You have planned the perfect winter wedding. Everything has been purchased to make your day a success. You are fairly confident that everything is in order. But a last-minute slip-up or oversight can definitely detract from your memorable wedding.
The checklist that follows will help to make sure that your winter wedding goes off without any problems and that you don’t end up becoming a “Bride-zilla” in the process:
- Check your RSVPs
Check your RSVPs or have someone to do it for you. Determining just how many people will be coming to the wedding and reception is important. Pass this information along to your vendors as soon as possible.
- Confirm your vendors
Confirm the arrangements that you have made with vendors like your florist, photographer, band or DJ, and caterer to make sure that everyone is on the same “page”. Be sure to save the vendors’ cell and contact information so that you have everything at your fingertips if you need to contact the vendor.
- Have a contingency plan in place
While you may be totally enamored by the idea of an outdoor wedding beneath the gazebo, many winter weddings are planned with the stipulation of weather-permitting the event to take place. Certainly, the wedding can’t take place outside if it is sleeting or snowing heavily! You have to have a contingency plan when a wedding is planned outdoors. Make certain that all of the vendors that you are using are apprised ahead of time in regards to your “plan B”.
- Finalize your honeymoon plans
Take time to make sure that everything that you have planned on for the perfect honeymoon is ready to go. This might include reservations for a limo, your airfare, hotel accommodations and other itinerary plans. Go ahead and pack your bags and make certain that you include some extra cash, your passports, and other travel documents if you plan to leave the country.
- Create a photography schedule
For planned photographs, have everyone to arrive fifteen minutes prior to when the photo is scheduled to be taken, dressed and ready.
- Craft a master itinerary
A detailed itinerary for the bridal party and the family is essential. Create an itinerary and give everyone at your rehearsal dinner a copy of it so that everyone knows where they’re supposed to be at on the big day, and when they are supposed to be there.
- Make a transportation plan
Determine how everyone will arrive at the wedding and make sure everyone knows who is picking up whom, and so on. If family and bridal party are arriving via limo, determine if they are leaving the same way, and if not, arrange transportation for them.
- Get your legal documents in line
Someone needs to be responsible for your marriage license until the ceremony. You’ll need it in some places to get honeymoon perks. A good choice for keeping up with it? The matron of honor or best man.
- Create an S.O.S. kit for the big day
A well-prepared bride will prepare an S.O.S. or emergency kit for the day of the wedding that includes things like tissues, panty hose, lip gloss, hemming tape, bobby pins, and so on.
This article was written exclusively for STL Weddings by Mark from FinderMind. Mark writes about people search & helping people find long-lost friends/family members. His site features the top 25 people free search engines online.
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