Day-of paper
Printed pieces for the day — programs, menu cards, place cards, table numbers, and signage.
Also called: menus, programs, place cards, signage, day of paper, escort cards, table numbers, seating chart.
When couples book this
Usually booked about 7 months out. It moves with your date.
Your wishlist, before you talk to anyone
Questions you can answer early — they become the yardstick you compare candidates against.
What look are you going for?
Which pieces are you hoping for?
Wishlist mirror of the pieces candidate fact — compare what each stationer quotes against it.
What to ask each candidate
Facts that differ from one vendor to the next — worth writing down while you shop.
Which pieces do you need?
How are menus presented?
What settles once booked
The working details you and your vendor pin down together.
Program count
Menu card count
DERIVED. The count basis follows menu_format; the printed content follows the caterer's menu.
Place / escort card count
DERIVED from Seat rows once seating exists — names, tables, and meal markers with no re-typing.
Table number count
How do the pieces get there and get placed?
Design, palette, and materials
What time do they arrive?
The time you agreed together, not an estimate worked back from the ceremony.
What time do they finish?
Who do you call on the day?
The name and cell number of whoever is on site — not the office line.
Where do they come in, and where do they park?
The load-in door or dock, where the vehicles go, and who opens up.
Do they need a meal?
Counts toward your caterer's vendor-meal number.
What balance is due on the day?
Your own figure, from your contract — what is still owed when they arrive.
What gratuity are you planning?
Your own figure. It rides beside the balance on the day-of money sheet.
How it lands on your day
Day-of paper delivery
Paper & signage setup
Escort-card display, table numbers, menus at settings, signage placement.
How it’s usually priced
Usually priced as one flat amount.
Lines that sometimes ride along: Programs, Menu cards, Place / escort cards, Signs & table numbers, Rush printing.
What your vendor reads from your plan
Book on or off Beetrothed — either way the plan assembles a brief your vendor can work from: the event, the pieces, quantities, schedule, contacts.
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Plan your day-of paper — and everything around it
These questions live as one cell of a connected plan: your budget, guest list, checklist and timeline all read from the same answers. See the whole board work, or join the waitlist and we’ll write when it’s your turn.
We will write when there is something worth telling you.