Template: templates/frame.vision.md

# {{title}}

_The big picture. Everything else in this folder gets checked against this page: if a moment or a vendor does not serve what is written here, ask why it is in._

## The Day

_A few sentences: who is getting married, where, when, and what kind of wedding this is. Say it the way you would say it to a friend._

## How It Should Feel

_The three or four words you would want guests using on the drive home. Every moment gets held up against these._

## Must-Haves

_The handful of things that are in no matter what: a person, a tradition, a song, a place. Be honest about which are the couple's and which are a parent's._

## Not This Wedding

_The wedding you are deliberately not having: the bigger one, the more traditional one, the one someone else expects. Writing it down here is what keeps the day from growing._

Template: templates/frame.guests.md

# {{title}}

_Who is coming, and how different kinds of guests will experience the day. Not the guest list (that is a spreadsheet). This is the shape of the crowd._

## Who Is Coming

_A paragraph or two: roughly how many, from where, how they know the couple._

## Kinds of Guests

_A short paragraph for each kind of guest who needs something different: the wedding party, the out-of-towners, the kids, the grandparents, the plus-ones who know nobody. Only add a kind if they will need something the others will not._

### Kind of guest

_What they are here for, and how their day goes: where they sit, when they arrive, what nobody will have told them._

### Kind of guest

_The next kind, and how their day is different._

## What Guests Will Need

_Step-free access, dietary needs, translation, travel help, childcare, a quiet room. Whatever the day has to provide so everyone above can actually be there._

Template: templates/frame.venue.md

# {{title}}

_The places the day happens in, and the rules they come with. Every moment happens somewhere on this page._

## The Places

_Each place the day uses (ceremony, cocktails, reception, getting ready, the walk between) in a short paragraph: what it is, how many it holds, what it is like at the hour you will be using it._

## Getting Around

_How guests move from one place to the next and how long it takes. Where people will bunch up. Put a sketch in Files and link it here._

## House Rules

_Capacity, curfew, noise limits, power, parking, what happens if it rains. The venue's rules, and your plan for the one thing you cannot control._

## Getting There and Home

_Travel, hotels, shuttles, the last ride out. What a guest needs to know to arrive and to leave._

Template: templates/frame.budget.md

# {{title}}

_The money, the date, and what matters most. This is the page every quote gets read against._

## The Budget

_The total, and how it splits: what gets the most, what gets the least, what someone else is paying for. Update it as quotes come in. The total is the limit; the split is the decision._

## The Date and the Countdown

_The date, the season, and the deadlines on the way there: venue booked by, invitations out by, final numbers by. The dates vendors will hold you to._

## What Matters Most

_The two or three things money and attention go to first, in order, and what you would give up to protect them. This settles the argument when the budget says no._

## Hard Limits

_The lines you will not cross: a guest count, a debt, a Sunday. Keep it short._

Template: templates/moment.full.md

# {{title}}

## What This Is For

_Why this moment is part of the day: what it does for the couple and the guests that nothing else does. A short paragraph. If this changes a lot, it is probably a different moment._

### Taking for Granted

_The things you are assuming and have not confirmed: the venue allows it, the right people will be there, the moment before ends on time. Write them down so a guess does not get planned around as if it were settled._

## Still to Decide

_What you do not know yet and need answered. Kept near the top so nothing gets buried. When something is decided, it moves down into the plan._

## How It Goes

_Step by step, in order: what happens, who makes it happen, what it needs. Number the steps so anyone can point at one, and keep each one short. This is the run of show for this moment; the planner reads it first._

1. <!-- the first thing that happens, and who makes it happen -->

## What Guests Take Away

_What a guest has seen, felt, eaten, or been told by the end. If it is not written here, this moment is not promising it._

## Not Part of This

_What this moment deliberately does not do, and which moment does it instead. This is the section that keeps moments from bleeding into each other; a moment without it always runs long._

## Who Is On

_The wedding party and family with a part to play, and the vendors delivering it. Link vendors, `[Photographer](../../Vendors/Photo/Photographer.md)`, rather than just naming them._

## What It Needs

_Space, sound, lighting, power, props, timing, a rain plan. What has to be in place before step one._

## Notes and Decisions

_Notes: the reading, the song, the reminder. Decisions: one line each, with the date, never deleted, so nobody reopens a settled question in month eleven._

<!-- 2026-05-02: Moved speeches before dinner so the kitchen has a fixed serve time. (Planner) -->

Template: templates/moment.rough.md

# {{title}}

## What This Is For

_Why this moment is part of the day, in a short paragraph. Grow it into the full version once it has a time and a place._

### Taking for Granted

_What you are assuming and have not confirmed. A rough plan always has some; writing them down is half the point._

## Still to Decide

_What you do not know yet._

## How It Goes

_The steps, in order, numbered. Keep each one short._

1. <!-- the first thing that happens -->

## Not Part of This

_What this moment does not do, and which moment does. Write this first, not last._

Template: templates/vendor.full.md

# {{title}}

## What They Are For

_The part of the day this vendor carries, and why them. A short paragraph. If this changes a lot, you are hiring for a different job._

### Taking for Granted

_What you are assuming about them and have not confirmed: they know the venue, the quote includes travel, they bring their own power. Write it down so it does not get planned around as if it were agreed._

## Still to Decide

_What you do not know yet, from them or from you. Kept near the top so it gets asked._

## What You Are Getting

_Exactly what they deliver, as a numbered list you could tick off on the day. If it is not written here, it is not promised, whatever was said on the phone. Put the menu, the shot list, or the set list in Files and link it._

1. <!-- the first thing they deliver, and by when -->

## Their Day

_When they arrive, set up, deliver, and pack out, lined up against the moments that need them. The planner checks this against every moment's steps._

## The Deal

_The quote, the deposit, when the rest is due, what happens if you cancel, whether they are insured. What is signed, and where the contract lives (link it from Files)._

## Not Their Job

_What they do not do and who does it: the cake but not the stand, the photos but not the album. The gaps between vendors are where a wedding day goes wrong; this is where you find them._

## What They Need From You

_A final headcount, a floor plan, a power outlet, the DJ's timing. Anything they need from you or from another vendor before they can deliver. Link the moments and vendors rather than naming them._

## Notes and Decisions

_Notes: the contact, the portfolio, the tasting notes. Decisions: one line each, dated, never deleted._

<!-- 2026-04-18: Went with the second quote; the first did not include staff. (Couple) -->

Template: templates/vendor.quote.md

# {{title}}

## What They Would Be For

_The part of the day they would carry, and why they are on the shortlist. Once they are booked, grow this into the full version; if they are not, mark it `Cut`._

## Still to Ask

_Availability, the real total, what the quote leaves out. Kept near the top so the next call has an agenda._

## What They Quoted

_The number and the conditions. Enough to compare with the other quotes in this category._

## Not Included

_What they do not do, as far as you know. The gap you would need another vendor for._