CHECKLIST
Twelve months before:
- Arrange meeting for both parties’ parents to discuss wedding date, style and details of traditional Chinese wedding customs.
- Gather wedding information for planning and budgeting
- Confirm venue for wedding ceremony and banquet
- Begin regular pre-wedding facial and hair treatments
- Arrange pre-marital health examination
Four months before:
- Select wedding rings and other wedding accessories
- Confirm wedding gowns and suits for the wedding couple and their parents
- Confirm best man and maid of honor and their gowns and suits
- Taking pre-wedding photos
- Confirm venue decoration and florist arrangements
- Confirm design and content of invitation cards
- All preparations for new home
- Plan for honeymoon
Two-Three months before:
- Give Notice of Intended Marriage to Marriage Registry
- Settle second deposit for wedding banquet
- Forecast attendance and plan guest list details
- Production of wedding photos slideshow DVD
- Discuss rundown with on-the-day photographer and video crew
- Select wedding photos for venue decoration
- Confirm and meet with hair stylist and makeup artist
- Arrange wedding cake and wine for banquet
- Purchase wedding gift cake coupons
- Confirm wedding coordinators’ s duties and responsibilities on the wedding day
- Apply for marriage leave
One month before:
- Arrange traditional Chinese wedding custom “Three Letters, Six Etiquettes”
- Arrange final appointment with hotel to discuss banquet details
- Confirm witness for marriage registration
- Wedding gowns trial
- Send out invitation cards
Two weeks before:
- Final fitting for wedding gowns
- Confirm bridal limousine schedule with hotel
- Finalize attendance, guest list and seating plan with hotel
- Arrange appointment with hotel for CD / DVD trial play
One day before:
- Collect all wedding gowns, bouquet and corsages
- Arrange all goodies and wine to be delivered to hotel
- Re-confirm appointment with makeup artist, hairstylist, photographers
- Traditional Chinese “Combing rite”
- Prepare lucky money, Chinese tea set and other equipment for traditional Chinese wedding ceremony for the next morning
- Have a good night sleep and prepare to enjoy a wonderful wedding the next day
