Groom's Checklist

This checklist is based on information on WeddingDetails.com and WedAlert.com.

Select your best man, and decide how many ushers are necessary (The rule is one for every 50 guests). Select ushers.
Start making out your guest list.
Make arrangements with the officiator in coordination with your fiancée.
Discuss wedding expenses with your fiancée and all parents.
Discuss honeymoon plans. If traveling abroad, make legal arrangements (passport, visas, inoculations).
Visit wedding gift registry with fiancée

Complete guest list and give it to your fiancée.
Consult with fiancée to order wedding attire for self, best man, ushers, and fathers.
Arrange transportation (limousines, etc.) for wedding party to wedding ceremony and wedding reception.
Complete honeymoon plans and buy tickets, arrange hotel.
Order wedding rings and engraving.
Arrange to pay for bride's bouquet and going-away corsage; order boutonnieres for men and the corsages for mothers.
See your doctor for exams and blood test.

Plan rehearsal dinner with your parents.
Consult with fiancée and arrange lodging for relatives and ushers from out of town.
Select gifts for best man and ushers, to be given at the bachelor dinner or wedding rehearsal.
Choose bride's wedding present. Something personal—such as a watch or other piece of fine jewelry—is traditional.
Make sure all the necessary documents—e.g., legal, insurance, financial, medical, and religious—are in order.
Give or attend bachelor party.
Pick up wedding rings, and check engraving.
Help fiancée with thank-you notes.

Make a date with your fiancée to get the marriage license.
Arrange with the best man for transportation from the reception to the airport or train.
Reconfirm honeymoon reservations and hotel for wedding night.

Explain any special seating arrangements to head usher.
Put the clergy member's or judge's fee in a sealed envelope and give it to the best man, to be delivered after the ceremony.
Get your money and credit cards in order for your trip.
Prepare going-away clothes to change into after the reception.
Pack for your honeymoon.
Arrange to move belongings to new home.
Remind best man and ushers of the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner details. Present gifts to attendants at rehearsal dinner.
Arrange for rental returns.
Ensure that you and your bride sign the wedding certificate and see that it is safely put away before leaving on your honeymoon.
Have best man send a thank-you note to your bride's parents the next day saying how lovely both the wedding and reception were, and thanking them for all they did.