Service Provided by Niagara Falls Weddings (
)
8 - 12 Months Before Wedding
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Choose the date of your wedding (have a backup date in mind in
case reception site is not available)
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Purchase engagement ring...look at wedding bands
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Set a budget
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Decide on the type of wedding you want (i.e. formal or informal)
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Decide on the ceremony and reception sites
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Book a wedding consultant
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Start looking for a photographer
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Start looking for a videographer
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Start looking for a florist
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Start looking for a caterer
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Decide who the attendants will be
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Think about the music that you would like to have playing during
the ceremony
6 - 8 Months Before the Wedding
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Select a wedding dress and accessories
• Purchase a wedding dress
• Rent a wedding dress
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Select formal wear for the groom
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Select and order dresses for bridesmaids
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Start looking at wedding cakes
• Make an appointment with
a bakery to taste the different flavours of cake
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Book the photographer
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Book the videographer
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Book the caterer
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Register for gifts
• Select patterns (i.e. dishes)
and colours (i.e. room colours)
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Select and order invitations
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Discuss honeymoon destinations
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Reserve a block of hotel rooms for out of town guests
3 - 6 Months Before the Wedding
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Order your wedding cake
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Book your limousine
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Order your flowers (sit down with florist and decide on bouquets
& boutonnieres)
• Fresh flowers
• Silk flowers
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Make an appointment for your first dress fitting
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Make an appointment with your hair stylist
• Go to the salon for all of
your styling needs
• Have the salon come to you
for your styling needs
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Book rehearsal dinner
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Plan the menu for the rehearsal dinner
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Make sure bridesmaids have gone for their fittings
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Plan the menu for the reception
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Start writing out invitations
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Select and buy gifts for attendants
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Book honeymoon
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Get the appropriate name-change forms
1 - 2 Months Before Wedding
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Check to make sure you have all the requirements to get married
in Ontario
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Confirm your honeymoon reservations
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Confirm your music selection
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Consider making reservations for a golf outing, an in-room massage,
etc.
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Obtain your marriage license
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Go for your final fitting - bring shoes and lingerie to be worn
that day
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Have Ushers go for their fittings
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Mail the invitations
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Keep up with writing your thank you cards
1 Week Before Wedding
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Call your rehearsal site with the final number of guests who will
be attending your rehearsal
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Call your reception site with the final number of guests who will
be attending your reception
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Pick up your dress
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Pack for your honeymoon
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Purchase traveler's cheques
The Day Before Your Wedding
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Obtain your marriage license if you have not yet done so
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Confirm all of your reservation times (i.e. limo pick up, hair
appointment, etc.)
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Enjoy your rehearsal dinner
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Hand out gifts to wedding party
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Get a good night sleep
The Day of your Wedding
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Eat breakfast
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Go to your hair appointment
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Go to your make-up appointment
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Splurge and get a massage
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Have Fun!!
After the Honeymoon
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Write out thank you cards
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Put wedding photo in the local news paper
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