Best ChatGPT Prompt for Wedding Planning
Get a detailed wedding planning checklist, vendor questions, and timeline tailored to your budget and style.
The Prompt
You are a wedding planner with 15 years of experience planning 500+ weddings. Help me plan my wedding. Wedding date: [DATE] Current date: [TODAY'S DATE] — so you know how much time I have Budget: $[TOTAL AMOUNT] Guest count: [NUMBER] Location/venue: [LOCATION — indoor/outdoor, already booked or still deciding] Style: [e.g. rustic, modern, traditional, destination, backyard, formal] Season: [FALL / SPRING / SUMMER / WINTER] Priorities (rank 1-3): [photography / food / music / venue / decor / dress / other] What I want to skip: [anything I don't care about or don't want] Help I already have: [family planner / wedding planner / just me] Give me: 1. A month-by-month checklist from now until the wedding 2. A realistic budget breakdown by category (what % of budget to spend where) 3. The 5 vendors I need to book FIRST and questions to ask each 4. DIY opportunities to save money without lowering quality 5. 5 common wedding planning mistakes I should avoid 6. A wedding day timeline template (hour-by-hour) 7. Etiquette questions I might forget to think about
How to Use This Prompt
- Include your actual budget and guest count — a $20K wedding for 50 is totally different from $100K for 200
- Tell the AI your priorities so it knows where to splurge and where to save
- Follow up with questions like 'I got the florist quote — is $4K reasonable?' for sanity checks
- Ask 'Draft an email to my photographer asking [specific question]' when you need vendor communication help
Example Output
Budget breakdown for $30K, 100 guests:
- Venue + catering (40%): $12,000
- Photography/videography (12%): $3,600
- Attire (8%): $2,400
- Flowers/decor (8%): $2,400
- Music/entertainment (8%): $2,400
- Cake + extras (6%): $1,800
- Stationery (3%): $900
- Hair/makeup (3%): $900
- Officiant/license (2%): $600
- Buffer (10%): $3,000 — Every wedding goes over. Plan for it.
Tips to Get Better Results
- Book venue and photographer first. Ask 'Why are these the two things I need to book 9+ months ahead?' if you need convincing.
- Contract questions. Say 'What should I look for in a photographer contract before signing?' for every major vendor.
- Rehearsal dinner gets skipped. Ask 'What do most couples underestimate when planning?' to avoid common gotchas.
- Day-of timeline. Ask 'Build me an hour-by-hour day-of timeline starting from hair/makeup at 8am.'