Order your bridesmaids' dresses. Try to keep in mind which colors, styles and fabrics would be most flattering to your attendants, and which would best complement the theme of your wedding and your own attire. Three months before your wedding Order the attire for the groom, best man and usher. Address invitations and announcements. Determine the time and location for the rehearsal dinner.
Most hotels offer discounts for guests for a wedding weekend.
By Elizabeth Scheibner - Copley News Service Registry Strategies O nce upon a time, couples married young and straight out of their parents' homes. Short of a lovingly prepared bride's trousseau, the newlyweds had little in the way of basic domestic goods to start a household. Whether by necessity or some clever marketing by merchants interested in cashing in on the wedding business, bridal registries began cropping up at department stores and specialty shops to help guests select gifts that would fill the void. Today, couples marrying for the first time are older. Chances are that they've already been on their own for a while and started accumulating the toasters and dishes that have long been the staples of bridal registries.