Wedding Planner
Phased wedding checklist that surfaces tasks for the current planning window, plus a budget tracker.
Written by Golam Rabbani, Founder & Lead Engineer
How to use this wedding planner
- Enter your wedding date in the "Wedding date" field.
- Enter your total budget in the "Total budget ($)" field.
- Tick each completed task in the wedding checklist — the current phase is highlighted automatically based on days until your wedding.
- Type actual amounts spent into each category under the Budget tracker section.
- Press "Generate summary" to see your phase progress, task completion percentage, and full budget breakdown.
- Use "Copy" to put the plain-text summary on your clipboard, or "Reset" to clear all data.
About this wedding planner
The wedding planner combines a phased task checklist with a budget tracker. Enter your wedding date and total budget, work through 25 pre-built tasks, log spend per category, then press Generate summary for a snapshot of where planning stands.
The active phase is set automatically from days-until-wedding: >180 days = "12 Months Before", 91–180 = "6 Months Before", 31–90 = "3 Months Before", 8–30 = "1 Month Before", and ≤7 = "Week Of". Tasks are grouped into those five phases and the current phase is highlighted. The budget uses seven categories with fixed default percentages (Venue 40%, Catering 25%, Attire 10%, Photography 10%, Flowers, Music, and Other 5% each) and shows allocated vs. actual spend.
Worked example: a couple 274 days from their wedding enter a $25,000 budget. The active phase is "12 Months Before". They tick all five tasks in that phase and three of the five six-month tasks — 8 of 25 done (32%). They log $9,800 Venue, $2,400 Photography, and $500 Other — $12,700 spent — leaving $12,300 remaining. All data is saved to browser localStorage under "toolnest:wedding-planner" and persists across reloads on the same device.
FAQ
- How does the wedding planner decide which phase I am in?
- It counts the days from today to your entered wedding date. More than 180 days shows "12 Months Before"; 91–180 days shows "6 Months Before"; 31–90 days shows "3 Months Before"; 8–30 days shows "1 Month Before"; 7 days or fewer shows "Week Of". The current phase is highlighted in blue in the checklist.
- Can I change the budget percentages for each category?
- The seven categories — Venue, Catering, Attire, Photography, Flowers & Decor, Music & Entertainment, and Other — have fixed suggested percentages used to calculate allocated amounts. You enter your actual spending for each category; the tool then shows the difference between allocated and spent.
- Does my checklist and budget data save between visits?
- Yes. The tool saves your wedding date, budget, ticked tasks, and category spend amounts to your browser's localStorage under the key "toolnest:wedding-planner". The data survives page reloads and closed tabs on the same browser and device, but is not synced across devices or browsers.
- What happens if I enter a wedding date that has already passed?
- The tool still generates a summary. The days-until value will be negative, displayed as "X days ago", and the active phase will be set to "Week Of" since the day count is 7 or fewer.
- Is this wedding planner free to use?
- Yes, it is free with no account or sign-up required.
- Does the tool send my wedding or budget data to a server?
- No. The wedding planner runs entirely in your browser. Your dates, budget figures, and task states are stored only in localStorage on your own device and are never transmitted to any server.