Wedding Services Checklist

Wedding servicesThere are many different services which can facilitate the course of a wedding day. The following checklist will give you an overview of the services which a couple might hire when planning their big day.

Don’t feel overwhelmed by all the services pointed out here. Just pick the ones that best suit your dream wedding.

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Wedding Ceremony Checklist

Wedding ceremonyAll your efforts planning and organizing your wedding evolve around this most special moment, the wedding ceremony, the time when you declare your love to each other and actually become husband and wife. Whether religious or not you can instill spirituality in the way you arrange everything for the moment when you say “Yes, I do”.

In order to help you take everything into account for the ceremony of your wedding, have a look at the checklist below with the things you don’t want to miss.

Don’t feel overwhelmed by all the ideas pointed out here. Just pick the ones that best suit your dream wedding.

  • Set a budget
  • Start about 9-12 months in advance
  • Choose church or other venue for ceremony
  • Check fee / gratuity for officient or clergy and site
  • Documents needed for the conduction of ceremony
  • Choose ceremony program
  • Select best man, maid of honor, brides maids, grooms men, or “witnesses”
  • Organize organist/music, groom/parents/bridal party and bride entrances
  • Choose readings / prayers
  • Choose vows or come up with your own
  • Choose decoration (altar, pew bows, flowers, candles, archway…)
  • Choose lighting
  • Organize unity candle
  • Organize rings, ring pillow and ringbearer
  • Organize flower girl basket
  • Organize pen for signing marriage license
  • Organize chairs and table for ceremony if necessary
  • Think about the distribution of people (especially of family members)
  • Organize photographer / videographer
  • Organize car / limousine
  • Check / organize parking possibilities for guests
  • Rehearsal a few days before with bridal party

Tip #1: If you wish to have a non-religous ceremony but don’t want to be necessarily married by a clerk at a courthouse, there are several options for you. See this website for more information.

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Wedding Decorations Checklist

decoration-thiquinhoPlanning the wedding decoration is usually quite time consuming. However, it is also one of the most creative parts of the wedding planning. It allows you to let your imagination fly and express your personal style. The following decorations checklist will give you an overview of the most common decoration possibilities for your wedding.

Don’t feel overwhelmed by all the ideas pointed out here. Just pick the ones that best suit your dream wedding.

  • Set a budget
  • Archway
  • Altar arrangements
  • Pew bows
  • Aisle runner
  • Headpieces
  • Centerpieces
  • Chair covers
  • Head table decor
  • Backdrops, ceiling canopies, mandaps, mehendi & sangeet, chuppas…
  • Lighting
  • Gifts for guests (purchased or self made?)
  • Gift table
  • Basket / Box for gifts
  • Place / seating cards
  • Car decoration
  • Just married clings

Tip #1: Many of these decoration ideas might also include flowers. While you can use flowers wherever you like, if you wish to get an idea of all the flowers commonly used for a wedding, check out our Wedding Flowers Checklist.

Tip #2: Before starting to choose specific decorations it is advisable to decide on the general color scheme of the wedding.

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Wedding Flowers Checklist

Wedding flowersIn this category you can let your imagination fly while organizing your personal wedding flower decoration. There are lots of options where to use flowers. Here you’ll find a checklist of the most common ones.

Don’t feel overwhelmed by all the ideas pointed out here. Just pick the ones that best suit your dream wedding.

  • Set budget
  • Start about 6-9 months in advance
  • Bride’s bouquet
  • Bridesmaids bouquets
  • Maid of honor bouquet
  • Throw away bouquet
  • Corsages (for mothers, grandmothers)
  • Boutonnieres (for groom, fathers, grandfathers, best man, groom’s men)

    • Decorations which might also include flowers:

  • Archway
  • Altar arrangements
  • Pew bows
  • Aisle runner
  • Headpieces
  • Centrepieces
  • Car decoration

Tip #1: Make sure that the flowers’ delivery is well organized: Who will deliver/pick up the flowers? When will they be delivered? Who will receive them and distribute them to the right places (bride, maids, tables, pew bows…)?

Tip #2: Since you will have enough things on your mind during your wedding day, it might be a good idea to organize a responsible helper who is willing to receive the flowers and make sure they get to where they belong.

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Wedding Transport Checklist

wedding carIf you plan to celebrate your wedding somewhere far away from the accommodation facilities you are probably considering to organize the transportation for your guests. Furthermore, if many guests are comming from abroad they will need some kind of transportation during the time they are there.

In this checklist you will find some of the possibilities which you may take into account when organizing the transportation for your wedding day.

  • Set budget
  • Determine number of guests
  • Arrange transport for guests arriving from abroad (airport to venue / hotel)
  • Decide what kind of transport you want your guests to use: bus, hired cars…
  • Provide maps if guests are going to drive (own cars or hired ones)
  • Make sure to exchange cellphone numers in case the guests get lost driving
  • Check if bus drivers are included in dinner cost
  • Arrange enough parking places at the wedding venue (if guests come with cars)
  • Determine number of parking valets needed
  • Decoration for the newly-wed car (limousine / antic car / own car / borrowed car)
  • Organize your transport to the airport and back for the honeymoon

Tip #1: Ask the rent-a-car for a special offer if you are hiring a decent amount of cars. Check if it’s going to be cheaper to rent 7 or 9-seater vans, normal cars or buses.

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