ring Pillow * * * * * 2 Garters 1 for bride 1 to throw Bride’s Money Bag Cake Knife and Server Champagne Flutes |
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| Appoint a Helper to be in charge of the wedding timeline and to have full contact info for the vendors too. |
to make sure everything goes as scheduled, and be there if there are any questions or problems during the reception.
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| appoint a Helper to supervise a cleaning crew after the wedding | This is if you have your wedding is in a venue that does not include a cleaning service. If for example your wedding takes place in the social hall at your place of worship, or in a club house etc.. | o |
| Communicate with each of your Vendors. Go over, confirm and re-conform ALL of the wedding day’s details | Be sure to Provide all wedding professionals with phone number to call in case of an emergency on your wedding day. | o |
| Give the venue/caterer the final headcount. Also let the venue manager know of every vendor who has special requests for set-up. | Remember to Include your vendors, in your head count as they expect to be fed. Ask each vendor for a headcount. | o |
| Provide both the reception and ceremony managers with a detailed time schedule. | Let them know what each vendor’s deliver and setup time is, as well as each of their contact numbers. | o |
| Verify with the limousine or car rental company how many vehicles will be transporting. | Confirm the exact pickup times and at which locations. Go over how many riders per vehicle per location. | o |
| Confirm your beauty appointments | You may schedule beauty treatments for your mothers and wedding party. | o |
| Prepare welcome baskets for out of town guests and have them placed in your guest’s rooms. |
Arrange to transport guests from the airport to the hotel. |
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Things to take care of a week or more before your wedding day Worksheet
