The Planned Wedding
Wedding Planning Guides
Every guide on this page covers one specific part of the planning process. Each one is written to help you understand what is actually involved and what decisions need to be made, not to overwhelm you with tasks before you are ready for them.
What to Do After Getting Engaged: The First 7 Things
The seven decisions that need to happen before anything else — and why almost everything else can wait six months.
How Long Does It Take to Plan a Wedding?
The honest answer depends on four variables. Here is how to work out what your timeline actually needs to be.
Wedding Planning Checklist: 53 Tasks From 12 Months Out
A done-for-you checklist organised by month from 12 months out — built into The Planned Wedding so it adapts to your wedding date automatically.
How to Choose a Wedding Venue
Start with the constraints, not the photos. A practical framework for shortlisting, visiting, and comparing venues without losing your mind.
Wedding Guest List: How to Build One Without Family Drama
The priority-first method for building a guest list that does not turn into a six-week argument.
Wedding Budget Spreadsheet
Why most wedding budget spreadsheets fail by month four — and what to track instead.
Wedding Photography Styles
The five main photography styles explained honestly, and how to match one to the wedding you are actually planning.
How to Plan a Wedding Day Timeline
How to build a timeline from the ceremony backward, what variables shape each phase, and how to hand it off so your phone stays quiet on the day.
Wedding Seating Chart
When to start, what constraints to solve first, and why a connected digital chart beats paper every time.
How to Plan a Honeymoon
How to plan the honeymoon in parallel with the wedding — lead times, trip styles, and what to have locked in before the last two weeks.