Free custom wedding timeline that you can create online in a few minutes and nobody will believe it was free!
Your wedding day is almost here. You’ve worked tirelessly to plan your wedding, from picking flowers and guest lists to locations and food details. While it might seem like you’ve covered every detail, one of the most essential wedding planning tasks you need to work on is your wedding day timeline. While it might seem tedious and unnecessary, this task will ensure that your day will run smoothly.
(12 months prior to the wedding)
This wedding timeline checklist plans every detail of your wedding starting one year before the wedding. It is available in Word, Excel or PDF.
(Ceremony and Reception)
The wedding reception timeline plans each activity before and during your wedding ceremony and reception. The wedding day timeline template is available in Word, Excel, or as a pretty poster that you can customize online for free.
(Wedding Program)
A wedding program template lists your wedding program and adds details about the bride, groom, and wedding party. It is available as a Word document and on our online app. Both options are free.
What is a Wedding Day Timeline?
A wedding day timeline is a full schedule that breaks down your day from the moment you wake up to when you leave the ceremony at the end of the night. Timelines are important so that everyone is on the same page. Your timeline will include things like hair and makeup, family portraits and photo times, parent dances, cocktail hours, toasts, and other important moments. It’s important to schedule ahead of time to ensure you’re not stressed out on the day of your wedding.
A wedding planning timeline will help you create a wedding schedule. You will need this to ensure that everything and everyone is on time and that all your vendors are in the loop. For more wedding printables see how to plan a wedding.
Wedding Timeline Template
The wedding timeline template is available in 3 different formats:
The spreadsheet will calculate what time each activity starts. You select the time you want your guests to arrive. You can also change how long each activity should last.
You can also download the wedding schedule in Word format. In the Word format, you can change the time and the duration of the activities and the timeline will change accordingly.
App – 7 Designs
This is an infographic wedding program. You can edit all text and change the icons. You can change the times and add more text and icons.
How to make a wedding timeline
Open the wedding timeline spreadsheet above.
You will see a typical wedding timeline.
You can change the time you want the guests to arrive. You can also change the time you want to spend on each activity.
For example, if you want to create a wedding day timeline with a 4 PM ceremony. You then decide how long before the ceremony you want your guests to arrive. The sample timeline assumes 15 mins. Either leave it at 15 mins or change it. Assuming you leave it as is you will then change the arrival time to 3:45. Once you change the arrival time all the times in the wedding schedule example will change accordingly. Go over each activity and check the time allotted. You can change any of the times, but the duration must be in minutes. Each time you make a change, your timeline will change accordingly.
How to make a wedding reception timeline poster
A wedding reception itinerary can be made in Word, Excel, or as a pretty poster.
You can change all the times in the wedding day schedule template. You can also edit the text or add additional text.
Before you start to create a poster, I suggest you create a wedding schedule template. You can use the Excel template above or you can jot down the schedule on paper. Once you know what your wedding reception schedule should be, you can choose any of the templates and customize it with your own text and times.
You can give a copy of the wedding itinerary to all vendors and to your bridesmaids and bridal party. You can also add it to the invitations and you can print a poster to hang at the venue.
The images below are wedding timeline examples. You don’t need to use them as-is. You can change every element to suit your special day.
In this version, you can change the picture of the bride and groom to look more like the couple getting married. There are many different couples available. For example, if the bride is red-headed and the groom is blond then click on that option to change the picture.
