Wedding Day Timeline Generator
Enter your ceremony time and a few choices, and get an ordered schedule you can edit, print and share.
FreeNo sign-up needed.
No. 01What you can make
An hour-by-hour schedule built around your ceremony
Set when the ceremony starts and when the reception ends, then answer a few questions: how long the ceremony runs, whether there is a cocktail hour, and which dinner style you are serving. Tick any optional events you plan, such as group photos, toasts, first dance, cake cutting, bouquet toss, sunset photos or a send-off.
The tool lays the day out in order, with a start and end time for each block. Every length can be edited right in the schedule, so you can match what your photographer and venue have told you.
Press Copy as text to send it to your vendors, Print for a copy of just the schedule, or Download .ics to put the blocks in your calendar. That file needs your wedding date, so add it first.
No. 02How it works
Build your timeline in four steps
No. 01
Set the two fixed times
Choose when the ceremony starts and when the reception ends. Pick a ceremony length from the chips.
No. 02
Answer the day-of questions
Choose whether getting ready is worked out for you or set by hand, then pick the cocktail hour and your dinner style. Add travel between venues if the ceremony and reception are apart.
No. 03
Pick your optional events
Tick the events you want. If you enter a sunset time, sunset photos start then and do not move.
No. 04
Adjust and share
Change any length in the schedule and everything after it shifts. Then copy, print or download.
No. 03Good to know
How the order is worked out
The ceremony start is the one fixed point. Getting ready, the first look and (with a first look) group photos run back to back and end at the ceremony. After it, each block starts when the one before ends. Sunset photos and the send-off are the two exceptions: they sit at the time you choose and do not shift.
Gaps show up as open time, and an overlap or an overrun past the reception end brings a warning, not an error. If you are still pricing the reception itself, the reception cost calculator is a useful companion.
Nothing is saved, so keep a copy before you leave the page.
No. 04Compare
Your timeline and the words that fill it
The schedule says when things happen; these tools help with what happens.
Wedding Ceremony Script Generator
Writes the ceremony itself, so the ceremony block in your timeline has words behind it.
Wedding Speech Writer
Drafts the speeches that go in your toasts block, for whoever is speaking.
Wedding Seating Chart Maker
Plans where each guest sits for the dinner, once your schedule shows when it starts.
No. 05Tips
Making the day run smoothly
No. 01
Start from the ceremony
The ceremony time is fixed, so everything else is built around it. Let the tool work out when getting ready should start.
No. 02
Edit the lengths
Every length is a starting assumption. Change any of them in the schedule and everything after it shifts.
No. 03
Mind the warnings
If a block overlaps another or runs past the end of the reception, the schedule says so. Shorten something or move the end time.
No. 04
Share it with your vendors
Copy the schedule as text for your photographer and planner, or add your date for a calendar file. Put the budget in order too, with the [wedding budget calculator](/wedding-budget-calculator).
No. 06Related
Keep planning
More tools couples use next.
- Free
No. 01
Wedding Seating Chart Maker
Add your guests and tables, seat people by tap or drag, see a floor plan, and print or download the chart. Free, no sign-up, and everything stays in your browser.
Planning & BudgetOpen - Free
No. 02
Wedding Reception Cost Calculator
Add your venue, catering, drinks and fees to see the full reception total and what one more guest adds.
Planning & BudgetOpen
No. 07Questions
Good questions
About the wedding day timeline generator.
Is the wedding day timeline generator free?
Yes. It is free, needs no sign-up, and the schedule updates as you change things.
Is there a wedding timeline app or itinerary app?
There is nothing to install. It is a web page that works in your phone or computer browser. To get the schedule into an app, copy it as text or download the .ics file for your calendar.
Where do the durations come from?
They are starting assumptions, not rules. Every length can be edited in the schedule, and the blocks after it move to match.
What happens if my schedule does not fit?
You get a warning, not an error. The tool tells you when blocks overlap or when the schedule runs past the end of the reception, and you decide what to change.
How do I add the schedule to my calendar?
Enter your wedding date and press Download .ics. The file has one event per block, at the same clock times wherever you open it. Without a date the button stays off, because calendar events need one.
What does the first look change?
With a first look, group photos are placed before the ceremony. Without one, they come right after it.
Is my schedule saved?
No. It is worked out in your browser and nothing is sent or stored, so copy it or download the calendar file before you close the page.