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Free wedding planning tools & checklists
Compare venue costs, put vendor payments on your calendar, and turn open questions into a practical plan. Free tools, worksheets and messages you can make your own.
Start where you are.
Nothing booked yet
Start the free planner. A checklist shaped to your kind of wedding, a guest list of up to 25 invitations (a household counts as one) with your events, a budget in your currency, and your partner.
Start the free plannerEmail only. No card, no documents.
I’ve signed contracts
Send them, with any deposit receipts. See what’s left to pay and how many dates are open, counted in US dollars. Free.
Add up my contracts — freeEmail only. No card. Your summary comes first, and the plan is $79 a month.
I’m comparing quotes
Send 2 to 4 for the same kind of vendor. See them side by side at your guest count. Free.
Compare my quotes — freeEmail only. No card. Your quote comparison is free.
Have the files? Compare quotes free
Send 2 to 4 quotes you haven't signed, for the same kind of vendor. Your quote comparison puts them on one guest count, with the working shown. It does not tell you which to book.
Work it out
Less guesswork. Something you can use.
No account, document upload or email address required. Enter your own numbers and take the result with you.
Wedding venue cost calculator
Compare the rental, guest charges, minimum spend and quoted extras in one transparent estimate.
See the total behind the quoteWedding payment calendar
Turn the payment dates you enter into a downloadable calendar and spreadsheet, with no account required.
Put payments on your calendarWedding RSVP deadline calculator
Work back from your wedding date and your caterer’s final-count deadline to an RSVP date and a date to send invitations.
Find your RSVP dateService charge calculator for weddings: service charge and tax
See how a service charge and sales tax change a catering or venue total depending on the base each one is calculated on.
Check the percentagesWedding cancellation cost calculator
Enter the cancellation schedule from your contract and the payments you have made to see what would be at stake on a given date.
See what is at stakeWedding table and chair calculator
Turn a guest count and table size into the tables, chairs and linens to order, and compare them with what the venue includes.
Count the rentalsWedding planning checklist by month
Enter your wedding date to get a dated, month-by-month checklist that fits the time you have, with calendar and spreadsheet downloads.
Date your checklistWedding quote comparison sheet
Put two or three vendor quotes on the same guest count, with the service charge and tax on the bases they state, and compare the totals.
Compare the quotesWedding day timeline builder
Work back from the ceremony to when getting ready starts, and forward to the end of the evening, with the golden hour marked.
Build your timelineWedding sunset and golden hour times
Sunrise, sunset and both golden hours at your venue on up to five dates, in the venue’s own time, with a calendar file.
Find your golden hourWedding speech and toast timer
Time a toast, a speech or your vows at your own pace, compare two drafts, practice with a stopwatch and print cue cards.
Time your speechWedding invitation wording
Wording for the way your wedding is hosted, set out three or four ways, with a matching save-the-date, reception card and reply card.
Word your invitationKnow what to ask
For the decisions behind the day.
A specific workflow, a worksheet and a message to adapt. Start with the decision in front of you.
Latest guides
Wedding welcome bags for hotel guests: delivery and fees
A written drop-off plan with the hotel, a known handling charge, and bag labels that match the names at the front desk.
Open the guideWedding budget contingency: how much to set aside
A contingency line where each dollar is tied to a named open item, with rules for using it and a date by which it can be released.
Open the guideHow much does a rehearsal dinner cost? A contract checklist
A signed event order where the minimum, the count deadline and the person paying are clear before the rehearsal.
Open the guideBefore you book
Questions to ask a wedding venue before booking
A grouped venue question list you can take on a tour, with space to record each answer and whether you have it in writing.
Open the guideHow to compare wedding venues and quotes side by side
A comparison you can defend, with the unanswered questions beside the numbers.
Open the guideWhat is a date hold at a wedding venue? How holds work
A written hold with an expiry time, the exact steps to book, and the terms if someone else wants the date.
Open the guideVendor contracts
Can a wedding vendor raise prices after booking?
For each vendor, the price you signed for, the clause that could change it and a written record of any price the vendor has confirmed.
Open the guideWedding contract checklist: what to check before you sign
A focused question log, tied to the agreement you are considering.
Open the guideWhat to look for in a wedding venue contract: a checklist
A clause-by-clause review of your venue agreement, with the page for each term and the questions to send before you sign.
Open the guideMoney and dates
Wedding food and beverage minimum: what an F&B minimum means
Know exactly what counts toward your minimum, and the guest count at which you meet it.
Open the guideWedding budget spreadsheet template: how to make one
A budget built from your own quotes and contracts, where each number traces to a document and each open risk has a line.
Open the guideWedding payment schedule: a template and how to build it
One list of upcoming payments that you and your partner can check together.
Open the guideGuests and decisions
Wedding final headcount: when it is due and who counts
A headcount handoff that connects guest replies to the numbers vendors need.
Open the guideWhen should a wedding RSVP deadline be? How to set it
An RSVP date you can explain, built backward from a vendor deadline you have confirmed in writing.
Open the guideWedding guest list spreadsheet template: how to make one
One guest list that produces the counts your stationer, caterer and rental order will ask for.
Open the guideThe week of
Wedding day timeline template: build it from your contracts
A run of show anchored to contract times, with each duration confirmed by the vendor who owns it.
Open the guideWedding vendor handoff: week-of checklist and contact sheet
A short operational brief that helps someone else carry the day with you.
Open the guideWedding day emergency kit list: what to put in it
A kit packed around the problems you can fix yourselves, with a named keeper and a copy of the contact sheet inside.
Open the guideHow we build these resources
These are original planning workflows and blank templates published by Wedding Remedy. Examples are labeled illustrations. They are not customer results, market averages or a review of your agreement.
The calculators use the numbers you enter and show the calculation method. The guides help you record source details, identify open questions and decide who will follow up. They do not determine legal rights or provide legal, tax or financial advice.
We date a resource when it is published or substantively revised. If a step is unclear or a calculation looks wrong, contact the team through our About page. What is live, and what is not says what the free read and the plan can and cannot do yet.
Our editorial standards say how the guides are drafted, checked and reviewed.