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Timeline & logistics

12-month wedding planning roadmap for two

A twelve-month runway is enough for most local weddings if you sequence big rocks first: date, budget band, guest ceiling, venue, and photography. Shorten or stretch the blocks for destination legal timelines. Work the roadmap together so one partner is not carrying the calendar alone.

Months 12–9: foundations

Agree budget band and guest ceiling, shortlist venues, book venue and photographer when ready, draft the first guest list, and start paperwork research if marrying abroad.

Months 8–5: suppliers and story

Catering, attire, florals, music, and lodging blocks. Soft-launch a guest website with date, location, and travel notes even before formal invitations.

Months 4–2: invitations and RSVP ops

Send invitations with clear RSVP deadlines. Track replies weekly. Finalize menu, seating draft, and day-of timeline skeleton.

Final month: freeze and hand off

Lock catering numbers, confirm vendors, share the run sheet, pack marriage paperwork, and assign day-of roles. Celebrate closed tasks — do not reopen décor debates.

Regional templates

Weduler seeds checklist templates for US, Canada, UK, and Australia as starting points. EU couples should adapt legal and booking timelines to the country of marriage — there is no single EU checklist.

How Weduler helps

Turn this roadmap into assignable checklist tasks with due dates, reminders, and partner nudges so the next twelve months stay visible to both of you.

Start from a shared roadmap

Create your wedding, pick a regional checklist template, and invite your partner.

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