What to Do in the Week Before Your Wedding

The week before your wedding has a particular quality to it. Everything that can be planned has been planned, and yet the to-do list somehow keeps growing. Dress fittings, venue walkthroughs, seating charts, supplier confirmations, and underneath all of it, a low hum of excitement and nerves that makes it hard to think in a straight line.

With a clear countdown in place, the week before your wedding can feel manageable, even enjoyable. Here is a day-by-day guide to getting everything in order, including the one detail many couples leave too late and wish they had thought about sooner.

Start the week by contacting every supplier you have booked. Your photographer, florist, caterer, venue coordinator, band or DJ, and anyone else involved in the day should receive a brief message confirming final timings and arrangements. Ask for a named point of contact and a mobile number you can use on the day itself if anything needs adjusting.

This is also the day to chase any outstanding RSVPs and finalise your guest numbers with the venue. A small buffer on catering numbers is always worth having.

Confetti is one of those details that couples plan months in advance and then forget about entirely in the final week, only to find themselves filling bags at midnight the night before the wedding. Do not let that be you.

If your confetti has arrived in bulk, the week before is the perfect time to fill your personalised confetti packets or bags, seal them with your personalised wedding stickers, and have everything ready to hand to your guests without any last-minute scramble.

Natural petal confetti benefits from being stored correctly in the days before the wedding. Keep it somewhere cool, dry, and away from direct sunlight. A breathable bag or a loosely covered box works well. Avoid anywhere humid, such as a bathroom or a kitchen, as moisture can cause the petals to clump or lose their colour. If you opted for pre-filled confetti packaging, this step is already done for you, which is one very good reason to choose it.

For full guidance on getting the best from your petals in the run-up to the big day, the Confetti Bee blog has detailed advice on storing your confetti properly so it arrives at the venue looking exactly as it should.

Book your final fitting for five days before the wedding if you have not already. This gives you time to make any last-minute alterations without the panic of a same-day fix. Try everything on together: dress, shoes, any accessories, and walk around in it. Sit down in it. Make sure you feel completely comfortable, because you will be wearing it for a very long time. 

If you are writing personal vows, now is the time to get them into their final form and practise saying them aloud. Reading words off a page is different from speaking them in front of a room full of people, and a few run-throughs will make a genuine difference to how natural they feel on the day.

The same applies to any speech-givers. A quick check-in with your best man, maid of honour, or any family members planning to speak is worth doing now, not to review the content, but simply to make sure they know their timings and feel prepared.

Prepare a bag with everything you will need on the morning of the wedding and hand it to your maid of honour, best man, or a trusted family member to look after. Include your rings, your vows if you have them written out, any documents you need for the ceremony, an emergency kit with safety pins, stain remover, painkillers, and plasters, your phone charger, and anything else specific to your day.

Knowing this bag exists and is ready will remove a surprising amount of mental weight from the final forty-eight hours.

You have done the planning. Today is for handing things over. Brief whoever is helping you on the day with the running order, supplier contact numbers, and a clear sense of what they are responsible for. Then, as much as possible, step back.

This is a good evening to do something gentle and enjoyable with the people you love. A quiet dinner, a film, an early night. Your body and mind will thank you on the morning of the wedding.

Resist the urge to keep adding to the list. The day before should be calm. Confirm that all your confetti is packed, labelled, and ready to travel to the venue. Check your bag one more time. Make sure your wedding party knows where they need to be and when.

Then stop. The planning is done. Tomorrow is the day itself, and the only thing left to do is enjoy it.

Looking for confetti that photographs beautifully and arrives ready for your big day? Explore the full range at confettibee.co.uk, including natural petal confetti, personalised confetti packets, and the EverFloat® collection for petals that linger in the air just long enough for your photographer to capture something truly magical.