Creating a wedding website is kind of scary. It’s like your big debut to the online world. Sometimes it feels like unnecessary bragging, but really it’s just helpful for the people of the world that lose their mail or want to be reminded of your details on the go. It’s really just a practical thing, and if you choose to forgo actual paper invites, it can be a major time and money saver. 
 
I also think it makes a good catch-all for all the answers and infos people would otherwise have to text your for. They know they can just look it up and get their questions answered (and do it again when they inevitably forget two months later). I also love it, like I love most everything else about wedding planning, because it’s sort of a scrapbook. It holds engagement photos, sweet words from family and friends and details that one day you might forget.
 
That being said, unless you plan on continually buying your domain, this scrapbook is temporary and should be printed out and saved with all your other mems.
 
I’ll do a longer post on where to get your wedding website and how you publish it, but for now, here is all the info you should or could include on it. I also want to add a personal preference. I think having both people in the couple write something (maybe how they met or each other’s bios) at some point in the wedding website is so sweet. It feels more like a collaborative effort, and it is always nice to read both perspectives. 
 
* Means you don’t necessarily have to include these things. They’re additional bits that some people include and others don’t.  
 

Individual bios

Each can include:

• Full name
• Where you’re from
• Where you went to college
• Any big moves
• Your current job or career path
• *Individual photos

 

Your love story

• What you were doing when you met
• Where you met
• What year you met
• How you started dating
• How he proposed
• *Old photos from over the years
• *A photo from the proposal

 

Engagement photos

• Proposal photos
• Formal engagement shoot photos 

 

 

Bridal party list 

• Full name
• MOH, bridesmaid, Best Man, groomsmen titles
• How they know the bride/or groom
• *How long they’ve known the bride or groom
• *Individual photos

 

Wedding registry 

• Link to your wedding registry(s)
• Explanation for any “in lieu” of gifts + link to donate or send money

 

Day-of details 

• Pre-wedding activities (that all are invited to)
• Wedding date
• Location of Ceremony
  • Venue name
  • Address
  • Time
  • *Map
• Location of cocktail hour
  • Venue name
  • Address
  • Time
  • *Map
• Location of reception
  • Venue name
  • Address
  • Time
  • *Map
• Location of after party
  • Venue name
  • Address
  • *Map
• Pre-wedding activities (that all are invited to)
• Attire
• *Map with all locations marked
• *Photos of venues
• *Graphic timeline of the whole day 

 

 

Accommodation details

• Hotel accommodation option(s)
  • How to reserve within block (or name block is under)
  • Address
  • Phone number
  • *Map
• Local airports or public transportaion
• Local cab or car service information
• Any travel provided by bride/groom and details on how guest can use them
  • Where the bus, car, trolley, etc. picks them up
  • Where it drops them off
  • What time they need to be at the pick up locations
• Things they can do around town (especially if it’s a destination wedding or has mainly out-of-town guests)

 

Wedding hashtag + where to share photos

• Wedding hashtag
• Any app or photo stream where guests should share their photos
• ^Link to download the above

 

RSVP information

• When they need to RSVP by
• How they should RSVP (if not directly on site)

*Contact info 

• Someone to contact if they have more questions
• Email or phone number

 

*FAQ’s/Additional Information

• The deal on plus one’s or guests
• Parking information
• Accessibility information
• Meal information

*Countdown to the wedding

• Widget that counts down live to the wedding date

*Online Guestbook

• Ability to comment and leave a note
• Full name
• Email address

 

*Online RSVP

• What events they’re attending
• Full names of those attending
• Number of those attending
• Meal preference
• Any dietary allergies or restrictions
• Address

 

*Thank you or note to guests

• Thank you for being a part of our day
• Personal note to people who are looking at your site 

 

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