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Plus-onesWrite the rule, apply it to everyone, then send. Not the other way round.
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The guides cover the plan. These cover the four decisions the plan waits on — and that no checklist can make for you.
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The seating planGroups, then tables, then people. Doing it in one pass is what makes it enormous.
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The weather plan, and the other threeA named decision maker, a deadline, a confirmed alternative and a phone list. On paper.
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The final fortnightConfirming and handing over. If something is still open now, ask whether it can be dropped.
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What you are allowed to skipAlmost all of it is optional, including several parts that feel compulsory.
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When the paper goes outTwo mailings, two jobs. One deadline is etiquette; the other is set by your caterer.
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Who pays for whatThe traditional split describes almost nobody now. What replaced it, and how to raise it.
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Cutting the guest listThe number every other number is downstream of — and the only one that is about other people.