Checklist for the Groom

6 Months

• Select your best man. Decide how many ushers you need (1 for every 50 guests), and select them.
• Start making out your guest list.
• Arrange visit with minister to discuss ceremony.
• Discuss wedding expenses with fiancee and all parents.
• Discuss honeymoon plans.
• Visit wedding gift registry with fiancee.

3 Months

• Complete guest list, give it to fiancee.
• Consult with fianceé and order wedding attire for self, best man, ushers and fathers.
• Arrange transportation (limousines, etc.) for wedding party to ceremony and reception.
• Complete honeymoon plans: buy tickets, arrange hotel, etc.
• Order wedding rings and engraving.
• Arrange to pay for bride's bouquet and going-away corsage; order boutonnieres for men, and corsages for mothers.
• See your doctor for exams and blood test.

6-8 Weeks

• Plan rehearsal dinner with your parents.
• Consult with fianceé and arrange lodging for relatives and ushers from out of town.
• Select gifts for best man and ushers, to be given at the bachelor dinner or wedding rehearsal.
• Choose bride's wedding present. Something personal, such as a watch or other piece of fine jewelry, is traditional.
• Make sure necessary documents - legal, insurance, financial, medical, and religious - are in order.
• Give or attend bachelor party.
• Pick up wedding rings, check engraving.
• Help fiancee with thank-you notes.

2 Weeks

• Make a date with your fianceé to get the marriage license.
• Arrange with the best man for transportation from the reception to the airport or train.
• Double check honeymoon reservations and hotel for wedding night.

1 Week

• Explain any special seating arrangements to head usher.
• Put the clergy member's or judge's fee in a sealed envelope and give it to the best man, to be delivered after the ceremony.
• Purchase traveler's checks.
• Get your going-away clothes ready so you can change after the reception.
• Pack for your honeymoon.
• Arrange to move belongings to new home.
• Remind best man and ushers of the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner details. Present gifts to attendants at rehearsal dinner.
• Arrange for rental returns.
• Be sure you and your bride sign the wedding certificate and see that it is safely put away before leaving on your honeymoon.
• Have best man send a thank-you note to your bride's parents the next day saying how lovely both the wedding and reception were, and thanking them for all they did.