Staying organized during planning

I did Google drive sheets and when buying things for your wedding have separate boxes e.g a box just for the sign in table, box just for the favors table, etc

I’m using google docs and google sheets. It’s easy to use and is always with you.
My docs incl:
a check in page for me and my wedding party that has dates, times, to dos A hair and makeup inspiration page for those getting theirs done at the salon day of Myself, fh, and officiant have one on what the ceremony timeline will be and how it will run
Google sheets:Budget report (incl guesstimate, actual, and remainder to see how you’re doing) Invitation sheet- name, address, #of people, invite sent, RSVP Monthly To Dos Bridal shower guest listRehearsal dinner guest list Day of timeline (not completed yet) Seating chart (preliminary) Vendors list: who you have, who you need, $ paid, money owed, tips amount to bring day of

I used The Knot wedding planner binder as well as The Knot app. My husband created an Excel spreadsheet for our budget. I also put all of my emails relating to the wedding in a separate folder within my email.

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That's so smart, I need to check that out!

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I have all this stuff as well but kind of scattered. I guess having it all in one place it really smart. I should do that too!

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I haven't sorted my emails yet! That's a really good way to keep them organized. I will do that!

View Quoted Comment It made it easier to locate things. I also made sure I save all contracts and important documents in the event that I needed to reference them.

View Quoted Comment It definitely helped me a lot. It’s also easy because you can add people to it, ex: I’m giving my photographer access to the wedding day timeline so she can figure out when and where she needs to be and edit them in.

I used Google Sheets for almost all our wedding planning.

I'm leaning heavily on google sheets (like being able to share it with people), Zola, our 2nd bedroom and now I have clear plastic bins that I'm going to start putting things in for what goes where at the venue. Trying to stay as organized as possible, but it does get hard sometimes

"The Budget Savvy Wedding Planner" by Jessica Bishop is my go to!

I have a crazy in depth excel doc that I use for everything to keep track of budget and what vendors we need to pay off still

I have everything in a Google Doc sheet! This has kept me sane, lol. Plus, I have been able to share it with my FH and my dad so they can stay on track too.

Ive been working on 2 things at a time. Venue and guest list first. Than cater and photographer. I have 19 quotes with cater and kinda got stuck and lost for a month so I took a break from the holidays and haven't picked back up so i kinda moved onto flowers. But if i work on more than 2 things I've noticed it gets so unorganized. Recommend a wedding email to keep everything in one v.s. personal.

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Oh I have to check that out! Thank you!

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Me too! It's like ten sheets or more

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I have some time in the next couple of days so I think I will try to get some system into my planning.

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Of course! My sister got it for me and it has really helped me stay on track!

For me, Excel and Word has been great. I have an entire folder dedicated to all things wedding related. So that's really good. Keeps me very organized. As I complete tasks, I go back to my documents and check things off as I go.