What You Need to Put on Your Wedding Website
Think of your wedding website as the virtual compass, set to guide your guests through everything they can expect from your big day. It ties both the past and present of your relationship: paying homage to your love story, and offering a taste of your wedding day aesthetic or theme.
Your website should be a goldmine of information for your guests. It is their ultimate resource, offering help with every possible logistic and aiding them with all the information they need to help them get wedding-ready. Here is some must-have information to include on your wedding website.
What to Include on Your Wedding Website
The Date and Location
These need to be front and center. This is the first thing you want your guests to digest. Make sure the location is specific, with any direction or parking details that might not be obvious. Take your website to the next level by linking out to a Google Maps link.
The Wedding Schedule
Tease your guests with a hint of the rundown for the celebration. Make sure they have specific timings for the ceremony start through cocktail hour, to the reception and any after-hours events. There might be elements of your day that are more exclusive, perhaps only privy to out of town guests and close family. For the sake of discretion, you might wish to highlight these moments as ‘private events’ on the schedule or better yet, send a separate digital invitation to the guests who are invited to these events only (we love Paperless Post).
Travel
Provide thorough travel details and recommendations including the nearest airports and airport connections. You might want to suggest ‘arrival times’ based on your wedding schedule. Maybe you want to establish an airport pick up and drop off to ensure that your out of town visitors have a warm welcome.
Transportation
Clue your guests into the best local transit situations. Whether you lean towards shuttle, buses, ride sharing or local cab companies, make sure that your guests are armed with the necessary advice and contact numbers so that they can pursue their own reservations ahead of time.
Lodging
If you have a multitude of out of town visitors, you might wish to consider reserving a bulk of rooms at a local hotel in order to guarantee space for your guests. Doing so might even allow you to negotiate a discount! If so, remember to include your custom code on your wedding website, so that guests can secure your wedding rate when booking.
Things to Do
If your guests are coming in for the weekend, you want to make sure that they have the best experience they possibly can! Clue them into a fun list of activities, recommend the best local breakfast or coffee spots, or maybe where to steal some exercise. You want this weekend to go down in the memory books! Make sure your suggested activities are all seasonally appropriate.
Registry Information
Be sure to include a link to your wedding registries or your Zola page. You might find that your guests that can’t make it still want to send you a little congratulatory something. Just don’t forget to write those Thank You notes!
Your Love Story and Engagement Photos
After all, it is all about you two. Share a little glimpse into your Love Story alongside the best of your engagement photos. Create a sense of sentimentality. You want to build the anticipation and excitement for your guests to stand alongside you in support of the big I DO. Not only does this add a personal touch, but it might be much appreciated by more distant friends and family who don’t know the ins and outs of your history together.
Wedding Party
Show off your bridesmaids and groomsmen by including each person and a note about their significance to you as a couple. This is a chance to celebrate those friends who have run the race of the relationship with you and truly stood by your side through it all.
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