Wedding Management Services & To Do Lists
Our first step in planning our wedding was to chose a tool that would allow us to manage the massive amount of information that is collected in the planning process.
A major part of my work is project management. As such, I spend a fair amount of time in various project management tools and GTD style programs. I did a search on google for wedding planning tools and didn’t really come up with many options, beyond a few of the major names, which were mostly out-dated.
The Knot
The one wedding focused platform we did find was The Knot, a wedding focused website that helps brides with just about every aspect of the planning process. The Knot would probably be a good tool for the average user, however it really does make you conform to their process, their suggested vendors and plans, not something 100% your own. That last statement was based on my personal view of the site and the tools they offered, not necessarily all the “facts”. I’d say The Knot is your best option if your looking for everything in one place, but not necessarily if you’re looking for a powerful management-focused tool.
Our Choice: Basecamp
I’ll admit, I’m a bit biased when it comes to project management tools. I’ve tried many, and my hands down favorite is Basecamp by 37signals. It allows you to upload files, create to-do lists, messages, write boards, chat, and email notifications for just about all of the above.
If you’re a wedding planning professional, or you do repetitive tasks in your wedding planning process, you’ll love the templates system that lets you create “template to-dos” that you can reload with a click or two.
We use the file upload feature to upload pictures of magazines, photos, etc that we use for inspiration and ideas. The fact that we can login at any time, anywhere to view, edit, and view any of the information in Basecamp.
Wedding Planning To Do List
Took us about 10 minutes to setup, and we were on our way, creating guest lists, and a big, master to-do list for as many phases of the planning as possible.
Download our Wedding Planning To-Do List (PDF)
Question: What tools do you use?
I saw a few printed forms, and templates for planning, but beyond that I don’t see any really good planning tools, so if there are any you know of, feel free to let us know.
Wow,
Your info is what I am looking for!
Thanks a lot !
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Yeah, thats what I’m finding! Finding some cool ideas as I go. Really, this might be a chance for me to figure out some details for what I want out of the app.
Maybe we should brainstorm some stuff on this… :)
I SO wish I would have Google Wave during wedding planning for collaboration stuff.
We tried Basecamp, but it couldn’t do it all for an Indian wedding.
HUGE opportunity here for a neat tool just for folks planning their wedding. We have huge EXCEL spreadsheets and a NOTEBOOK with guest lists, table arrangements, schedules for the various days of events, who gave what gift and when, registry forms, the various vendors we interviewed and eventually selected, contracts, invitation samples.
We (and by we I mean wife mostly) went OLD school on this. There is currently no tool for doing a wedding efficiently Sam. Big opportunity.
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