Wedding planning guides: practical advice and templates

Practical guides to the questions almost every couple faces when planning a wedding in Czechia: how much it costs, what to arrange and when, how to invite guests, collect RSVPs, plan the seating arrangement, and organise both the wedding day and the honeymoon afterwards. Ordered by when you will likely need them.

1. 1

   At the start

   How much a wedding costs

   What you pay for at a wedding, what drives the total cost the most, and how to split your budget around your guest count and priorities — including expenses couples often overlook.

2. 2

   When considering extra help

   Wedding coordinator

   What a wedding coordinator does (and doesn't do), when hiring one is worth it, and when you can manage on your own — plus typical Czech pricing for on-the-day coordination vs full planning.

3. 3

   During planning

   Wedding checklist

   A step-by-step planning checklist ordered by how much time is left before the wedding: from date and venue through suppliers to the final week. Adapt the order to fit your date.

4. 4

   Six months before the wedding

   Honeymoon

   When to book your honeymoon, how to handle flights and passports if you are changing your surname, and how to ask guests for a contribution — including Czech ID and passport validity deadlines.

5. 5

   Before sending invitations

   Wedding announcement wording

   What every wedding announcement and invitation should include, when to send them, and how to word plus-ones or adults-only celebrations — complete with six wording examples.

6. 6

   After sending invitations

   RSVP

   What to ask guests and how to set your RSVP deadline so your catering numbers add up — including polite reminder templates for guests who haven't replied.

7. 7

   Once you know your headcount

   Seating plan

   How to seat your guests: table shapes, the head table, divorced parents, children, and older relatives — plus what to send the caterer and how to prepare place cards.

8. 8

   In the final weeks

   Wedding day timeline

   A sample wedding day schedule from morning preparations to midnight: how to build it around the ceremony, where to add time buffers, and who needs a copy in advance.

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