Is it eighteen months until your your wedding day, and you're already getting all your ducks in a row? Or is your wedding day right around the corner, and you need a last-minute checkup on how you're doing? Whether you love or hate lists, having one handy can help you get a handle on everything that has to be done.

We already prepared a list to make it easier for you. Keep all the things you must do for your wedding day on track with our printable Wedding How–To Checklist. While no pre-made wedding planner can cover every conceivable contingency, it will help for you to save it or print it for regular review.

Wedding Planning Basics

The concept behind our Wedding How–To Checklist is the same idea that underlies all planning – write down everything that needs to be done. It's that simple. If you didn't want to look at our list, grab a legal-sized pad of paper and a pen or pencil, and start writing: how do you want your wedding to look? What has to happen for it to look like that? What else has to happen? Keep thinking and keep writing until the list is complete. Now rearrange that list in chronological order and your wedding planning is done.

We also included a version of our Wedding How–To Checklist in a spreadsheet so you can change the form to your heart's content. You can download our spreadsheet version here.

After The Wedding Planning

Once the excitement of your wedding day is past, you will have a few more details to handle as you settle into your new life together. Changing your name on legal documents is vital. Read our After The Wedding Checklist for detailed information.

You can also download this checklist as a spreadsheet, which you can change however you like.

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