5 Reasons Why You Need A Wedding Website
In today’s digital age, many people are using online resources to help them get ready for their wedding day. But with so many things to do to get ready for your wedding, is it worth spending the time and energy to build a wedding website? The truth is that the little time you spend on building the website will save you much more time and stress in the long run. Read on to see what a wedding website is and why you need one for your wedding!
What Is A Wedding Website?
A wedding website is a central hub designed to help with wedding planning and conveying information to your guests. Through your wedding website, you can provide all the necessary wedding details, as well as help you stay organized. You can easily access your website from any internet device, but can also set a password so that it doesn’t appear on google search for strangers. But why do we think a wedding website is absolutely necessary for every wedding?
01 | Stay Organized
Sending RSVP emails to every guest can be cumbersome and hard to keep track of, especially if you have 50+ guests at your wedding. Using a wedding website, you can easily collect RSVPs online, and check who still needs to respond. When guests arrive at your wedding, they can check in on your website so that you know how many guests you’re still waiting for. A website also let’s you stay organized and keep all of your necessary information in one place. Here’s information that should go onto every wedding website!
Timeline: Every wedding has a schedule, and putting it on your website helps guests understand what time they need to arrive and what events are scheduled for the day
Dress Code: Not every wedding has a specific dress code. If you do, the website is the best place to tell everyone what to wear. You can even post example images for guests to reference!
FAQ: Guests will have a ton of questions, with many of them being repetitive. Instead of answering each question one by one, a FAQ page helps avoid that hassle!
Registry: Put your registry items on your wedding page! This lets guests know what items would be useful to you, so that they avoid giving gifts that may not be useful to you.
02 | Easily Convey New Information To Guests
Wedding planning constantly changes over time, as new information may be received and will need to be sent out to guests. Instead of sending out new information via email to guests every time something changes, make changes on your website so that every guest can instantly see it. Many couples are also hosting zoom weddings now for guests that may not be able to attend the wedding in person. Instead of sending a link, host the zoom wedding on your website, so that all remote guests can access it through your website link. During your wedding celebration, guests will be constantly taking photos throughout the day. Use a wedding hashtag for guests to share photos that they’ve taken, so that you and other guests can later look back on!
03 | Easily Accessible/Cost Effective
In this digital age, your wedding website will be easily accessible by all guests. This saves them the hassle of having to carry around pieces of paper to remember your wedding information, as well as help you keep it eco friendly by saving the trees. Furthermore, wedding websites can be made for free, and will save you from having to spend part of your budget by printing out invitations for all your guests.
04 | Share Your Love Story
A wedding is a celebration for you, but is also a chance for you to share your love story with your guests so that they can celebrate alongside you. While some guests may know both the bride and groom, many guests will only know one side, and may not know the story that you two embrace. Share your story with your guests, and allow them to get to know you better! Your bridal party is also an important part to your wedding, and while guests may know you well, they may not know everyone in your bridal party. Use this as a chance to also share a bio of every member in your bridal party!
05 | Everlasting Reminder
Finally, your website is an everlasting reminder of your wedding day. Many website platforms can host your wedding website forever, free of cost. Guests can also leave best wishes for you to read after your wedding, and these can be kept forever as a symbol of your celebration.
Get Started
If you’ve just started planning your wedding, be sure to include a wedding website on your list! If you’re already partly through the planning, its never too late to start a website now. The hour or two of time to set up your website will save you countless hours in the long run. However, if you’ve just gotten engaged, there are many other steps we recommend you focus on before setting up your website. Check out our guide on 15 Things To Do After Getting Engaged!
Be sure to check out the rest of our wedding guides when planning your wedding!
