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12 Month Indian Wedding Checklist For The Perfectionist In You

12 Months
Let’s Start!!!

• Select a few tentative dates, so that you can adjust dates according to the other priorities.
• Plan your budget. Discuss with your partner and make a rough calculation on how much funds is to be allocated for each element of the event.
• Discover the wedding theme. Collect ideas and develop a theme that reflects very much of you.
  Pick your wedding party. Choose your bridesmaids, groomsmen, usher, ceremony reader, ring bearers, etc.
• Set up a marriage website and update it.
• Decide on wedding insurance. The current situation seems to be very uncertain and out of our control. So we prefer you to avail of wedding insurance.
• Consider various options for wedding venues, reception halls, etc.
• Start meeting and discussing with wedding professionals like event planners, florists, and wedding photographers, your dreams about the big day.
• Start drafting a rough guest list.
• Research on trendy fashions for wedding attire.
• Start collecting Save The Date designs that complement your wedding theme.

10 Months
Spirit Up. We are still in the beginning phase.

• Prepare for your bridal party. Select bridal party outfits and accessories.
• Book and block the dates on all venues.
• Hire a priest service or a marriage officiant.
• Book your wedding planners, florist, caterers, photographers, Wedding DJ, etc.
• Send your Save The Dates through online platforms, including social media.
• Visit the wedding boutique and select your wedding outfit and related accessories.
• Pamper yourself. Make time to care for your body and skin. Follow a fitness routine and a skin
• routine that suits you. Take the help of professionals if needed.

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8 Months
Gather all your energy. Let’s do it.

• Prepare accommodation facilities for out-of-town guests—research various available options in different price ranges and select at least three among them.
• Work on the guest list and refine it.
• Decide on gift registries.
• Explore the latest designs and styles for wedding invitation cards, thank you cards, menu cards, etc.
• Start planning your honeymoon.

6 Months
Good Work!! What now?

• Decide on wedding day hair and makeup styles. Seek help from a professional makeup artist.
  Book rentals including chairs, backdrops, chair covers, sashes, etc.
• Schedule cake tasting and book wedding cake based on your wedding theme.
• Select attire for bridesmaids and groomsmen.
• Book and arrange transportation facility to and from the venue.
• Purchase the wedding rings. Make sure that they fit you well.
• Hire musicians for the ceremony, if needed.
• Get your invitation sample printed.

4 Months
Bye-bye planning. Into action.

• Schedule an appointment for dress fitting and alteration.
• Decide on a honeymoon destination. Arrange accommodation and book travel tickets to the place.
• Decide where to spend the wedding night. If you are planning to stay in a hotel, book a room.
• Prepare the playlist of music for the ceremony, DJ, etc.
• Draft the final guest list.

3 Months
We are approaching our goal.

• Arrange all documents needed for the honeymoon travel and make sure that you hold a valid passport.
• Make a floor and seating plan for your wedding and reception venue.
  Schedule an appointment with your stylist to try the hair and makeup and finalize the look for the wedding day.
• Decide on the meal and finalize the menu for the function. Make sure you consider vegans too in this process.

2 Months
Zero Hour!!

• Send wedding invitation cards through the post.
• Discuss ceremony details and procedures with the priest.
• Apply for the marriage license.
• Purchase gifts for the guests.
• Start preparing for writing vows.
• Prepare wedding timeline and send

1 Month
Have you missed something?

• Ring the wedding professionals and vendors to confirm the venue, date, and time of the event.
  Pack your bags for the honeymoon.
• Get the marriage license ready.
• Try wearing a wedding dress with shoes and other accessories.
• Draft Thank you notes in return for the gifts received.

2 Weeks
Keep calm, almost there!

• Reach out to the guests who have not responded to the invitation.
• Refresh the gift registries.
• Inform the caterers of the final count of attendees.
• Share selected playlist to the ceremony musician, DJs, etc.
• Share detailed route information to the transportation driver.

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1 Week
Final countdown

• Get your haircut and hair dying done. Spend time on simple beauty treatments.
• Assign readers with scripts.
• Provide engagement photos and other requested photos to the photography team.
• Prepare the wedding emergency kit.
• Pay vendors in full.

1 Day Before
We have done it!!

• Do the wedding rehearsal.
• Make sure that you delivered the wedding decors to the venue.
• Inform guests of the schedule for the next day.
• Visit your stylist and get a manicure and pedicure done.
• Go to bed early and get all the sleep you can.

The Big Day – Wedding Day
Own your day!!

• Get up early. Have a good breakfast. Take time to get ready for the ceremony.
• Don’t forget to carry the marriage certificate to the venue.
• If the wedding venue is outdoors, it’s better you carry an umbrella along.
• Have a handy note of vendor contact info, in case of any emergency, you must be able to contact them at any point of the event.
• Thank your partner and parents for being supportive during the planning phase.
• Relax and enjoy each moment of the big day.

Post-Wedding Checklist
Back to reality.

• Send thank-you notes to the guests.
• Return the rentals.
• Finish your gift registry; exchange duplicate or unwanted gifts with new ones.
• Clean and preserve your wedding dress.
• Keep in touch with the photography team for the album and wedding video.
• Enjoy the blissful days.