To hashtag...or not to hashtag?

They arent necessary. People can always just tag you or send you the photos they take personally.
They are nice for others to see other guests photos though!
I've come up with a few but I'm not sure we'll use them. Most of our crowd is an older one so...

You dont have to have one. But if you want one it's usually just a play on words. Mine is #TildeathDUGASpart. My new last name will be Dugas (Doo-gaw-s). So it's like til death do us part.

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I've got a mixture of ages in our guest list and all of my bridesmaids have been asking what our hashtag is going to be and I can't seem to come up with an answer for them about what it is yet.

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I love that! My new last name is going to be Hengels and I can't really seem to come up with a play-on-words or see anything creative in the hashtag generator. I love your hashtag though!

We have one but I don’t think we’re going to use it. I’ll probably ask people to text me any pics they took

This is totally a preference thing. You can always just make it your last names and wedding date, if it matters to you. We will have a hashtag because a lot of friends are major social media users and we want to see what pictures are out there (sometimes random people get really great shots). It's easier to search the hashtag than try to sift through all our guests social media accounts. I haven't settled on one yet, though. It will depend on what we decide to do with our last names.

We are having a hashtag! I tried using the hashtag generators and I could find anything I loved.. I’m not even sure how I came up with it or why it took so long but I came up with #ToHaveAndToHelton going off of to have and to hold.

you definitely don’t have to have a hashtag, we mainly are because my FH and I usually joke around using hashtags, and we liked the idea

Hey Martha!! Like some of the previous comments mentioned, having a hashtag isn't necessary but it's a nice touch if you do decide to use one. Guests who are social media savvy can share their photos from your wedding using your hashtag and it's one of the easier ways to see photos after the big day! You can always use your new last name and the year you're getting married or even play on words or use phrases that start with the first letter of your last name! Example: #FantasticFarmers (if the last name was Farmer)

I am not doing a hashtag partly because I have no idea what their purpose is

View Quoted Comment Do a play on the word "angels."

We are doing a hashtag merely for the fact I thought it was fun and wanted to jump on the bandwagon. At least this way some people might use it & my wedding website/bridal party fb group are under the same name as the tag too.
Now that I think of it I made an email with the hashtag as the name for RSVPs 😂 I forgot.

View Quoted Comment Mostly I think it’s to find things posted by guests easily :-) perhaps videos or certain photos or even just stories. I think I saw someone on here actually made a wedding video out of the videos and photos she found from her guests posts! It was really cool.

I get your dilemma! My FH HATES them..... he thinks they are silly “voyeristic and cheapen the experience”

i agree to an extent.... I mean I think they’re a great way to organize social media postings however I feel like sometimes they are way over done and two prominent in the theme and overall experience and events leading up to wedding and then also the wedding itself...... sometimes they are misspelled, misunderstood or overly obvious and cliche..... or create confusion and take away from the special and One-of-kind intimacy that is being celebrated.......... and I don’t want the splendor of it all to be boiled down to a tag line....especially one that is dependent on very limited choices due to your name or his name and random linguistic flow, ya know ?!

I do think they are cute and I’m sure some people have great reasons for using them but if you’re on the fence and don’t have a great reason I would probably forgo the silly social pressure of it

But in order to get people kind of excited I did post one that I thought was funny and completely personal to my interest and character Lol but will not be used anywhere or encouraged “Beck becomes Her” his last name being back of course ones were married mine as well ...... in reference to the absurd “comedy-horror” with Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis! All of whom I am a fan of...... but once again, even here I am kind of playing on the fact I think they are silly with reference to such a silly film. So no harm in them or having fun. Just do you

I too also had some friends ask when I was planning things but haven’t since....or cared that I haven’t lol my sister really wanted me to use “#babygotBeck” but when I searched it there are so many previous couples who have use that so also be aware of that if you decide to go with one ! Or care about that kind of thing! I realize there’s a couple typos up there so hopefully that all makes sense but one thing I must fix or make clear is that his lastname is Beck....not back haha and hence the “#Beckbecomesher”