i don't understand the whole create your own wedding website thing...

We put ours on our save the date and invitation.

If you want people directed to your website, you include it in the information when you send the invite---whether its on the RSVP card or on an information card. It is not required and you don't need to have one if you don't want.

Ok, gotcha. To be frugal and not kill trees, we are thinking of doing a private event. Also, people have said that the save the dates weren't mandatory.

View Quoted Comment Save the dates aren’t mandatory, neither is a wedding website. All of our guests had to travel for our wedding so the website helped us get information to people. I would just make sure all of your guests have a Facebook!

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STDs aren't mandatory. If you have people that travel, its nice to provide them with the date well in advance so that they can make arrangements, but however you choose to do that is up to you.

Its your day, so however you choose to do it is up to you. You do not have to conform to societal norms if you don't want to. In my opinion, the people you invite will know who you are and know you dance to the beat of your own drums and will be ok.

The website isn't about being glamorous. For us it was an easy way to give our guests information on the day and the venue in advance. We listed the web address on the invitation. It was also an inexpensive and easy way to do our RSVPs. Since the website has a registry page, our guests had an easy way to get that information as well.

We are learning more toward casual...not too sappy haha no offense. I may do it different face to face to call or just send a message to someone on facebook and say that we are looking at a date and give them more detailed information. Handwriting this stuff would be hard. So, I can see in a sense, I may need to invite online and get people's emails. I'm a very descriptive person. Like Kelly said, I'm considering people who do not use technology or just not good at it.

My entire family and his is on Facebook so on Christmas Day we're going to share the link for our wedding website. Also we'll be including the link on our save the dates and invitations. We've decided that our website is going to be the way our guest can RSVP and checkout our wedding registry if they wish to purchase us gifts.

I agree with Ivy ORP. The website isn't about being glamorous. We included a small business card with our save the dates that had information about the wedding website. On the site I have the hotel information and nearest airport information. Many of our guests are traveling from out of state so for us and the convenience of our guests this was important. I also included fun things to do in our area should anyone choose to do something, I wanted to give them suggestions. Eventually I will add a registry onto my website so everything is one place. The website didn't take me long to create and was free with The Knot.

We put ours on our STDs and will put it on our invites. My MOH is planning on putting the link on my bridal shower invites

Your website is just supposed to be a way your guests can get information without having to call/message you directly. And for us, we're not doing physical RSVP cards, we're just going to have them RSVP on the website!

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Thank you!

We don't have a website because it wasn't a high priority for FH and I. Feel free to skip one if you don't want one

We didn't post ours on social media, we didn't want people seeing details if they weren't invited. Our website was included on our save the dates & invites, and texted to guests if they had questions.

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I've been on the fence about a wedding website the whole time I've been planning. Mainly, my worry is that it will just be a waste of time, since many of our guests are older, and aren't all that tech savvy. I'm not very tech savvy myself, and the idea of spending a lot of time frustrated over creating something that most people won't even see, is terrible. I'm going to wait until my STDs go out, and see what kinds of responses/questions I get from people. If a lot of people ask about a wedding website, then maybe I'll create one. Otherwise, I may skip it.

I find that they are particularly useful when you're having a destination wedding, or have a lot of guests travelling from out of town. It's a great way to keep everyone informed. But if that's not your scenario, you may not need it.

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That's why I was almost just going to announce the actual date in a private event on Facebook and tell people who I see face to face and also details about it.

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Sure, makes sense. I have found that a lot of the questions brides ask, or discuss here, are often a "know your crowd" kind of thing. Like, none of us know who your guests are, or how tech savvy they may be, so it's hard to advise what to do in a given situation. You'll even see those kinds of answers on the forums, because we all recognize that not every solution fits every wedding plan. We do the best we can to give helpful advice, but sometimes you have to really look at your own situation, and the people involved, and decide from that.

For me, my wedding is slightly out of town--not really destination, it's about an hour on a commuter rail (New Yorkers don't drive for the most part). However, that still makes it a little more complicated. The reception is also in another town from the ceremony (we have shuttle service set up). My website helps clear up a lot of potential confusion about that and answers any questions people might have. I am very type A though--I'm one of those weird people who actually read other people's wedding websites lol.

Also, to save money, I decided to have everyone RSVP through the website. That also helps me not have to figure out RSVPs through response cards. Having just one piece for my invitations instead of a whole suite cuts down on cash. Since, our invitation asks people to RSVP through the website, everyone will see the website.

We put the wedding website information on the save the date card. And then we included it in our wedding invitation packet

It is not a way to be glamorous or over the top at all. It is so there is 1 central location to find all the info and details for the wedding and what to expect. We will be putting it on our save the dates but STDs are not required. We are planning a destination so our website is gonna save our lives lol and a great way to stay organized (we won’t get massive amounts of emails and texts asking questions)