Good Weddings Don’t Just Happen, Use Email Reminders To Help You Plan

Behind any good wedding there is always a plan. You need to start thinking about the wedding day as soon as you’ve said “Yes”. Email Reminders can help you with the planning and provide you with timely reminders for all the key dates for your upcoming wedding day. All your ushers, bridesmaids, Bride’s and Groom’s parents can be kept in the loop and automatically be reminded of when they are needed, and where.The following paragraphs are a list of what you will need to keep track of. This can seem off-putting at the start but you really can cut the workload down by making sure that you get the email reminders when you need them.

You should start planning at least six months before you get married but don’t worry if time is short. Decide quickly what type of ceremony you want, civil or church and agree the budget for the wedding. Choosing a suitable venue for the reception is important as is checking the availability and date. Check with the reception venue that staff are available to suit the number of guests that are coming. Confirm with the church or civil location that the date and time is available. Choose your bridesmaids, ushers and best man. Notify your employer so that you aren’t competeing with work colleagues for the same dates to be off on vacation. Prepare the guest list and look in the yellow pages for hotels for your guests if they are travelling from different parts of the country and even countries. Start trying on wedding dresses !! Book the photographer. Book the DJ or the group to perform at your wedding. Book the hairdresser and makeup person. All these bookings become simple if you set up email reminders to prompt you if you forget.

Start to think about where you will stay on your wedding night and check availability. Prepare your wedding gift list. Find your wedding shop for jewellery, shoes, and other incidentals. For the venue start to think about table decorations, place name holders, seating plans, and of course the cake needs to be ordered. If the venue isn’t providing the drinks you need to look around for a supplier. Decide where you’re going for the honeymoon and check your passports are valid.

Three months to go and your’e getting close now. Time to book suit fittings for the groom and his men ( don’t forget about email reminders so everyone knows what date they’re needed ). Check with the church or registrar and confirm which vows you’ll take, choose the music for the church ( don’t forget the choir ) and get the order of service printed up. Get your dress fittings booked for you and the bridesmaids ( again, remember the email reminders ). Make the final decisions on the flowers and place orders. Don’t forget the drinks for the venue if your’e supplying. Get the weeding rings ordered and paid for. If you haven’t already done so you need to decide and book what and where your stagand hen nights are going to be.

With a little over a month left you need to be finalising most of the arrangements now. Have a full dress rehearsal with your bridesmaids, all the dresses, the make-up and the hairdresser needs to tried out for your wedding day hairstyle. The Stag and Hen nights should be over and done with at least two weeks before your wedding. Check that the best man has got his speech written and prepare your wedding speech.

The last two weeks should be a breeze. Print the schedule for what’s happening on the day and make sure all your attendants have a copy. For the venue, make sure the caterers have all they need, the cake, drinks (if they’re not supplying them ), decorations, seating plans.Sort out the spending money for the honeymoon and get the bags packed. Make sure the travel arrangements from the wedding to the honeymoon are booked. Send the groom for a haircut. Ensure that the best man has the wedding rings. Make sure that arrangements are in place for getting the wedding presents, cake and any hired costumes back if you’re going to be jetting off. All this planning will mean that on your wedding day you can relax, you’ve done all the hard work before.

Email reminders can help you with a lot of the above by reminding you of payment dates, rehearsals, dress fittings and other key dates that things need to be done by. All of the above is easy if you make a plan and work down the list. Www.tellmewhen.com is a FREE email reminder service, use it and take some of the pain out of planning your wedding.

Organise your big day. Email reminders from www.tellmewhen.com will help you no end. Read Paul Smith’s article and get free email reminders