# Create a month-by-month wedding planning timeline

A planning calendar from today to the wedding with deadlines, owners, and payment due dates so nothing slips.

- Topic: Productivity & Planning
- Framework: RTF
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Plan, Fill-in Template, Step-by-step
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/create-a-month-by-month-wedding-planning-timeline

## Prompt

```text
Help us build our wedding planning timeline. This is step 4 of planning our wedding.

**Wedding date:** [DATE]
**Today's date:** [DATE]
**Already booked (from step 3, if we have it):** [venue, vendors, with deposit and payment due dates]
**Still to book or decide:** [LIST]
**Who's helping:** [planner, parents, friends - and what each will own]
**Special elements:** [e.g. "destination", "two ceremonies", "guests need travel and hotel info"]

Build a timeline that:
1. Works backward from the date in monthly blocks, then weekly for the final 6 weeks, then daily for the final week.
2. Covers: save-the-dates and invitations (with RSVP deadline), attire and fittings, rings, marriage license (check local rules and validity window - mark [CONFIRM]), hotel room blocks, menu tasting, music lists, decor, seating chart, vendor final confirmations, final payments, and tips.
3. Assigns an owner to every task, so it's not all on one person.
4. Builds in a 2-week buffer before the date with nothing new scheduled.
5. Includes a payment schedule: Vendor | Amount | Due date | Paid.

If our date is too soon for normal lead times, tell us which tasks to start this week.

Return: the timeline as a table (When | Task | Owner | Status), the payment schedule, and the 10 tasks most often forgotten. Next step: the wedding-day schedule.
```

## What to fill in

- DATE
- venue, vendors, with deposit and payment due dates
- LIST
- planner, parents, friends - and what each will own
- CONFIRM

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