The BDP Wedding Blueprint
Everything we've learned from 6,000+ wedding days, built into one free planning guide. Interactive checklist, budget calculator, timeline planner, insider tips — updated for 2027.
Planning a phone-free ceremony? Read our analogue wedding feature for invitation wording, guest considerations and a whole-day checklist.
Wedding planning resources
- Wedding Planning Checklist
Work through 200+ tasks month by month, from engagement to the wedding day.
checklist · Getting started - Wedding Emergency Kit Checklist
Choose useful day-of backups, add personal items and print a compact handover sheet.
checklist · The wedding day - Wedding Cost Breakdown
Compare realistic UK costs by supplier, region and level of spend.
calculator · Getting started - Questions to Ask Your Wedding Venue
Take the right questions to a viewing before you commit to a venue.
checklist · Booking suppliers - Wedding Vow Writing Guide
Use practical frameworks to write personal vows that still sound like you.
guide · Planning the details - Bridesmaid Proposal Ideas
Find thoughtful, creative ways to ask the people you want beside you.
guide · Getting started - Wedding Table Plan Guide
Choose a layout and seat your guests without creating unnecessary stress.
planner · Planning the details - Wedding Guest List & RSVP Tracker
Track invitations, replies, plus-ones, meals, requirements, tables and thank-yous privately on your device.
planner · Planning the details - Wedding Music Guide
Plan ceremony songs, your first dance, playlists and band or DJ choices.
guide · Planning the details - Wedding Speeches Guide
Write and deliver a speech with structures for every common speaker.
guide · Planning the details - Wedding Day Timeline Builder
Build the running order for your day, including portraits and golden hour.
planner · The wedding day - Wedding Morning Timeline Calculator
Work backwards from your ceremony to plan preparation, travel and calm contingency time.
calculator · The wedding day - Wedding Supplier Contact Sheet
Keep supplier contacts, arrival notes, balances and delegated owners in one printable handover sheet.
planner · The wedding day - Wedding Order of Service Template
Build, save and print a civil, celebrant-led or flexible ceremony running order.
planner · Planning the details - Printable Wedding Supplier Schedule
Turn final timings into a clean, printable handover for your venue and suppliers.
planner · The wedding day
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