Maid of Honor Duties

Of all the maid of honor's duties the most important is to offer moral support to the bride. That and lend a sympathetic ear, a helping hand and a shoulder to lean on. The maid of honor has many responsibilities to ensure the wedding planning and the wedding day is worry-free for the bride. She is to relieve the bride of the more stressful burdens, so the bride may enjoy her wedding to its fullest.

Wedding Planning Duties:

• Help the bride shop for her wedding dress
  
• Visit reception sites with the bride as a "second pair of eyes"
  
• Help the bride choose the wedding flowers and reception decorations
  
• Shop for the bridesmaid dresses
  
• Ensure the bridesmaid dresses are ordered well before the wedding
  
• Address wedding invitations
  
• Help make wedding guest favors
  
• Purchase, address and send out bridal shower invitations
  
• Host a bridal shower
  
• Keep track of the gifts during the bridal shower (who gave what)
  
• Host a bachelorette party
  
• Attend the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner
  
• Help out during the rehearsal dinner
  
• Buy the couple a wedding gift

Wedding Day Duties:

• Decorate the reception site (and clean up at the end of the night)
  
• Help the bride get dressed
  
• Either pick up or receive (if delivered) the wedding flowers from the florist
  
• Distribute the bouquets, boutonnieres and corsages to the wedding party and the couple's parents and grandparents
  
• Ensures all the bridesmaids are ready (hair and makeup) and arrive at the ceremony on time
  
• Adjust the bride's veil and train before she walks down the aisle
  
• Hold the bride's bouquet during the wedding ceremony
  
• Hold the groom's ring until the exchange of rings
  
• Witnesses the signing of the marriage license
  
• Participate in the wedding photos
  
• Bustles the bride's wedding dress for the reception
  
• Help the bride in the washroom
  
• Give bride's gift to groom if bride wishes
  
• Stand in the receiving line
  
• Give a maid of honor speech and toast
  
• Dance the first dance with the best man
  
• And anything the bride wishes, within reason