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Once the date is set 6 weeks before
• Draw up a rough budget for your wedding
plus the guest list
• Book the Registration Office or approved
venue and arrange a Notice of Marriage for
you both
• Book the reception venue, caterers and
entertainment
• Choose your bridesmaids, attendants, best
man and ushers, if applicable!
• Book the photographer and/or videographer
• Order your invitations, if you are having them
made
• Decide on what sort of transport you will be
using and book cars for the ceremony and
going away
• Make any travel arrangements required
• Start shopping for the wedding outfits
• Decide on and speak to a hairdresser and/or
your beauty salon for your Big Day.  F
•
 inalise your guest list
• C
 hoose gifts for the bridesmaids, attendants,
best man and mothers
• O
 rder gift boxes if you plan to send out
wedding cake to guests who cannot attend
• A
 ttend a second fitting (if appropriate).
3 months before
 Order the wedding cake
•
• Pay your wedding ceremony fees
• Choose the rings
• Send out the invitations, order menu cards
and place cards
• Book a florist and choose flowers for the
reception, including buttonholes and
corsages
• Decide on your wedding gift list
• Have a first fitting of your wedding outfit (if it
is being made to measure)
• If you are travelling abroad, arrange any
necessary visas and vaccinations
• If you are changing your name, allow at
least six weeks (preferably more in the peak
holiday season) for a new passport and
remember to change your driver’s licence
and bank details
• Book a hotel for the wedding night.
www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/registration
4 weeks before
 H
•
 ave the final fittings for the wedding outfits
• B
 ook an appointment with your hairdresser
for a trial run
• C
 onfirm numbers with the caterers and
arrange the seating plan
• S
 peak to your Registrar about the ceremony,
discussing your readings, vows and music
choices
• P
 repare thank you letters for the presents
you will receive .
2 weeks before
• W
 ork out a rough timetable for the reception
and run through it with the best man,
bridesmaids and attendants
• W
 rite out place cards for the reception
• O
 rder foreign currency if travelling abroad
• W
 ear-in your wedding shoes at home
• D
 ouble check the travel timings to and from
your ceremony/reception venue(s) - allow for
heavy traffic.
On the day…
This is your day, remember, so ask friends and
family to see that the following arrangements
are made for you on the day.
• T
 he cases are sent on to your overnight hotel
• T
 he wedding outfits are packed and taken
home and any hired items are returned as soon
as possible
• T
 he wedding presents are carefully packed up
and taken home
• Wedding cake is sent to anyone unable to attend.
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