A wedding planning checklist—or, an in-depth inventory of tasks to complete before your nuptials—is the first thing you should do after agreeing to say I do. (Well, call your parents and bask in the immediate bliss of being betrothed. But then… wedding planning checklist.) Sure, the action items may seem obvious at first. A venue needs to be locked down early. Sending save-the-dates six months in advance is common knowledge. Yet, do you know when you should get an officiant? Lock down a band? Finalize your seating plan? Unless you’re in the wedding industry, the answer is probably not.
So, Vogue asked top event planner Augusta Cole for a month-by-month, step-by-step checklist of everything you need to do before your wedding day. Below, find her ultimate to-dos for brides and grooms-to-be.
9-12 months out
“A lot happens in the first three months—it is time to lay the foundation, build a trusted team, and commit …