WEDDING PLANNING CHECKLIST

A wedding checklist that lives with the rest of your wedding

Keep wedding tasks, dates, vendors, guests and day-of details together instead of managing a checklist that cannot see the rest of your plans.

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12 months to go

A good next focus: Choose a budget and start a venue shortlist.

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A checklist that keeps up with the wedding

Master wedding planning checklist
Live tasks can carry real due dates
Switch to wedding-party and family handoff views
Print or save role-specific checklists as PDF
Keep tasks connected to vendors, budget and calendar
Use Hope to help surface things you may be forgetting
Your planning doesn't stop at this tool.

Save it to your free account and keep the same wedding connected to your guests, vendors, budget, checklist and wedding-day details.

Organize planning tasks in one place
Keep important dates on your wedding calendar
Connect planning with vendors and budget
Use Hope to spot things you may be forgetting
Prepare your wedding-day timeline and binder
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12 to 9 months before your wedding

Set a realistic wedding budget and an initial guest-count target. Choose a date or date range, compare venues by total cost and inclusions, and prioritize booking the vendors with limited availability. Create a wedding website and start collecting important guest information.

8 to 6 months before

Choose attire with enough time for ordering and alterations. Plan your ceremony and reception priorities, begin invitations and save-the-dates as appropriate, review your registry, and update your budget as real vendor quotes arrive.

5 to 3 months before

Confirm your food and drink plan, music, rentals and transportation. Check invitation timing, gather missing guest addresses and build an RSVP plan. Start a reception floor plan and seating draft, knowing that it will change as responses arrive.

2 months to 1 month before

Track RSVPs, follow up with guests who have not responded, confirm vendor schedules and payment deadlines, and draft your wedding-day timeline. Reconcile your budget against remaining balances and share responsibilities with your wedding party.

Final two weeks and wedding day

Give final headcounts to vendors by their contractual deadlines, confirm arrival and setup details, prepare tip envelopes if needed, pack essential items and share the final schedule. Delegate day-of tasks so you can focus on your celebration.

How to use the free interactive checklist

Open the wedding checklist, create your free I Do Atlas account if you have not already, and start with the phase that matches your date. Add or adjust tasks and deadlines as your plans change. Pair it with the free wedding budget planner and your wedding website instead of keeping separate lists.

What should be on a wedding planning checklist?

A useful wedding checklist should cover the big milestones such as venue, vendors, guest planning, invitations, attire, ceremony details, reception details and the wedding-day timeline, while still giving you room for the details unique to your wedding.

Your checklist should change with your wedding

A generic printable checklist can be a helpful start, but real weddings change. I Do Atlas gives your planning tasks a home beside your guest list, budget, vendors, calendar and wedding-day information so your plan can evolve instead of becoming another forgotten document.

Keep your checklist, budget and guests connected

Start with the free wedding planning resources, build a realistic plan using the $10,000 wedding budget guide or $15,000 wedding budget guide, and use the guest list and RSVP guide as invitations approach. Create a free account to keep your checklist and budget together.

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