Wake up re­freshed–Get to bed at a de­cent hour the night be­fore so you can be your best. For this rea­son it's wise to plan bach­e­lor and bach­e­lorette par­ties at least a week ahead of time.

Eat a break­fast that is high in pro­tein and com­plex carbs–This food will take a while to break down in your body and keep you go­ing, which is im­por­tant since brides and grooms can go long pe­ri­ods with­out eat­ing.

Give your­self plen­ty of time to get ready–You want to be able to re­lax and have a good time with your brides­maids, not stress over whether you'll fin­ish in time.

Wear a dress shirt when get­ting your hair styled–Brides of­ten wear T-shirts that have to be pulled over their fresh­ly coiffed hair at the end. Dress shirts, how­ev­er, can be un­but­toned with­out do­ing any dam­age to your beau­ti­ful­ly done hair.

Grooms should make a list of all the things they need to do on the morn­ing of the wed­ding–

Brides­maids are great at help­ing a bride re­mem­ber every­thing. Grooms­men are less help­ful in this re­gard...

Speak­ing of grooms­men, it's a good idea for the groom to dis­cuss ex­pec­ta­tions for be­hav­iour–Guys can get pret­ty crazy at a re­cep­tion. If you want a lev­el of deco­rum it's best to spell that out be­fore some­one tries to do a body shot off your grand­ma.

If you bought new shoes for the big day, be sure to break them in ahead of time–Oth­er­wise you're li­able to feel awk­ward in them and have sore feet.

Don't over­do the per­fume–Heavy per­fume can make you feel nau­seous and even at­tract bugs.

This goes for you too, grooms–Re­mem­ber, a lit­tle cologne goes a long way.

Hire a wed­ding co-or­di­na­tor if pos­si­ble–Cou­ples of­ten de­cide to cut this ex­pense, but co-or­di­na­tors let you en­joy your day by keep­ing dra­ma at bay.

If you can't hire a wed­ding co-or­di­na­tor, let your brides­maids han­dle some of the day-of lo­gis­tics–They're lit­er­al­ly falling over them­selves to help.

Don't for­get a wed­ding day sur­vival kit–A typ­i­cal one in­cludes a first aid kit, tam­pons, a Tide To Go stain re­mover pen, and any­thing else that might fix a mi­nor emer­gency.

Take a few self­ies–These can­did shots make a fun coun­ter­point to your pho­tog­ra­ph­er's stylised pro­fes­sion­al shots.

But oth­er than that, put your phone away–Noth­ing is hap­pen­ing that's more im­por­tant than your wed­ding, OK?

Get loose be­fore you walk down the aisle–Do some light stretch­ing to re­lease ten­sion and get your blood flow­ing so that you don't –gasp–pass out. Hey, it hap­pens.

Make a five-minute din­ner date–Tak­ing the time to en­joy a full meal is al­most im­pos­si­ble with so many guests clam­our­ing for your at­ten­tion, but a five-minute din­ner date–where you grab a few bites and en­joy your new spouse's com­pa­ny is more man­age­able.

Be mag­nan­i­mous–Greet every­one with a smile even if it's your sec­ond cousin whom you haven't spo­ken to in a cou­ple years be­cause she said that thing (you know what I'm talk­ing about). No one likes an an­gry bride, and you won't like be­ing one ei­ther.

Sim­i­lar­ly, stay poised dur­ing the best man and brides­maid's speech­es–If some­thing in­ap­pro­pri­ate is said it's best to let it pass with­out hav­ing a big re­ac­tion. Many peo­ple will have missed it, but they won't miss you scream­ing at the best man.

Give a thank-you speech with your spouse–It'll feel good to thank your par­ents, grand­par­ents, and guests (es­pe­cial­ly those who trav­elled great dis­tances) for mak­ing such a mo­men­tous oc­ca­sion in your life pos­si­ble.

Be care­ful with al­co­hol–This is a day you'll want to re­mem­ber clear­ly for the rest of your life, so make sure you don't drink too much (that's for do­ing at your friends' wed­dings). One tip is to drink a full glass of wa­ter be­tween each al­co­holic drink.

Pack flats for the re­cep­tion–So­phis­ti­cat­ed bal­let-style slip­pers look great with a wed­ding dress, so bring a pair to put on when you want to cut loose.

Have a mo­ment with each of your par­ents–Brides dance with their fa­thers and grooms dance with their moth­ers, but there's no mo­ment on the sched­ule for your oth­er par­ent. Make one.

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