When you are getting married, there are a million tasks that you don't think about that are stressful and timing-consuming for you - but not necessarily for someone else. Whether you are working with a wedding coordinator or not, there are a ton of tasks that someone needs to do, and it does not necessarily need to be you.
Especially if you are planning the wedding more or less yourself, you need to recruit help from your friends and family. That is what weddings are all about, pitching in to show up for the ones you love.
If you are more or less doing most of the wedding planning, make sure to delegate these 10 tasks to someone else, many of which are important jobs to be done the day of.
10 Centerpieces
The centerpieces are something that can be somewhat assembled the week of the wedding but they often need to be done the day of. In the case of a day of situation, don't delegate this job to your bridal party as they will be busy getting ready.
Often the parents of the bride or groom offer to decorate with flowers and do the centerpieces, this can be a nice way to make them feel included and hang out with them before the wedding coming up with ideas together.
9 Picking Up The Bouquets
Usually, the bouquet needs to be picked up the day before or the morning of the wedding, and you already know you don't have time for that so make sure to delegate someone that you trust. Do ask someone who is responsible and on time, maybe an aunt or uncle, or your parents if they have time.
If it is the day before, a bridal party member also might be able to help you out, especially the groomsmen.
8 Picking Up Cutlery & Linens
Depending on your venue, linens and cutlery may be included but if you are having an outdoor wedding you will probably need to pick them up yourself. It is made easy and ready to be picked up, but be ready to fill an entire car.
Send at least two cars, that way you have plenty of space for the items and more than one person to help with loading up.
7 Building The Altar
While you are getting ready, someone needs to build the alter. Sometimes a family member may offer to do this, but if not find a friend who feels comfortable with flower arrangements and has an artistic eye.
You could put the people doing centerpieces and the alter on the same team to coordinate styles but make sure to not give the same person both tasks - this might take a team of 5-6 people to do the alter and centerpieces depending on how big the wedding is.
6 Cutting The Cake For All
Designate someone to cut the cake for your guests, as you and your partner will cut the first piece but then you should not be serving everyone. Sometimes a person who works for the venue will already have this job assigned to them, but if not make sure to ask someone to do it ahead of time.
If you are entrusting a friend or family member, make sure to have an apron for them just in case things get messy.
5 And DIY Charcuterie Boards
This job might depend on how much catering and catering staff you have hired, for anyone who is supplying their own hors 'd oeuves, make sure to designate the charcuterie board to someone who has some experience - which is probably any Millennial who has been to a wine and cheese party.
4 Arranging Drinks & Drink Tags
Have someone set up a drink station, this is also dependent on your vision. Usually, weddings have an open bar with waiting staff to help out, but having some drinks set up makes things run a lot smoother.
This can look like a water station and maybe iced tea or coffee set out and ready to go. You can also set glasses up with tags so people can keep track of their drinks.
3 Set-Up And Clean-Up
You need to have a set-up and clean-up crew, this is usually you and your partner's family, as well as some bridal party members. Many venues have staff to help with things like chairs and tables, but any decor, snacks, linens, drink station, etc, will take a team.
2 Timing
This one is important, often a wedding coordinator will do things like telling the bridal party when to enter and most importantly when the bride should, but if planning your own wedding make sure to ask someone to be in charge of timing.
Nothing worse than a miscommunication about who needs to enter.
1 Day Of Vendors Contact
Delegate to someone to be the person in contact with vendors on the day of the wedding, it just doesn't need to be you. This can be a family member or even a bridal party member. Try to pay your vendors ahead of time, but if not give the checkbook to this person, and let the vendors know who their point of contact will be.
