Is wedding bell ticking and making you go insane to get things into order? Fear not, we are here to straighten things out for you.

With so many things to do before your wedding, it is natural to get lost and feel a bit strange. You must be going through so many mixed emotions of happiness, anxiousness and more. So, it is inevitable to lose track.

No worries, HamaraEvent has put together a list of things to do before your wedding. So all beautiful brides-to-be and handsome grooms, follow the list to avoid last minute surprises and plan a smooth wedding without any hassles.

Things to Do Before Your Wedding

1. Meet the Vendors

Coordinate with your vendors and plan for things ahead. Do not do this last-minute, as it can create too much confusion and havoc on your wedding.

♦ Meet your photographer, makeup artist, caterers, and others to make sure everything is in place

♦ Plan out all the details and if anything, is to be re-looked, make sure the vendors are informed

♦ Confirm your wedding day appointments with your makeup and mehendi artists and other relevant vendors

Meet your Mehendi Artist, Photographer to fine-tune the details

2. Visit the wedding venue

Take a final look at your wedding venue to ensure the setup you require for your wedding. If the in-house decoration team is taking care of the setup, have a word with them

♦ Re-confirm the timing of the event, to avoid confusions

♦ Make sure that you also have the right plans for all the seating arrangements

♦ Fine-tune all the details with the venue manager in order to ensure that all goes well

One of the top things to do before your wedding - Visit the wedding venue to coordinate and make final arrangements

Confirm Seating Arrangements

3. Do an outfit run

You might have spent so much effort on buying the right wedding outfits and accessories. One of the top things to do before your wedding is to try out all the outfits. Fix which outfit and accessories you will wear for the specific pre-wedding or post-wedding occasion.

♦ The outfit run will ensure that there no confusions and if you need any alterations, you can get them done

♦ Get a better idea of your overall look to avoid last minute surprises

♦ Schedule all of your outfit fittings along with the accessories that you plan to wear from head to toe

♦ Organise them all and store them accordingly if they need to to be transported to the wedding venue                             

Organise your outfits

Important Things to Do Before your wedding – Try your outfits to ensure a comfortable fit or else make alterations

4.  Make accommodation arrangements for guests

Your big fat Indian wedding is incomplete without guests. You are sure to have many guests who travel from their hometowns to attend your wedding ceremony

♦ Arrange for any hotel accommodation or provide space at your home for your guests

♦ Make your guests convenient - the last thing you would want at your wedding is grumbling guests who are unhappy with the arrangements

♦ Make your hotel bookings and confirm with them in prior to avail the bookings

Make Accommodation arrangement for your wedding guests

5. Don’t forget the food

Food has the ability to make or break your wedding event. A lot of guests like to form an opinion on your wedding based on the food you serve to them.

♦ Confirm the menu with your caterer and ensure that the food you serve appeal to all tastes

♦ Make sure to get the right headcount of the probable guests attending the wedding events

♦ Always keep a buffer, when it comes to the guest headcount and inform the caterer so that they can be ready

Important Thing to Do before your wedding - Select the right mix of menu and finalise with your wedding caterer

Confirm final guest headcounts and book accordingly

6. Make Beauty Appointments

Make advance appointments with your favourite pre-wedding salon. Don’t opt for last minute facials or beauty treatments.

♦ Sit with your stylist and makeup artist to zero in your look for each wedding occasion

♦ Have makeup and hairdo trial sessions along with your outfit and accessories.

♦ Ensure that there is absolutely no goof up with your wedding look

♦ Set your expectations and make sure that you and your stylist are on the same page

Plan your pre-wedding facial and other beauty treatments

Rehearse your wedding day look to avoid last minute flaws

7. Organise your payments

The payments that need to go to your respective vendorOrganiseo be organised in prior of your wedding day. You cannot sit and write cheques on your wedding day, can you?

♦ See to it that the payments that need to be rolled out before, after or on the wedding day are in place

♦ Organising them beforehand will take a major thing off your mind so that you can focus on your event

♦ Handover the payments to a responsible person, who can take over and do the job of giving them to the vendors accordingly

Organise your vendor payments and plan beforehand to avoid confusions

8. Relax and Unwind

When the countdown starts ticking towards your d day, you are sure to experience the butterflies in your stomach. Amid all the planning frenzy, don’t forget to pamper yourself

♦ Take a break from all the running around and planning, by doing what you like the most

♦ Relax and unwind at spas and opt for a massage. There are even couples massage specials, where you can take your partner along with you

♦ If you are over-anxious and stressed, Yoga and meditation can also help to relax yourselves

Relaxing Couple Spa Treatments – Absolute must do before your wedding

Beat pre-wedding stress with yoga

9. Time-Out Alone or Plan a Fun Date with your friends

A big sanity-saver is to plan a night out with your besties. A bachelor party or bachelorette party aims just that and is the most fun way to de-stress before your wedding.

♦ Enjoy the company of your dear ones, without too much focus on the “W” word

♦ Plan for a bachelor or bachelorette party and let loose with your friends

♦ Celebrate yourself and savour the lively moments with your loved ones

Top Thing to do Before your wedding – Host a lively bachelorette party

10. Repeat After Us: Everything will be great

Pre-wedding jitters are common and hey! You are not alone in the battle. When things get hectic say to yourself, the All is Well Mantra and repeat positive affirmations.

♦ Especially for the brides, who face the most stress when it comes to their wedding, remember that it is your day. Don’t take too much stress and just enjoy the lovely moments

♦ At the end of day, all your hard work, planning, and sacrifice will be worth it

♦ Stay positive throughout the journey and have a happily ever after wedding

Stay Positive and Don’t take too much stress

So, planning and getting things done before the big day makes sure that you have minimal stress and unlimited fun. Get all the planning done and also remember to take a much-needed break to de-stress before your d-day.

HamaraEvent hopes that the above pointers will help you in your wedding journey. Happy Planning!