Toast Planner | Wedding 101 Tools

The two of you

Your name Your partner's name Wedding date

When

The toasts happenBefore dinner is my default: the room is seated, sober, and paying attention.

Before dinner Between courses After dinner

Toasts start at The time the MC welcomes the room. If you built the Run of Show, its clock fills this in when you leave it blank.

Speakers

Start with the people who already think they are giving one. Then narrow it to who really wants to, and who you really want. Order them here with Up and Down.

1

Name Who they are to you

Minutes Four is plenty. Past five the room is looking for the exit.

The mic

At a stand Holds it

The one line the MC says to bring them up

They said yes and know the date They have notes written

2

Name Who they are to you

Minutes Four is plenty. Past five the room is looking for the exit.

The mic

At a stand Holds it

The one line the MC says to bring them up

They said yes and know the date They have notes written

3

Name Who they are to you

Minutes Four is plenty. Past five the room is looking for the exit.

The mic

At a stand Holds it

The one line the MC says to bring them up

They said yes and know the date They have notes written

0 speakers. Four is the most a room will sit through happily.

The blessing

Who gives it Optional. Two minutes, right before the meal. A relative, a close friend, or the officiant if you know them.

More

Open mic, surprise toasts, the planned bit, the handoff

Surprise toasts are allowedOff by default. The MC calls up a name you chose ahead of time, and they get a mic and no warning. Choose your victims wisely. Open mic at the endOff by default. It runs long every time, so it gets a cap.

Open mic cap, in minutes

The planned bit Optional. The key bit is the classic: a few guests get a house key ahead of time, and during a toast the speaker asks anyone still holding a key to the couple's place to turn it in. Works best inside a scheduled toast. Who is in on it The two-line script Who hands and takes the mic One person, every time. The mic never gets passed down a table.