Pre-Wedding Tasks
- • Attend dress fittings and ensure their alterations are completed on time.
- • Attend the wedding shower the bachelorette party and assist in planning these events if needed.
- • Spread the word about the shower, the bachelorette party, and about where the couple has set up a gift registry
- • Attend the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner
- • Helps address invitations for the wedding and the shower, if needed.
Day-of Tasks – Before the Ceremony
- • Attend the pre-wedding breakfast, if there is one planned
- • Run any last-minute errands the bride needs help with
- • Help decorate the reception hall, if needed
- • Attend hair and makeup appointments
- • Get dressed on time, and help the bride get ready if the maid of honor needs assistance
- • Participate in any pre-ceremony photograph sessions that have been scheduled
Day-of Tasks – After the Ceremony and During the Reception
- • Pose for photographs with the rest of the wedding party. Also help round up relatives and other members of the wedding party to pose for photos.
- • Stand in the receiving ling, or mingle and introduce guests to each other while the bride and groom finish taking photographs.
- • Get the bride water, food, or anything else she needs throughout the reception, since she’ll probably be too busy to think of these things herself.
- • Troubleshoot any problems that happen, such as picking up flower arrangements that fallen over, or preventing a fight between to great aunts who don’t like where they’ve been seated.
- • Take photos during the reception, if asked.
- • Help get the guests dancing, and mingle to keep people happy
Post-Reception Tasks
- • Help clean up after the reception, if needed.