A 14 months’ timeline schedule for the bride

WEDDINGS

Aug 8

Now you are a bride. You have just been proposed! Our congrats!

To plan the perfect celebration in Crete, use this comprehensive wedding checklist based on the 14 months’ timeline schedule, created by the professionals.

14-8 months before

• Start a wedding folder.
Begin leafing through bridal, lifestyle, fashion, gardening, design, and food magazines for inspiration.
• Work out your budget.
Determine how much you have to spend, based on your families’ contributions and your own.
• Pick your wedding party.
As soon as you’re engaged, people will start wondering who’s in.
• Start the guest list.
Make a head count database to use throughout your planning process, with columns for contact info, RSVPs, gifts, and any other relevant information.
• Hire a planner. Crete Within Wedding is here for you.
A planner will have relationships with—and insights about—vendors.
• Reserve your date and venues.
Some couples are able to pick up their venue being on a distance. However as experiences wedding planners we advise you to visit Crete to check venues with us in person. Decide whether to have separate locations for the ceremony and the reception, factoring in travel time between the two places.
• Book food tasting with local caterers, bars and MYAH trials for a bride.
Once you have a chance to visit Crete in person, go for trials. One picture is a thousand words. It’s a right time to research photographers, bands, florists, and caterers. Make a few appointments with local experts to try them out. Snap a photo at each so you can compare results.
• Hire the photographer and the videographer.
No need to talk specifics yet, but be sure that the people you hire are open to doing the shots that you want.

6 months before

• Book the entertainment.
Attend gigs of potential acts to see how they perform in front of audiences, then reserve your favorite.
• Confirm menu with caterers/wedding venue in Crete
Some of your guests are vegetarians , the others prefer fish. Try to combine all the details together. It makes sense to do the list now.
• Purchase a dress.
You’ll need to schedule time for at least three fittings. Veil shopping can be postponed for another two to three months.
• Reserve/advice accommodation for guests.
The best solution is to pick a few hotels at different price points close to the reception venue. No need to spend a lot of time driving to the venue on your wedding day in Crete.
• Launch a wedding website.
Create your personal page through a free provider such as weddingchannel.com. Note the date of the wedding, travel information, and accommodations. Then send the link to invitees.

5 months before

• Select and purchase invitations.
We advise you to hire a calligrapher. Addressing cards is time-consuming, so you need to budget accordingly.
• Start planning a honeymoon.
Make sure that your passports are up-to-date, and schedule doctors’ appointments for any shots you may need.
• Shop for bridesmaids’ dresses.
Allow at least 5 months for the dresses to be ordered and sized.
• Check the documents.
Map out the ceremony and confirm that you have all the official documents for the wedding. Link to documentation you need to get legally married in Greece.
• Send save-the-date cards.
• Reserve structural and electrical necessities.
Book portable toilets for outdoor events, extra chairs if you need them, lighting components, and so on.
• Book a florist.
Florists can serve multiple clients on one day, which is why you can wait a little longer to engage one. Plus, at this point, you’ll be firm on what your wedding palette will be.
• Start composing a day-of timeline.
Draw up a schedule of the event and slot in each component (the cake-cutting, the first dance).

4 months before

• Select and order the cake.
Some bakers require a long lead time.
• Send your guest list to the host of your shower.
• Purchase wedding shoes and start dress fittings.
Bring the shoes along to your first fitting so the tailor can choose the appropriate length for your gown.
• Choose your music.
What should be playing when the wedding party is announced? During dinner? To kick off the dancing? Keep a running list of what you want—and do not want—played. Spotify lists are welcome!

3 months before

• Finalize the menu and flowers.
You’ll want to wait until now to see what will be available, since food and flowers are affected by season.
• Make a list of the people giving toasts.
Which loved ones would you like to have speak at the reception? Ask them now.
• Finalize the readings.
Determine what you would like to have read at the ceremony—and whom you wish to do the readings.
• Purchase your undergarments.
And schedule your second fitting.
• Finalize the order of the ceremony and the reception.
Order a stationary.
• Purchase the rings.
This will give you time for resizing and engraving.

2 months before

• Meet on Zoom with your wedding photographer and videographer.
Discuss specific shots, and walk through the locations to note spots that appeal to you.
• Review the playlist with the band or deejay.
Though you probably won’t be able to dictate every single song played, you should come prepared with a wish list.
• Book a romantic experience in Crete.
Check the page with the list of romantic activities you can get while you are on wedding holidays in Crete.
• Arrange transportation.
Consider couches, minibuses and a bridal car. Taxi service is also available in Crete.

1 month before

• Enter RSVPs into your guest-list database.
Phone people who have not yet responded.
• Mail the rehearsal-dinner invitations.
• Visit the dressmaker for (with luck!) your last dress fitting.
For peace of mind, you may want to schedule a fitting the week of your wedding. You can always cancel the appointment if you try on the dress then and it fits perfectly.
• Confirm times for hair and makeup and all vendors with your wedding planner.
• Assign seating.
Draw out table shapes on a layout of the room to help plan place settings. Write the names of female guests on pink sticky notes and the names of male guests on blue sticky notes so you can move people about without resketching the entire setting.
• Purchase bridesmaids’ gifts.
You’ll present them at the rehearsal dinner.
• Write vows, if necessary.
• Get your hair cut and colored, if desired.
• Pick up your dress
• Pack for your trip to Crete. Don’t forget your passports!

Week of the Wedding

Welcome to Crete!

• Don’t stay too long on the sun. It s a pity if your skin will be sunburned before the wedding,
• Have a meeting with your wedding planner in Crete.
Check the venue together, rehears a ceremony and other crucial moments of the wedding day.
• Set aside checks for the vendors.
And put tips in envelopes to be handed out at the event.
• Book a spa treatment in Crete.
Make an appointment for a manicure and a pedicure the day before the wedding. (You might want to get a stress-relieving massage, too.)