Groom's
Calendar
The groom doesn't have as many wedding
preparations as the bride, but his duties are important. The list
below spans a six-month period the minimum amount of time needed
to plan a formal wedding.
Six months before:
8□ Order bride's
engagement, wedding rings.
8□ Start making out your guest list.
8□ Arrange a visit with clergymember, judge.
8□ If you'll share
wedding expenses, discuss with fiancée, all parents.
8□ Discuss
with your fiancée how many ushers
you'll need (about one for every 50 guests)
and begin to select
them.
8□ Discuss honeymoon plans with your fiancée and start
making transportation and accommodation reservations.
8□ If you are traveling abroad, be sure to update passports,
arrange for visas, and check on inoculations.
Three months before:
8□ Complete guest
list; give it to fiancée.
8□ Consult fiancée; order wedding
attire.
8□ Decide whom you want as your best man and ushers;
invite them to participate.
8□ Talk with male attendants about
their wedding attire.
8□ Complete honeymoon plans; buy tickets.
One month before:
8□ Decide on bride's
bouquet and going-away corsage; check with fiancée on
boutonnieres for men in the wedding party and mothers' corsages.
8□ Pick up bride's ring; check engraving.
8□ Arrange lodging
for relatives and ushers from out of town.
8□ Select gift for
your bride, attendants.
8□ Make sure necessary documents legal,
medical, and religious are in order.
8□ Order gloves, ties,
ascots for ushers.
8□ Make sure they've ordered their own attire.
Two weeks before:
8□ Make a date with
your fiancée to get the marriage license.
(You might take her to
lunch at her favorite restaurant.)
8□ Check on arrangements for
the bachelor dinner (if you are giving it).
8□ Arrange with your
best man for transportation from the reception to the airport
(or
from wherever you are planning to leave on your honeymoon.)
8□Double-check honeymoon reservations.
One week before:
8□ Present gifts to
your attendants (at the bachelor party).
8□ Remind your best man
and ushers of the rehearsal time and place, and fill them in on
rehearsal dinner details.
8□Explain any special seating
arrangements to the head usher.
8□ Put the minister's or judge's
fee in a sealed envelope and give it to the best man. (He will
deliver it.)
8□ Get your going-away clothes ready so you can
change after the reception.
8□ Pack for your honeymoon.
8□
Arrange to move belongings to new home.
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