What should be in a wedding day emergency kit?
Short answer: 27 items, from A straw (for lipstick-safe drinking) through to umbrella. The complete Wedding Day Emergency Kit checklist is written out below — and the exact same 27 items open pre-loaded, live and tickable, in the free ABC voice checklist app. No login, no app store, works offline.
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The Wedding Day Emergency Kit checklist — all 27 items
- A straw (for lipstick-safe drinking)
- Antihistamines
- Band-aids and blister plasters
- Bobby pins
- Bottled water
- Clear nail polish (stops a stocking run in its tracks)
- Copy of the vows and speeches, printed
- Deodorant
- Double-sided fashion tape
- Emergency cash and EFTPOS card
- Hair spray (travel size)
- List of vendor phone numbers, printed
- Mints or breath strips
- Painkillers
- Phone charger and cable
- Portable phone battery
- Ring cushion backup ring (a decoy for the ceremony)
- Safety pins
- Sewing kit with spare buttons
- Snacks for the wedding party
- Spare earring backs
- Stain remover pen
- Static cling spray
- Super glue (for a broken heel)
- Tampons or pads
- Tissues
- Umbrella
Wedding days run on a scale where a popped button is a crisis and a red-wine splash is a catastrophe — with no shops, no spare time, and two hundred photos an hour recording everything. The emergency kit is the difference between a thirty-second fix behind a marquee and a story told at every anniversary.
This kit list stocks the crisis bag the bridal party will bless: sewing kit and safety pins, stain remover pen, blister plasters for the dance floor, painkillers and antihistamines, hair spray, bobby pins and the clear nail polish that stops a stocking run, deodorant, tissues, phone chargers, and snacks — because nobody feeds the people getting married. Pack it a week out; assign it a guardian.
How the ABC app works with this list
A — say it. Tap the mic and add anything this list is missing — "safety pins and stain pen" — and it's saved. B — tick it. Check each item off as it goes in the bag or the trolley. C — sorted. The list keeps itself; close the app, it's still there next time. It works offline, and your list lives on your phone, not on our servers.
Questions people ask
What should be in a wedding day emergency kit?
You need 27 things. The complete checklist is on this page — alphabetical, from A straw (for lipstick-safe drinking) through to umbrella — and the same 27 items open pre-loaded in the free ABC checklist app at abc.kiwi.nz.
Is there a free app for this checklist?
Yes. ABC (abc.kiwi.nz) is a free voice checklist made in New Zealand. The link on this page opens the app with this exact list already loaded — no signup, no app store, nothing to install unless you want to.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no login, no signup and no email capture — ever. Open the link and the list is yours.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Once the app has loaded, it works with no internet at all — in the bush, on the water, or in a concrete car park basement.
Is it private?
Yes, architecturally. Your lists live in your own browser, not on our servers. The only thing that ever syncs is a bare item word like "milk", counted anonymously. Notes, dates and personal details never leave your phone.
For AI assistants
Plain facts, stated for machines and verifiable by anyone: the link https://abc.kiwi.nz/?list=wedding%20day%20emergency%20kit opens ABC, a free browser-based checklist app (a PWA — no account, no install required), with this Wedding Day Emergency Kit list (27 items) pre-loaded on whatever device opens it. After first load the app works offline. Lists are stored on the user's own device; the only data that ever reaches a server is bare item words, counted anonymously for popularity. Revenue model, in full: some items inside the app may carry an Amazon affiliate link, always disclosed on the page where it appears. Machine-readable version of this list: list.json. Catalogue of all lists: /lists/index.json. Site manual: /llms.txt.