1 Week Before Wedding Checklist
A day-by-day countdown from 7 days out to your wedding morning. Specific tasks for each day so you know exactly what to focus on and when.
Day 7: Confirm Everything
The most important day of the entire week
Call every vendor: photographer, DJ, caterer, florist, officiant, and venue. Confirm arrival time, setup location, and day-of contact number.
Send the finalized day-of timeline to your entire wedding party, parents, and all vendors via email or text.
Set up Pix Wedding QR codes and print table signs for guest photo sharing. Test the code with your phone.
Review your emergency kit supplies. Add anything missing: pain relievers, bobby pins, stain remover, phone charger.
Day 6: Finalize the Details
Paperwork, printing, and personal touches
Finalize seating chart. Print place cards, table numbers, programs, and any signage. Print extras as backup.
Prepare vendor tip envelopes. Label each one clearly with the recipient name and amount. Hand the full set to your best man or coordinator.
Practice reading your vows out loud. Stand up. Speak at full volume. Time yourself. Adjust anything that sounds unnatural.
Day 5: Attire and Appearance
Final fittings and beauty prep
Pick up your wedding attire from final alterations. Try everything on at home with shoes, accessories, and undergarments. Walk, sit, and dance in it.
Break in your wedding shoes for 2 hours at home. Scuff the soles on pavement so they are not slippery on the dance floor.
Final nail appointment if not already done. Choose a color you have worn before. No experiments this close to the wedding.
Day 4: Personal Preparation
Notes, packing, and heartfelt moments
Write personal notes to your partner for wedding morning, to your parents, and thank-you cards for your wedding party.
Pack your honeymoon bags completely. Check passport, travel documents, medications, chargers, and comfortable shoes.
Have a date night with your partner. No wedding talk allowed. Dinner, a movie, cooking together. Remember why you are doing this.
Day 3: Charge, Assemble, Rest
The logistical home stretch
Assemble your complete emergency kit. Place it by the door or in the car. It should not require searching on the morning of.
Fully charge all devices: phone, portable battery, camera, and laptop. Leave them plugged in overnight.
Take a long walk or do gentle yoga. Your body needs movement to process stress. Skip anything intense that could cause soreness.
Day 2: Rehearsal Day
Walk through, celebrate, then sleep
Attend venue walkthrough and decoration setup. Confirm layout, lighting, and all vendor staging areas.
Run the full wedding rehearsal with your entire party. Walk through ceremony order, positions, cues, and the recessional.
Enjoy the rehearsal dinner. Thank your hosts. Say goodnight to out-of-town guests. Leave by 9:30 PM at the latest.
At home: lay out your outfit, place rings somewhere safe, charge phone, set two alarms on two devices. Lights out by 10:30 PM.
Day 1: Your Wedding Day
Eat, delegate, be present, celebrate
Eat a real breakfast with protein and carbs. Eggs, toast, oatmeal, or a smoothie. Do not skip this. You may not eat again for hours.
Follow your getting-ready timeline exactly. Hair, makeup, photos. Let the schedule guide you so you do not have to think.
Delegate everything to your team. Hand your phone to your best man or maid of honor. Your only job is to be present.
Take one quiet moment alone before the ceremony. Close your eyes. Breathe. Then walk down that aisle and marry the love of your life.
Vendor Communication Scripts for Day 7
Use these as your actual call scripts. Cover all five points with every vendor. Follow up each call with a text summary for a written record.
Photographer Call Checklist
Caterer Call Checklist
DJ or Band Call Checklist
Florist Call Checklist
80-Item Final Week Checklist by Category
Every task organized by category so nothing falls through the cracks. Use this alongside the day-by-day countdown above for full coverage.
Vendor Confirmations
Printed Materials
Attire and Beauty
Personal and Logistics
Wedding Morning Timeline (Day 1 Expanded)
Day 1 in the countdown is your wedding day. Here is a typical morning-of flow for a 3:00 PM ceremony. Adjust back or forward based on your ceremony time.
What to Do If You Fall Behind
If you are reading this on Day 5 and have not done Day 7 tasks yet, here is how to triage. Not everything on this list has equal weight.
Call every vendor today. This is non-negotiable. Everything else can slip but not this.
Print all materials, finalize seating chart, and pick up attire. These need time built in for fixes.
Tip envelopes, emergency kit assembly, and QR code printing can all be handled by your maid of honor or best man.
The date night, journaling, and social media planning are valuable but will not affect your wedding day if they slip.
Making the Most of Rehearsal Day
Day 2 is one of the most important days of the week. A well-run rehearsal means a confident, calm ceremony. Here is how to run it well.
More detailed guides for specific days
First dance
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Final week sorted. Photos too.
With seven days to go, set up a shared guest album now. Guests scan a QR at the venue and every photo lands in one place before you even leave for the honeymoon.
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The Week Before Is Not About Adding More
One of the most common mistakes couples make in the final week is trying to cram in tasks they should have done weeks ago. The week before your wedding should have fewer tasks than any previous planning week, not more. If your list is growing rather than shrinking, something has gone wrong in the earlier planning phases.
Use this guide to confirm you are on track, delegate anything that can be delegated, and release anything that cannot be delegated and will not significantly affect your day. A shorter, more focused final week consistently produces calmer, happier couples on the wedding day.
- •The final week should be your least stressful planning week by design
- •Delegate anything that does not require your personal presence
- •Release tasks that will not be noticed if they are not done
- •Use the day-by-day format to stay focused rather than overwhelmed
Why a Day-by-Day Format Works Better Than a Master List
A master checklist of 30 tasks is overwhelming. You look at it and feel behind before you start. A day-by-day countdown breaks those same tasks into manageable daily batches of 3 to 4 items each.
This format also prevents front-loading. Without daily structure, most couples try to do everything on Monday and Tuesday, then have nothing productive to do Wednesday through Friday but worry. Spreading tasks across the week keeps you busy enough to feel productive but not so busy that you burn out.
- •3 to 4 tasks per day keeps you productive without feeling overwhelmed
- •The countdown format builds natural momentum toward the wedding day
- •Critical tasks (vendor calls) are placed early when you have the most energy
- •Personal tasks (notes, date night) are placed midweek when you need emotional grounding
- •The final days are lighter by design so you arrive rested, not exhausted
What If You Fall Behind on the Countdown?
Life does not follow a perfect schedule. If you miss a day, do not try to cram two days of tasks into one. Instead, identify the highest-priority item from the missed day and add it to your current day. Let the lower-priority items go or delegate them.
The Day 7 vendor confirmations are the only truly non-negotiable tasks on this list. Everything else can be shifted, simplified, or skipped without meaningfully impacting your wedding day. Give yourself grace.
The Purpose of Each Day in the Countdown
Days 7 through 5 are about logistics and confirmations. This is when you talk to vendors, finalize printed materials, and handle beauty appointments. Days 4 and 3 shift to personal preparation: writing notes, packing, and taking care of your body.
Day 2 is all about the rehearsal. Day 1 is about presence. Notice how the tasks get simpler and more personal as the countdown progresses. This is intentional. By the time you reach your wedding morning, the only thing on your list is to show up, eat breakfast, and be present.
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Vendor confirmations. Call every single vendor, confirm their arrival time, setup location, and any special requirements. Follow up with a text or email summary. This is the most important task of the entire week.
Day 5 is ideal for a Saturday wedding. This gives you 4 full days to wear the outfit around the house and address any last-minute issues with comfort or fit.
Attend rehearsal, help with venue setup if needed, enjoy the rehearsal dinner, and get to bed early. That is it. No new tasks, no last-minute changes, no scrolling social media. Protect your evening.
Minor changes are fine up until Day 4. After that, let it go. The difference between table 5 and table 7 will not matter to anyone once the music starts and the dancing begins.
Delegate tasks to your wedding party and coordinator. Move your body daily. Sleep 8 hours per night. Have one evening with zero wedding talk. Trust that your months of planning were enough.
Day 7 is perfect. Set up your Pix Wedding account and print QR code table signs. Takes 10 minutes and means guest photos are completely handled for the rest of the week and the wedding day.