Weddings · 13 recordsWedding planning

Almost every wedding decision depends on two earlier ones: the date and the venue. So this books in dependency order rather than in order of interest, and keeps the legal and guest admin — which has real deadlines — out of the same list as the choices.

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Married, without the year being miserable Month 12

Booked in dependency order, with the legal admin kept out of the fun decisions.

Book what sells out Month 6

Date and venue first. Almost everything else depends on both.

  • Agree the date and the rough guest numberDo firstWeek 2
  • Book the venueDo firstWeek 6
  • Book the photographer and anyone else who does one a dayMonth 3

Legal and guest admin Month 11

Real deadlines, kept separate from the choices.

  • Find out what notice the ceremony legally requiresDo firstMonth 2
  • Send invitations and track repliesMonth 8
  • Confirm final numbers and the running orderDo firstMonth 11

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  • An hour on the weddingweekly
  • Update the budgetweekly
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Month 1213:00480 min
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Dependency order, not interest order

Almost every wedding decision depends on the date and the venue. Booking those first is what stops the rest being re-decided, and they are also what sells out furthest ahead.\n\nThe legal side and the guest admin have genuine deadlines and nobody enjoys them, so they sit in their own project rather than competing with the parts everyone wants to think about.

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Wedding planning, answered.

As early as you can, because it constrains almost everything else. Date and venue are the first tasks in this plan for that reason: photographers, caterers and guest numbers are all decisions that cannot really be made before them.
Venues, then photographers and anyone else who can only do one wedding a day. This plan front-loads exactly those, and leaves the decisions that can be made at any point — stationery, favours, playlists — for later.
The legal side and the guest admin, both of which have real deadlines and neither of which is enjoyable. They sit in their own project here so that they are not competing for attention with the parts everybody wants to think about.
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