Wedding Stationery
Wedding Itinerary Cards: The Complete Guide for Multi-Day Celebrations
Quick Answer
Wedding itinerary cards are designed schedules that guide guests through multi-day celebrations — every event with its time, venue, dress code and travel notes, illustrated in the invitation's design language. Formats range from flat cards and accordion folds to booklets, scrolls, fans and die-cut couple cutouts. They are printed last (3–4 weeks out) so late schedule changes make it in, and usually delivered inside welcome hampers.
Choosing the format: from flat card to couple cutout
Format follows event count and hamper plans:
| Format | Capacity | Character |
|---|---|---|
| Flat card | 1–2 events | Clean, slips into any envelope |
| Accordion fold | 3–5 events | One event per panel, satisfying reveal |
| Ribbon-bound booklet | Full multi-day | A page per day, keepsake weight |
| Scroll in tube | Full multi-day | Ceremonial, hamper centrepiece |
| Fan itinerary | 3–6 events | Functional at outdoor ceremonies |
| Couple cutout | 3–6 events | Die-cut illustrated figures — most photographed |
Related: Commission itinerary cards
What goes on the card — and in what order
The information hierarchy that works: event name and illustrated motif first, then time and venue, then dress code as a painted swatch, then logistics (shuttles, contacts) in the smallest type. Guests scan for 'where do I need to be and what do I wear' — reward that scan.
For destination weddings add a hand-drawn map spread, hotel details and a planning-team contact number. For bilingual guest lists, mirror the layout in both scripts with equal typographic care.
Timing, hampers and the late-lock strategy
Itineraries are deliberately the last pieces to print. Artwork and format are approved with the main suite; timings lock 3–4 weeks before the wedding, after venues confirm schedules. This late-lock strategy absorbs the inevitable 'sangeet moved to 7 pm' without redesign.
Delivery is almost always via welcome hampers — the itinerary as the hamper's information anchor, alongside luggage tags, a welcome note from the families and edible treats. We deliver itineraries flat, tied or tube-rolled, hamper-ready, directly to planners at the venue.
Key takeaways.
- An itinerary is the hardest-working piece of the suite: events, times, venues, dress codes, maps — composed, not listed.
- Choose the format by event count: flat cards to two events; booklets, scrolls and fans beyond.
- Print itineraries LAST — artwork locked early, timings locked 3–4 weeks out.
- Painted dress-code swatches outperform written descriptions every time.
- Deliver inside welcome hampers with luggage tags and a welcome note — one hospitality set, one design language.
Frequently asked questions.
Artwork is designed with your main suite, but printing waits until timings lock — usually 3–4 weeks before the wedding. This absorbs late schedule changes without reprints.
Every event with time, venue and dress code (as a colour swatch), plus maps, shuttle timings and a contact for destination weddings. Hierarchy matters more than volume — guests scan, they don't study.
Most commonly inside welcome hampers at check-in, alongside luggage tags and welcome notes. Destination weddings sometimes mail them with the invitation instead.
It should — same monogram, palette and illustration language. Commissioned together, the itinerary is designed as a chapter of the same story.
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