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John Smith
Expert February 2015

Facebook Wedding Group?

John Smith, on February 19, 2020 at 11:56 AM Posted in Planning 1 8

Someone suggested we make a private Facebook Group for those who are invited to the wedding. That way if they have any questions they can post it in the group, or if they want to share photos after the wedding they can do it there so that they aren't public before we want them to be (I'm not sure I'll even care if people post photos from the wedding before we post any).

My Fiance seemed to like the idea, but I personally think it's really tacky. However, I acknowledge that I might be overthinking it. He wanted to make the group yesterday, but I told him I wasn't sure about the idea and if we were to do it I'd want it to be after the invites are sent out. It's also a wedding of less than 100 people, and we have all the information needed on the website (registry, hotels, things to do, other events, etc), so I figured if anyone had any questions either the website would answer them or they could ask us directly. As for the photos, I'm not sure what to do about that yet, but I'm sure there are other options. We'll have 2 professional photographers there anyway, so do we really need to keep track of all of the guests' photos?

What are your thoughts on the Facebook Group idea? Is it tacky, or am I just being silly?

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Latest activity by Mandi, on February 19, 2020 at 9:14 PM
  • M
    Legend June 2019
    Melle ·
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    Theres apps that guests can share their photos to after, even
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  • Chantal
    Expert May 2021
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    I like the idea in essence -- a way to make sure you can continually update people and collect all the photos. However, I also understand your side. I thought about doing this as well, but I decided against it. On one hand, it is an easy way to collect photos, but on the other hand, not everyone has Facebook/uses social media, and that's one more thing you have to put time into creating and keeping track of. Personally, I think you're right, you should be able to use the website and direct communication when needed to make sure people know what's going on. But if your FH is really set on creating the group and doing all the work for it himself, then I don't think there's too much of a problem there. The people who want to be a part of it will join, and the people who don't or can't, won't.

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  • John Smith
    Expert February 2015
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    What are the apps?

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  • M
    Legend June 2019
    Melle ·
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    Here is one article I saw that had a list but there are I am sure plenty more


    https://www.thetravelteam.com/a-complete-list-of-photo-sharing-apps-for-your-next-friendcation/
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  • Kelly
    Champion October 2018
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    It seems unnecessary to me, but also I haven’t had a Facebook in 7 years so I’m probably not the right person to answer this haha. We just put an email address on our wedding website in case guests needed to reach out with questions.
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  • Caytlyn
    Legend November 2019
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    Unless you’re having a destination wedding and haven’t done a great job of providing accommodations details, I can’t imagine your guests have that many questions. I also don’t think guests will join a group then go to it to share photos after the wedding. I can understand how your FH might think this sounds like a good idea, but I honestly don’t think guests will utilize it.
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  • Shelly
    Devoted January 2021
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    I get the photo thing but that’s why people have wedding hashtags so you can see all the photos your guests post. If you have a website, I think the fb group info would just be redundant.


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  • Mandi
    Master October 2020
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    I've been in a few of these facebook groups. I'm not a fan, and I have to agree with you.
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