DJ no-show
Call backup sound vendor, move cocktail playlist to venue system, and ask emcee to stretch family performances by 20 minutes.
Wedding Week Command Centre
Run the final seven days with owners, vendor confirmations, guest updates, payments, packing, emergency notes, and a muhurat-first timeline.
Your Wedding Type
“Follow the timeline, not the family panic.”
0 of 6 tasks complete
Day 7
Freeze the moving parts.
Freeze the final guest count, rooming list, and function sequence
Identify all out-of-town guests and their arrival timing
Lock the first version of the wedding-day timeline
Build the master vendor list with primary and backup contacts
Create the final payment sheet with balances, modes, and owners
Confirm which events are at which venues and whether the sequence has changed
Day −7 to Day 0
The board that runs the final week.
Each day carries its own tasks, an owner avatar, and a check-off that saves on this device. When your wedding date is within seven days, today's column is marked.
Day −7
Day 7
Freeze the moving parts.
0 of 6 done
- Freeze the final guest count, rooming list, and function sequence
- Identify all out-of-town guests and their arrival timing
- Lock the first version of the wedding-day timeline
- Build the master vendor list with primary and backup contacts
- Create the final payment sheet with balances, modes, and owners
- Confirm which events are at which venues and whether the sequence has changed
Day −6
Day 6
Outfits, rituals, and muhurat.
0 of 7 done
- Steam and press all outfits for every event
- Label one bag per event with the event name on the outside
- Check all bridal and groom accessories for each event
- Begin breaking in wedding footwear
- Inspect and clean heirloom jewelry and take it to a jeweler if needed
- Confirm ritual-specific items with your priest, pandit, qazi, or granthi
- Confirm the muhurat timing and build the ceremony window backward into the day timeline
Day −5
Day 5
Assign the people.
0 of 5 done
- Hold the family coordination meeting. This is not optional
- Assign one owner to guest hospitality, payments, room keys, jewelry custody, card box collection, and elder support
- Build the wedding-day contact sheet
- Share the draft timeline with parents and key family members
- Finalise room allotments for out-of-town family and guests
Day −4
Day 4
Pack the rescue layer.
0 of 6 done
- Pack the emergency kit
- Pack prescribed and general medicines: antacid, pain relief, ORS
- Confirm all non-experimental beauty and grooming appointments
- Do not start new skin or hair treatments from this day forward
- Charge power banks and spare devices
- Prepare the first draft of the final-week guest communication
Day −3
Day 3
Reconfirm every vendor.
0 of 6 done
- Reconfirm every vendor: arrival time, setup window, backup contact, balance due
- Share parking details, load-in gate info, and venue map with vendors
- Review weather forecast for outdoor elements and confirm the backup plan
- Confirm DJ or sound curfew and venue restrictions
- Confirm vendor meals: count and dietary requirements
- Confirm who signs off on setup completion for each event
Day −2
Day 2
Guests, cash, and proof.
0 of 7 done
- Send the final guest communication with timing, venue, map pins, room details, and helpline
- Pack the post-wedding bag
- Prepare all cash envelopes, sealed, labeled, and assigned to a payer
- Save digital payment screenshots in one shared folder
- Final outfit check for every event: everything hanging, pressed, complete
- Confirm photographer and videographer arrival, shot list, and family portrait combinations
- Confirm baraat vehicle, music, route, assembly point, and timing
Day −1
Day 1
Handoff and sleep.
0 of 8 done
- Move all event bags, gifts, envelopes, and ritual items into one supervised room or cluster
- Eat on time. Sleep if you can. Do not pull an all-nighter
- Hand execution to your designated point people and let go of the details
- Keep one person in charge of guest calls
- Keep one person in charge of vendor coordination
- Keep one person in charge of payments
- Confirm the exact muhurat time one more time with the priest
- Charge every phone and power bank
Day 0
Wedding Day
Follow the timeline.
0 of 5 done
- Eat breakfast. Non-negotiable
- Drink water. Non-negotiable
- Follow the timeline, not the family panic
- Let the point people manage operations today
- Stay present in the day you planned
Emergency layer
Prepare the answers before something goes wrong.
Makeup artist late
Shift family makeup first, protect bride chair time, and ask photographer to capture detail shots while waiting.
Power cut
Move elders to lit indoor area, start generator escalation, pause only non-essential sound and decor lighting.
The details
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Guest WhatsApp Templates
Turn final-week confirmations into clean messages for family, guests, and vendors.
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