6 Months to Go Until the Wedding: Your Essential Wedding Planning Checklist

Feeling the flutter of excitement now that it’s 6 months until the wedding? Here’s your must-follow guide to stay organised, calm, and fully prepared for your big day.

If you’ve just realised your wedding is only six months away and thought, “Wow… just six months until I say, ‘I do’,” you’re definitely not alone. This is such an exciting milestone, and it’s completely normal to feel a little unsure about what you should be doing next.

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Most of your core wedding planning tasks have been started: venue booked, timeline drafted, invites sent, RSVPs trickling in, styling plans created, and menus confirmed. And now you’re in that strange in-between stage where it feels too early for the last-minute jobs yet too quiet to know what comes next. That’s exactly why this guide is here. This helpful, practical article is designed for couples with 6 months to go until their wedding day, offering clarity, confidence, and a smart 6-month wedding checklist full of achievable tips to make your countdown smoother, easier, and far more enjoyable.

Use this golden window to stay ahead, because once you hit the 3-month mark, things get busy fast with supplier meetings, final payments, and wedding events. For now? Let’s get organised, excited, and ready to make these next six months your most seamless planning phase yet.

Photos by Ash Powell Photography / Venue: Boconnoc Estate, Cornwall

Your 6-Month Wedding Checklist - What to focus on right now:

Décor Planning

Now is the perfect time to dive deeper into your décor details. Begin sourcing any final items, confirm your table setups, and start boxing and labelling everything so it’s ready to go. If you’re DIY-ing anything, signs, favours, centrepieces, make a start now to avoid the last-minute rush. Laying up a mock table at home is also a great way to double-check that everything looks exactly as you imagined.

Supplier Meetings & Key Appointments

Book in any appointments that can be done ahead of time, such as your makeup and hair trials, a pre-wedding shoot, or a catch-up with your photographer or videographer. If you’re planning another visit to your venue, schedule it now while things are still calm. This is also a great stage to finalise menus, confirm dietary requirements, and book in your food tasting if you haven't already. Any suppliers who need to wait until closer to the day will let you know.

Ceremony Planning

Take time to finalise the details of your ceremony, readings, music, timings, and any personal touches you want to include. If you haven’t already, now is also the moment to buy your wedding rings and allow time for resizing or engraving.

Stationery & Signage Organisation

Even though RSVPs are still coming in, you can get ahead by organising everything for your printing deadline. Make sure your guestlist spreadsheet is up to date, finalise your design choices, and prepare files so they’re ready to send the moment you have your final numbers. Start listing all signage you’ll need, including the must haves such as welcome signs, table plan, order of the day, bar menus and plan where these will be displayed.

Tick Off the “Don’t Leave Until the Last Minute” Jobs

There are plenty of smaller tasks that are much easier to tackle now. Start building your wedding day playlists, schedule dress or suit fittings, finalise your honeymoon plans, and decide what you’ll wear for any pre- or post-wedding celebrations. These are the tasks that sneak up on couples, so get ahead while you can.

Create a Wet Weather Plan

If you haven’t already, now is the time to put together a wet weather plan that you genuinely feel happy with. Discuss it with your venue, confirm logistics, and share the plan with all your suppliers. Having this prepared early gives you one less thing to worry about later on.

Reaching the 6 months to go mark is such an exciting stage of your wedding planning journey, and with a little organisation now, the months ahead will feel far smoother and far more enjoyable. This window of time is your chance to get ahead, tie up loose ends, and truly shape the day you’ve been dreaming of. By tackling these key tasks early, you’ll not only avoid that last-minute rush but also give yourselves the space to enjoy the build-up. So take a deep breath, stay organised, and trust that every step you take now brings you closer to walking down the aisle with confidence, excitement, and complete peace of mind.