Want to make wedding planning even easier? With so much of our time being spent online, creating your own personal wedding website could be the way to go. Keep a note of the guest list, send out invitations, link your gift registry and much more. We’ve picked out 8 of the best wedding website planning tools below.
8 of the Best Wedding & Invitation Websites
A personal wedding website is the best platform for bringing your guests together in one virtual place. Set it up and then post as much information as you want – including gift registries – and even organise save the dates, invitations and RSVPs.
Personal wedding website and wedding invitation platforms make wedding planning much easier – so here are eight of the very best wedding websites to get you started.
Joy
One of the leading virtual personal wedding websites, with Joy lets you personalise the page with your wedding colour scheme, add photos and even add a forum for your guests to chat on, making the page a nice taster for your big day to start building excitement early on.
Their easy online tool makes it easy to find as you give guests their own password to enter, where they can see schedules, dress code, gift registries and more, as well as collecting RSVP and address information – and even request a song on the big day to bring everyone to the dance floor.
Papier
For a truly gorgeous, premium wedding website, head to Papier. Their online wedding website tool allows you to track guest information, digital save the dates and RSVPs all in one place. Send via email, WhatsApp or text to your guests using a free design – or upgrade to premium for even more options and the chance to match it all to your printed wedding stationery.
Then, you can ditch the the endless lists and collect guest addresses, easily printing names and addresses from your guest list onto place cards and envelopes for your matching physical invitations.
Getting.Married
The best thing about Getting.Married it’s that it’s completely free, with hundreds of stunning free designs on offer, as well as the option to buy printed or paper-free stationery.
You can create your guest list online and allocate guests to your events – like a pre-wedding dinner or post-celebration brunch – manage RSVPs online and watch your list update itself as everyone responds. You can even collect menu choices as well as creating paper-free save the dates, invitations and thank you notes as well as guest messages and announcements, all sent instantly by email.
SayI.Do
Another completely free option, Say I Do offers customised wedding websites to add all your events, photos and videos in one of their beautifully designed themes, with a super smart RSVP and the option to send out manual invites to those who aren’t so computer-savvy.
Guests enter all their contact information straight into your guest list, and there’s also personalised checklist tools to make planning a breeze. If you want to go the whole hog, you can even upgrade and pay to have your very own custom domain name.
Minted
Minted create truly beautiful wedding website templates, as well as save the dates and invitations, all with matching end-to-end stationery.
You can upload photos and feature your favourite engagement pictures as well as highlight your wedding registry, wedding party and how you met. There’s also the chance to upgrade to a premium site for your own custom URL, password protection and additional pages.
Wix
If you’d like something even more personalised, Wix offer the chance to completely create and design your own customised wedding website.
They offer free wedding templates to get you started if you’d rather not start from scratch, as well as inbuilt links to your gift registry and a Google Maps app to locate your venue. The perfect choice if you want to create your wedding website to your exact specifications.
Squarespace
Squarespace is another option that’s perfect for those that are more computer-savvy. Their built-in design tools allow you to make your own personal beautiful, unique wedding site.
You can also created a customised cash gift registry as well as embed any other registries. This is a great choice if you still want to send paper save the dates and invitations but want any extra information in one slick space.
Zank You
At Zank You, you can set up a wedding website of your very own – completely free. Simply set up with your email address and a password and then fill out all the essential information about your big day. Include as much or as little information as you like – ideal for busy brides on the go.
With Zank You, you can also set up your virtual wedding gift list, send out invitations and get RSVPs sent directly to the site and then set up your table plan online. This keeps all your essential wedding information in one handy place without lots of pieces of paper floating around in a file.
Why Should You Have Your Own Wedding Website?
Save on Phone Calls
If you add the site’s address to your invitations, your guests should hopefully spend a little of their monthly time online actually checking it, therefore saving on phone calls to you or your mum asking for details about the big day.
Security & Privacy
Check out the supplier’s approach to privacy and make sure you choose a service that provides password-protected access to the site. That way, only those with the password will be able to view your information.
Easily Add More Information
You can add things to your wedding website that will help your guests, like directions to your venue and nearby hotels and B&Bs.
And, if you want to be extra helpful, add a wedding countdown clock and weather forecast for the big day so guests can plan their outfits!
Shout About Your Love!
Having your own wedding website is just another chance for you to celebrate your love. Even before the big day, you’re busy getting excited about your wedding. By setting up a wedding website, you’re bringing your guests in on the fun even before they get to the ceremony!
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