Getting ready for your wedding 2

Take Care of Business

If you’re changing your name, call your town or city’s courthouse to find out the process (usually there’s a form you can download). Don’t forget: driver’s license, passport, Social Security card, credit cards. Also, change your beneficiaries for invest- ment accounts and insurance plans. If you are moving, put in a change-of-address card at the post office, or do it online, at usps.com/moversguide.


Get Guest-Ready

If you are hosting out-of-towners, reconfirm any hotel or transportation ar- rangements. Assemble gift baskets for ho- tel rooms (this is a good task to delegate). And, it’s a pain, but it happens to almost every bride and groom: There are always guests who don’t respond by the RSVP date. Someone (again, delegate) has to get in touch with these laggards and be sure to get an answer out of everyone.


Give Your Caterer a Final Head Count

This very important task should be taken care of a week to several days prior to the wedding, so that the caterer can order the right amount of food and accurately tally your final bill. This is also a good time to appoint a reliable bridesmaid in charge of getting crucial personal items — the cake knife, toasting glasses — to and from your reception site. Put another bridesmaid in charge of divvying up tips into envelopes for vendors to give to them on the day of the wedding.