Design on interior design of your new home, make
a list of furnitures and accessories...Furniture &
Interior design>>>
Select a wedding registry, choose wedding gift
you want and inform relatives and friends, if such
service is
available...Registry>>>
Make honeymoon travel plan.
Decide on travel budget, destination and
itinerary; do research on local weather, language and
currency; check passport expiration date; apply for
visa...Travel Agencies>>>
Pre-wedding medical check-up.
2 to 3 Months before the
Wedding
Go
to the marriage registration office to officially
register...List of local Registration
Office>>>
Groom's family purchase Grand Gift items... List
of Grand Gifts>>>
Bride's family prepares for dowry... Dowry
List>>>
Decide on music and band.
For
church wedding, consult with the pastor on chore, music
and speech. For Chinese wedding, contact respectable
elder relatives to deliver greeting speech at the
reception.
Book photographer and
videographer.
Make sure the duration of the service
and amount of photo to be taken. Picture session usually
covers the bride's first emergence from her home till
the end of the banquet.
Decide on banquet menu, order wine or
liquor.
Book flowers for bridal bouquet, suit-front,
church wrath and the
car...Florist>>>
Book wedding cake from the
bakery...Bakery>>>
Intensive fitness care, including body fitness,
facial and hair care. Decide on stylist for wedding day
make-up and hair-do... Beauty
Salon>>>
Purchase travel accessories for honeymoon
trip.
1 Month before the
Wedding
Proposal & Betrothal
Meeting.
The
groom's family will present the Grand Gifts to the
bride's family...Grand Gifts
List>>>
The
bride's family sends over the dowry with inventory
list...Dowry List>>>
Decide on final list of guests and party
attendants.
Decide on ritual formalities to be performed at
the wedding.
Decide on rehearsal time and location. Chinese
wedding usually skips rehearsal.
Decide on the seating arrangement for the wedding
banquet.
Mail invitations. Invitations to close relatives
and friends are attached with dragon-phoenix cake as a
form of announcement...Grand
Gifts>>>
Try
out wedding gowns, make necessary
alteration.
Book matching shoes for the gowns; try on
jewelries, head piece, red veil and other ornaments; buy
underwear and gloves.
Purchase gifts for bride's maids, best men and
party attendants.
Contact travel agent, book tickets and hotel for
honeymoon.
2 Weeks Before the
Wedding
Confirm with the pastor on the delivery of
wedding documents.
Invite bride's maids, best men and party
attendants to dinner.
Confirm banquet menu and the number of
tables.
Purchase Guest Book, dragon-phoenix
banner for signature and red envelopes for Li Shi
money.
Try on wedding hair-do, make-up and
wedding gowns.
Take out-door wedding photos.
Pack accessories for moving to the new
home.
1 Week Before the Wedding 1 Week Before the Wedding
Church rehearsal, inform essential
attendees.
Decide on one friend who will take care of the
bride's personal belongings on the wedding
day.
Bride invites the sister's team for lunch. Groom
invites brother's team for lunch. Don't wait till the
night before the wedding day to avoid
exhaustion.
2 Days Before the
Wedding
Confirm with "good luck woman" on the date and
time of hair-dressing ritual.
Order roast suckling pig for Three-Day Return
visit to the bride's home.
Explain wedding details to parents and party
attendants, confirm everybody's duty at the
wedding.
Decorate the church or reception site, and
banquet site.
