Three to Two Months • Work on Church Requirements - Ask and be detailed about this. Since you are doing destination wedding heading to an out of town location must be maximized. So try to squeeze in errands while you are in the area. • Work On Legal Requirements and Licenses (eg. marriage license) • Sending out Invitations • Start to work on Guestlist • RSVP • Wedding Clothes Fitting • Wedding Accessories - check if you have all that you need. • Decide on Readers/ Commentor/Offerors for ceremony if applicable (please inform them that they have roles during ceremony) • Decide on Ceremony Readings and Print Missalette
1 month before Finalize your Guest List • Ensure Church and other legal requirements have been submitted and cleared with relevant parties. • Reception Program Creation with your Host • Make payments to your suppliers. • Spa/Facials, Hair Color bookings • Remind guests and family members of their transportation on the wedding day. • Email requests to Photo and Video Team on Shots you want for your wedding day. • Send to the DJ your Music wish list • Finalize Timeline, call time with Coordinator for your suppliers and for the members of the entourage so that everyone is on the loop and are well informed on what will happen on the wedding day. • Gowns and Suits of Entourage members should be delivered by this time . • Wedding Gown should be in your care at this time or nearing its completion.
2 weeks before • Money matters - segregate money payments for suppliers. (place in an envelope labelled and in exact amount in cash ) • Review Wedding Checklist • Finish errands eg Offertory items and other things you may need to buy • Touch up on guest list changes and seating plan. • Finalize Seating Plan for guests • Group and label wedding stuff that would be brought to the Hotel . • Wedding Gown & Suit/Barong should already be delivered or finalized if there are other arrangements.
1 week before the wedding Spend time with family and relax • Finish up on Errands . • Report to your coordinator any changes on plans. • Reconfirm Hotel Booking
2 days before the wedding Double Check Wedding Checklist • Double check things to be brought to the hotel or preparation venue
A day before Have your nails done and relax • Check in at the Hotel or settle down at your preparation venue • Arrange your wedding materials in the room where they will be checked and picked up by your wedding planner.
Turn Over With Otd Coordinator- ** This is a healthy time to turn over all your accomplishments to your coordinator. Allowing them to see where you are in the preps puts them in a better position to help you fill in the gaps on your wedding preps. Since you are doing an out of town wedding it is important that your planner gets to connect with your suppliers specially those based in Cavite.
Wedding Tip: GROUP CHAT- Create a group chat for your entourage members and family members so that information may easily be disseminated for your wedding. Do note, that your wedding party needs to know as much information on the pre-wedding timeline since some of them may be coming from out of town and needs to be guided with arrival time at your hotel or preparation location for photo shoots.
Wedding Tip **Make sure all permits for ceremony and venue are accomplished either by you or the relevant suppliers. There are some permits for the hotel preps, church and venue that needs to be handled by either the couples or the suppliers.having tried to squeezed in errands and schedule in a day or two would save you gas, time, logistics and ultimately expenses.
We hope that our comprehensive list will keep your worries to a barest minimum. Just always keep in mind your journey in preparing for your wedding can be as fun as you want it to be. Use this time to strengthen the bond with you partner. Happy preps!