Wedding Website Pros/cons

I'm using a website to allow people to RSVP online and for additional details. I've seen lots of people use websites. It's not a necessity though if you don't want to. I'm using Zola.com if you do decide to do one though, it's my favorite out of all of the ones I played around with

So we made one for extra info basically.
We included a fun bio of each of us and our relationship as a way for people to get to know us (like his family or friends I haven't met and vice versa).
It also has general info about our wedding, times, locations, travel suggestions, hotel block info/link to book online. We'll be putting the RSVP section up soon.
They arent necessary at all, just a fun modern thing, you know?

Wedding website allow you to consolidate information in one place for the guests and well as organizing information for myself (and anyone helping to organize events). On there I have:

- guest list including address, e-mails and phone numbers

- e-vite uploads (and paper invites made to match e-vites)

- RSVP system which tracks everyone who's received, opened and responded to the online RSVP. I can also hand input anyone who's given an RSVP in any other way

- Registry links

- FAQs including things like the menu, parking/instructions to venue, adult only reception, clarification that this is reception only, etc.

There are also some other adorable features such as our story, and personal details, and the pictures/relationship information of our bridal party for the guests.

This is all stuff that you can relay in other ways of course, but it's easy to have it in one place.

We're having a DW and we loved using the website to give additional details about the country where the wedding will be celebrated, weather, currency, things to do, etc. Plus, it is an eco friendly way to RSVP.

It’s for hotel and travel info mostly since everyone is traveling. If I were having a local wedding I might not do it.

It's a particularly nice thing to do if you have a lot of out of town guests. We are using ours to put hotel/AirBnB recommendations, travel information, and recommendations for things to do in the area. We're also putting the wedding info (time, location) for people to reference in case they lose the invitation or something. It's definitely not necessary but I think it makes things a lot easier for everyone, in our case.

It's not a new trend since I've seen them as far back as 2000 from friends' weddings and I had one for my first wedding several years ago. I think more couples are seeing the value in them so they are growing in popularity. They are extremely helpful and will save you from having to answer a lot of the same questions from your guests. The website should have all the wedding day details as well as hotel information for OOT guests. There is also a place to include links to your registry(ies) which is helpful to your guests. You can also have them RSVP on the website and choose their meal selection. We included the full menu so guests could see each choice and the ingredients, sides, and sauces so they could make an informed decision. We also shared the formality of the wedding so guests could decide how formal they wanted to dress for the event. All this information can't go with your invitations. It would be information overload and you would pay a premium for each of those inserts. As a guest, I always appreciate it when the couple have a website. We also include a little section about each of us and how we met and a section for "fun facts" about us. A lot of guests commented that they enjoyed reading our those sections in our website.

We didn't do one. My cousin did one and no one ever visited it and I could never remember where it was. I just put a FB group together for our small group of guests to update them on things. My coworker did one for his wedding though and his crowd used it quite a bit. I think it just depends on you and your crowd.

We are having a website for guests to RSVP, get wedding day details, book their hotel rooms, have a FAQ page and submit song requests. It's not necessary, but for me, it is helpful and adds our personalities to answer many questions guests may have.

I am doing it so that way I will save money on printing. My guests will rsvp online and I also have my wedding registry linked and any info they need to know! I think it is very helpful and I love it! I also loved being able to showcase photos and write up our own story for everyone to read. I think wedding websites are a great idea!

I made my website because me and my fiancé haven't made our engagement public yet. This way, my family can look at our pictures and can keep up to date with us. However, my family doesn't look at it often so it's not really working out for me. I was thinking about making a Facebook group page for my guests since most people are more attached to social media when we decide to publicly announce it.

Ok so basically just the same info included on a details card in the invite. Definitely gonna save some hassle and stress and not do one. Thanks for all the info!

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Keep in mind that registry info should not be included on the details card or anywhere with the invitation. For that reason alone some couples choose to have a simple website to include the registry info.

View Quoted Comment Yes, that I’m aware of. That only goes on invites for showers if you have them.

I thought of it as "saves costs on additional stationary with even more details". Considering most people toss the detail cards and end up asking you anyways!