Wedding Preparation

Plan your wedding
Plan your wedding budget
Plan your honeymoon 

Write your marriage vows
The Rings

Plan your wedding

What kind of wedding do you want to have? Factors to consider & questions to ponder:

1. What are your expectations & desires

- What do you imagine your wedding to be?
- How would you like to look on your wedding day?
- Where do you want to have your wedding?
- What do you want to do on your wedding day?

2. What are your parents’ wishes

- What are your parents’ ideas of a wedding?
- Is it necessary to have a banquet?

3. Are there any traditional or religious requirements

- What are some traditions that you need to follow?
- When is a good time for both your parents to meet?
- Do you need to attend marriage preparation preparation?

4. What is your budget

- How much money do you want to spend?
- Will your parents be helping?
- Will the wedding expenses involve the both of you?

Here are some checklists to help with your wedding preparation:
• Checklist to help you as you imagine what your wedding will be… download here.(in Word format)

• Checklist to help you as you plan for your wedding… download here.(in Word format)

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Plan your wedding budget

Here's a checklist to help you plan your wedding budget. Download here. (in Word format)

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Plan your honeymoon

Why go on a honeymoon

Going on a honeymoon gives you and your partner the chance to settle into the new status of a married couple and allow you to freely express your affections without the hindrance of friends and relatives. It will also let you form habits of affectionate companionship that will set the tone for your married life.

Some considerations when you plan your honeymoon:

1. Your honeymoon should be planned around activities both of you enjoy. This will allow the both of you to be yourselves so that you can rest and relax better in each other’s company.

2. Keep the cost of the honeymoon well within your budget so you don’t have financial worries on your mind during your time together. If you can’t comfortably afford it, there’s nothing wrong with postponing it to a more appropriate time.

3. Keep in mind that the value of the honeymoon need not depend on the amount of money you spend on it. In fact, if you can’t afford the time or money for a honeymoon, you could just schedule some quiet time with your new spouse. Use this time to build your initial marital bonds and establish the foundation for a lifetime of marital bliss.

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Write your marriage vows

Review the following marriage vows used at the Registry of Marriages (ROM). You and your partner may want to adapt it to suit your requirements.

Registrar's Address
Before you are joined in matrimony, it is my duty to remind you of the solemn and binding character of the vows you are about to make. Marriage according to law is the union of one man and one woman, voluntarily entered into for life, to the exclusion of all others.

Do I understand that you __________________ and you ________________ are here of your own free will for the purpose of becoming man and wife?
Couple answer together: Yes

To Bridegroom
Will you, __________________ take this woman ______________ to be your wedded wife, to live together in the legal estate of matrimony? Will you love her, comfort her, honour and keep her in sickness and in health and forsaking all others, be faithful to her, so long as you both shall live?
Answer: I will

To Bride
Will you, _________________ take this man _________________ to be your wedded husband, to live together in the legal estate of matrimony? Will you love him, comfort him, honour and keep him in sickness and in health and forsaking all others, be faithful to him, so long as you both shall live?
Answer: I will

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The Rings (optional)

Registrar's Instructions
Take this ring and put it upon the third finger of his/her left hand and repeat after me:

In token and pledge of our constant faith and
abiding love, with this ring I marry you.

Registrar's Pronouncement
As both of you have given your consent before me to live together in matrimony and have solemnly promised, each to the other to do so, I now pronounce you two Man and Wife.

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