Maid of Honor Duties

Congratulations, you are going to be the maid of honor for in your best friends wedding. There are plenty of responsibilities that you will have to sort out and keep straight. Firstly, it is your job to keep your friend from going crazy. I can guarantee you’ll be getting numerous phone calls about nothing, just so the bride can get all the little things that come up while planning a wedding off her chest.

Other responsibilities will include being sure to go with the bride to look at reception halls, wedding dress and anything else that needs to be purchased and/or picked out. It is really helpful for the bride to have someone with her that has similar taste so she can have a second opinion when picking out these all important items.

You will also be in charge of planning the bridal shower and/or the bachelorette party. These parties generally can have more than one host especially if there is a larger bridal party. Most of the bridesmaids will jump at the chance to help you plan out this parties, plus this will give you some help! There is a lot to do for these parties from invitations to food to party favors so don’t think that you have to plan and do everything feel free to ask for help. Also, talk to the bride about what kind of budget she is thinking about for the showers and parties and be sure to mention to her if you don’t feel as if you have the financial needs to put together exactly what she wants.

Be sure you attend all wedding activities, obviously you are in charge of putting together the bridal shower and/or bachelorette party, but you also need to go to the groom’s dinner, rehearsal, gift opening and any other wedding activity.

As maid of honor as well you will have to keep track of the other bridesmaids and make sure they have everything they need.

On the day of the wedding, you will take care of almost everything you can for the bride. Some brides will have a personal attendant, if so you’ll have fewer responsibilities on the day of the wedding. If not however, you will be responsible for making sure the brides veil, dress and hair are the way she wants them for pictures.

You will also hold on to the groom’s wedding band during the wedding ceremony and hand it to the bride when necessary.

You along with the best man will both need to sign the marriage license after the ceremony.

You are expected to give a speech at the reception. However, the best man customarily goes first so at least you get a little break here. The speech doesn’t have to be any spectacular just a couple of sentences about how much you love the bride and how happy you are that she found someone she loves so much. You will give the speech after the best man gives his.

Lastly, at the gift opening it will be your job to keep track of all the cards and gifts. By writing down who gives what to the newlyweds you will really help them out. By writing it all down, it’ll make thank you writing a lot easier and will also take a lot less time.