Your Step-by-Step Wedding Planning Checklist

A wedding planning checklist is helpful to make sure you have considered each step in the process of planning your wedding. The checklist also helps to create a timeline for each step in the process.

Your Wedding Planning Checklist Action and Timeline

You are engaged, now what? Each item in the first column of the wedding planning checklist below is an action step in your wedding planning process. The information in the second column indicates a suggested timeline. This timeline suggests a nine-month planning process. This is tight. A twelve-month or longer timeline is best.

The timeline is organized according to month. Month one begins the wedding planning process. There may be more than one item that should be completed in any given month. You may want to adjust the timeline to align more closely with your specific wedding requirements.

Action Item

Timeline

Communicating about your wedding plans


Month 1

How to make wedding planning decisions

Month 1

Your wedding budget

Month 1

Wedding designers planners and coordinators

Month 2

Wedding planning Apps and online tools

Month 2

Wedding date venue and reception

Month 2

The wedding reception

The wedding party

Month 2

Month 2

Themes and decor for your Wedding: How to Decide

Month 2

Wedding Dress Codes

Month 2

Wedding Rehearsal and Dinner: What you need to know

Month 2

Creating your wedding guest list

Month 3

Wedding invitations and guest thank you notes

Month 3

Selecting your wedding officiant

Month 3

Wedding flowers

Month 3

Wedding Rings

Month 4

Plan design and create your wedding ceremony

Month 4

Gift Ideas for your Wedding Party

Month 4

Wedding gifts and your gift registry

Month 5

Marriage License and Certificate

Month 8

You did it: Relax until your wedding day

Month 8

Your Wedding Day: Enjoy

Month 9

Be Blessed

Months and Years to Come

Wedding Planning Checklist