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1. Schedule appointment with site managers
2. Schedule appointments with caterers, if necessary
3. Hire wedding consultant
4. Check out potential reception sites in person
5. Book reception venue
6. Send signed contract and deposit for venue
7. Interview potential caterers (if off-site)
8. Hire Caterer
9. Send signed contract and deposit to caterer
10. Make appointment for menu tasting
11. Take care of necessary home
improvements/landscaping issues, if having at-home wedding
12. Make arrangements for reception music
13. Make arrangements for floral decorations.
14. Arrange for other reception decorations
15. Make menu selections
16 Go to rentals showroom to look at chairs, tables,
linens, china, etc.
17. Reserve rental items
18. Schedule delivery and pickup of rental items
19. Schedule appointments/cake tasting with cake
designers, if necessary
20. Place order for wedding cake (and groom's cake, if
desired)
21. Select cake topper
22. Make arrangements for guest parking, if necessary
23. Make arrangements for special cake-cutting knife
24. Make arrangements for special toasting glasses for
you and groom
25. Arrange for place to store and change into going
away outfits
26. Provide caterer and/or site coordinator with final
head count
27. Organize seating chart
28. Compost toasts (from you to your groom; from the
tow of you thinking your hosts and guests)
29. Confirm with rental company all details, dated,
times, and site(s) where items must be delivered/picked up
30. Obtain phone number of rental company contact for
wedding day.
31. Confirm details with caterer
32. Obtain phone number of caterer for wedding day
33. Review timetable for all reception "events" (cocktails,
first dance, dinner, cake-cutting, etc.) with caterer/site coordinator, and give
this schedule to applicable service providers (photographer, videographer,
band/disc jockey)
34. Obtain phone number of site coordinator for day of
wedding
35. Give site coordinator arrival times for all service
providers
36. Give cake topper to cake designer/banquet manager,
if you've obtained from a different source
37. Give cake-cutting knife and toasting glasses to
site coordinator/caterer
38. Ask caterer/site coordinator to have cake topper
packed up for you, if yours to keep
39. Inform caterer/site coordinator of any cake-related
elements that must be returned to cake designer, if applicable
40. Arrange for friend or family member to return any
items that must go back to cake designer, if applicable
41. Ask friend or family member to take top tier of
wedding cake home and freeze for you - and to take cake topper home, if
applicable
42. Arrange to have groom's cake cut in slices and
boxed for favors, if desired
43. Make arrangements to have some food packed up for
you and groom to enjoy later, in case you don't eat much during the party
44. Rope off any "off-limits" areas, if having an at-home
wedding
45. Put away any breakable or valuable items, if having
an at-home wedding
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