Schedule
Ten to Twelve months before: ❚ Discuss wedding plans and budget with your fiancée and all parents.
❚ Select your best man, groomsmen, and ushers (one usher per 40 guests).
❚ Help plan the engagement party. ❚ Discuss the ceremony and reception sites with your fiancée.
Eight to Nine months before: ❚ Discuss the ceremony with your officiate. ❚ Start compiling your guest list. ❚ Begin making your honeymoon plans.
Six months before: ❚ Visit the guest registry with your fiancée. ❚ Arrange wedding party transportation. ❚ Complete honeymoon plans. ❚ Register with your chosen formal wear shop and get fitted for your tuxedo.
❚ Have your attendants fitted for formal wear. ❚ Complete the guest list. ❚ Pick out and order the wedding rings. ❚ Plan the rehearsal dinner with all parents. ❚ Choose the gifts for your bride and attendants.
❚ Update your passports if needed.
One month before: ❚ Make sure all men have been measured for their tuxedos.
❚ Get your marriage license. ❚ Arrange to move your belongings to your new home.
❚ Make grooming appointments.
Two weeks before: ❚ Attend the bachelor party (please don’t drink and drive).
❚ Adjust insurance policies, bank accounts, utilities, etc.
One week before: ❚ Pick up your tuxedo; try it on at the store to insure a proper fit.
❚ Pack for your honeymoon. ❚ Get cash for gratuities and your officiate. ❚ Enjoy your rehearsal dinner.
The Big Day: ❚ Double check details: wedding rings, transportation, marriage license.
❚ Get to the ceremony on time. ❚ Relax and enjoy your wedding.
Budget
We can’t stress enough how important it is to budget your money. The following are some general guidelines of expenses typically covered by the groom.
Rehearsal Dinner: All expenses from flowers to food.
Rings: The bride’s engagement ring and the wedding rings.
Gifts: A wedding gift for the bride (this is not an absolute, but it’s a nice tradition that lets her know how special she really is). The gift should have a sense of timelessness to it.
Flowers: The bride’s bouquet, corsages for immediate family members and boutonnieres for your attendants.
Clothing: Your tuxedo, and accessories for your attendants if they are not included with their outfits.
Lodging & Transportation: Accommodations for out-of-town groomsmen and yourself. Transportation for you and your groomsmen to the ceremony and the same for your parents.
Paperwork: It is generally thought that the groom is responsible for the cost of the marriage license and the official’s fee.
Honeymoon: The whole thing is your responsibility - make it a time you’ll never forget.
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