Planning your wedding can be a tough task. While you look forward to the event itself, you dread the externalities that need to be taken care of in the process. Be it finalising the guest list and location or picking appropriate dresses and the best spot for the honeymoon, wedding planning can be an overwhelming experience. The love we share for our partner keeps us going as we step into the boat of marriage and set the anchors up through our wedding. 

With so much going on in your head, it is only natural that you will forget a few details in the planning process. Wedding planning requires managing a budget, meeting event planners and talking to a Hillstone St Lucia wedding hire. 

To help you through this never ending process, we have prepared a checklist you can manage to host the perfect wedding. Go through this checklist and make the right choices for the future. 

Once You Get Started 

As soon as you finalise your wedding plans, you should do the following: 

• Have a detailed discussion with your significant other and discuss what the ideal wedding looks like for both of you. You should both be on the same page as far as the details of the wedding are concerned. 
• Draw up a sample budget that you will require to meet your wedding goals. 
• List down the guest list for the event. Decide on the number of guests you need in the event. The number of guests will determine your choice of venue. 
• Pick the right wedding dates, where the important people in your life will be free to attend. 
• Research the right ceremony locations and wedding venues to see if they are available on the dates you have in mind. 
• Have an engagement party if you have the budget. 

12 Months Before the Wedding 

Once the wedding nears and you are just a year away from it, you should do the following: 

• Visit different locations for the reception and finalise venues for the ceremony and following event. 
• Research suppliers for the wedding, including florist, cake, photographer, music, hair expert, makeup expert and décor expert. 
• You can review wedding insurance options. 
• Book a photographer. 
• Book a videographer. 
• Decide the type of event you require. 
• Research the right décor options for your ceremony. 
• See if you have the budget for a venue stylist. 
• Send Save the Date Cards out to different people. 
• Enlist helpers that you may need by your side. 

8 to 10 Months Before Your Wedding 

As time starts ticking by, you should do the following when it is 8 months to your wedding; 

• Book a band and DJ for the reception. 
• Reserve accommodations for your guests, especially those that will be coming from other places. 
• Contact an appropriate décor hire company. You can include chairs, tents and tables in this as well. 
• Book a honeymoon for after the wedding. 
• Select vendors for the wedding cake. 

6 to 8 Months Before the Wedding

You should do the following when it is just 6 months left to your wedding date: 

• Order the right wedding dress. Good boutiques require some six months to give you a rush order and give you a decent wedding dress. 
• Book musicians for the ceremony. 
• Ensure your passports are updated for your honeymoon. 
• Start planning for your honeymoon, including the activities and excursions that you will partake in. 
• Start planning stag parties – your bridesmaids and pals should look over this. 

4 to 6 Months Before the Wedding 

You are now finally stepping into the business end of the preparations. 

• Choose dresses and patterns for your bridesmaid’s. 
• Choose wedding invitations. 
• Attend counseling for pre-marriage. 
• Meet a florist to discuss floral options with them.
• Go shop for a groom’s suit. 
• Organise all legalities 3 months in advance 
• Arrange all travel vaccinations if you consider them necessary 
• Organise a transport option for your wedding ceremony 
• Start gathering addresses for invitations to be sent to guests for the wedding. You can go for digital invites as well. 
• Organise makeup and hair trial. 

2 to 3 Months Before the Wedding 

The wedding is almost on your head and you should spring into action now: 

• Send all invitations to your guests 
• Organize different gifts for wedding gifts including the wedding party 
• Attend dress fittings 
• Organize outfits for everyone 
• Have a menu tasting with the caterer 

4 Weeks Before Your Wedding 

Things are about to get really hectic. You should oversee these things now: 

• Have a finalised wedding dress with you. 
• Make any adjustments or changes you want with suppliers. 
• Finalise details for any mass orders. 
• Complete any/all DIY or craft projects you have in mind. 
• Review the final list of guests and make sure they have all been sent an invite. 

1 Week Before the Wedding 

It is high time to finalise all preps now: 

• Finalise your details with all wedding suppliers and set up space for the DJ and florist. 
• Print all place cards. 
• Call all wedding suppliers and make sure they have arrangements in order. 
• Get manicure, waxing, massage and all other preening and prepping done 
• Pack for honeymoon. 
• Be mentally prepared 

On the Day of the Wedding 

• Give all gifts you have prepared to the bridesmaid and the best men. 
• Flowers should be delivered to where the bride is getting ready. 
• Best men should hold wedding bands. 
• Have a person available to communicate with the wedding planners and suppliers during the event when you aren’t available. 
• Assign an attendant to the photographer. 
• Make sure all of your dresses are ready and they are prepared beforehand. 
• Plan a detailed itinerary for the event and pass it on to others. 
• Finalize your honeymoon plans and leave after the wedding

Your wedding is a once in a lifetime event, which is why the responsibility to make the day special falls on your shoulders. Follow the checklist we have mentioned above to have a good day and make memories for a long time to come. Once everything is done and dusted, you can share this checklist with others to help them out in planning for the wedding.