How to Plan Your Wedding with AI

Wedding Planning Without Losing Your Mind

Congratulations, you're getting married! Now comes the part nobody warns you about: planning a wedding is basically project managing a medium-sized event while also being emotionally involved in every single decision.

AI tools won't pick your flowers or write your vows (well, actually they can help with both), but they'll handle the organizational nightmare so you can actually enjoy being engaged.

Build Your Master Plan

Start by telling Claude everything about your wedding vision:

• Approximate guest count
• Budget range
• Season and location preferences
• Vibe (casual backyard, formal ballroom, destination beach)
• Must-haves and deal-breakers

Claude will generate a comprehensive planning timeline working backward from your wedding date. This alone can save you from the "wait, we were supposed to book the caterer three months ago" panic.

Budget Tracking

Use the Google Sheets server to create a wedding budget tracker. Ask Claude to build one with categories like:

• Venue and catering
• Photography and video
• Flowers and decor
• Attire and beauty
• Music and entertainment
• Invitations and paper goods

Claude can set up formulas that track estimated vs. actual costs so you always know where you stand. This beats every wedding budget app because you can customize it exactly to your needs.

Vendor Research

The Brave Search server turns Claude into a vendor research assistant. Ask things like:

• "Find well-reviewed wedding photographers in Austin under $3,000"
• "What's the average cost of a wedding DJ in my area?"
• "Find florists that specialize in wildflower arrangements near Denver"

Claude can compile a comparison sheet so you can evaluate vendors side by side.

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Guest List and Seating

This is where relationships get tested. Use Notion to build your guest list with columns for:

• Name, plus-one status, and relationship (bride's side, groom's side, mutual)
• Address for invitations
• RSVP status
• Meal preference
• Table assignment

When it's time for seating charts, tell Claude who can't sit near whom and let it figure out arrangements. "Uncle Bob and Aunt Linda are not speaking. The college friends should be together. Keep the kids' table near the exit." Claude will work it out.

Write the Hard Stuff

Claude can help draft:

• Save-the-date text and wedding invitation wording
• Ceremony readings or vow inspiration
• Rehearsal dinner toasts
• Thank-you card messages for each gift
• Website copy for your wedding site

The Sequential Thinking server helps Claude think through sensitive writing tasks — like thanking your future in-laws for a gift you really didn't want.

Day-Of Timeline

Ask Claude to create a minute-by-minute day-of schedule:

• When the hair and makeup team arrives
• When the photographer starts shooting
• Ceremony start time
• Cocktail hour, dinner, first dance, cake cutting
• When the DJ needs to wrap up

Print copies for your wedding party, your vendors, and your day-of coordinator (or your most organized friend).

After the Wedding

Use Todoist to track post-wedding tasks: writing thank-you notes, returning rentals, changing your name if applicable, and sending final vendor payments.

Wedding planning is a lot. But with AI handling the spreadsheets, research, and writing, you free up mental space for the things that actually matter — like marrying the person you love.