Wedding website questions – what should you put on it?

Wedding websites are the new norm in this technological world. RSVPs are easier, faster, and more convenient for your guests, and it’s much simpler to direct people to your website from your invitation than to write all of those details on a “details” invitation card.

So… you might be wondering, “What should I put on my wedding website?”; “Where should I make my wedding website?”; or, “How can I share my wedding website with my guests?”

I have the answers!

First, you’re going to want to pick where you will do your site. If you are looking for something simple, quick, and convenient, The Knot, Zola, or WeddingWire all have great basic template options. You can adjust your domain where it would be the website’s URL and then you can customize it to have your wedding hashtag, yours and your partner’s name/last name, etc. The downfall is that you are limited on templates, fonts, and design elements. If you’re looking for something more customized and with a more intricate design, Wix could be a great option. The downfall of this is that you might spend more time customizing, which is why hiring somebody to make your website is always a plus. Many wedding planners (like us!) have website building as an add-on to a package booked with them. Your stationery and website are the first impressions of your wedding day’s style, so we suggest making something as beautiful as your big day.

Next is figuring out what you want to include on your website, so let’s break it down into the different pages you will want to include:

• Home page –
  • Your home page should start with yours and your partner’s name, your wedding date, and the city and state that your wedding is located in.
  • Next, there needs to be a beautiful picture of you and your partner. The truth is that your wedding day is about YOU, so take one of those gorgeous engagement photos and plaster it onto that front page.
  • The third thing on your wedding website should be your venue’s address and the time that the event starts and ends. If there are any other events (welcome party, brunch the morning after, etc), put that information on there too!
  • If you are having people RSVP via your website, have a button nice and big that will direct your guest to your RSVP page with the “RSVP by ___” date tagged on there.
  • Finally for your home page, you should put any major announcements on there. Some people will not go through your entire website and will only look at your home page, so it’s important to have all the major details on that first page for people to search through.
• Travel page –
  • If people are traveling into the venue’s city, they might need more information. This is especially important for those destination weddings where people are feeling a little lost on when to come, what to do, what airport to fly into, and where to stay.
  • Hotel room block – start by pasting your hotel room block link on your travel page so people can access that first. People will want to know where they are going to stay (we always suggest 2-3 hotels at different price points).
  • Airport information – go ahead and copy and paste the closest airport to your venue and hotel room block. You don’t want people flying into Portland, OR if your wedding is in Bend.
  • How to get around – make sure people know if your city has cabs/taxis, uber/lyft, rental car options, public transportation, etc. You definitely don’t want people expecting to get around via Uber if that’s not something that the city offers.
  • Things to do/see – this is important for my destination wedding folks! People will most likely be traveling in a couple days before your wedding, they might not have ever been to that location before, and they might feel a little overwhelmed. If there are specific things you’ve done in that city before, toss it on there for them to go try!
• Photos page –
  • Not entirely necessary, but you gotta have somewhere to show off those engagement photos, right?!
• Frequently asked questions page (FAQs) –
  • If you don’t want to be getting texts in the days before your wedding (and trust us, you don’t!), make sure you get a FAQs page together. We’ll be honest, there will most likely still be a couple people that will reach out to you asking, “What’s the attire again?”, but now you have a link you can copy and paste to them instead of having a back and forth conversation with Aunt Joan that feels never-ending.
  • Some questions that you can include:
    • When should I RSVP by? – this will be on your home page, but again, easy to just send that link on over!
    • What should I wear? – try to be specific. Everyone has different ideas of what “formal” means.
    • Where can I park?
    • What is the weather like during this time of the year?
    • General timeline details? – things to include are when they can arrive, what time the ceremony starts, what time dinner is, and when the party ends.
    • What should I do if I can’t make it?
    • Are kids allowed?
    • Where are you registered?
    • Are we allowed to take photos and post on social media?
• Contact page –
  • DO NOT PUT YOURS OR YOUR PARTNER’S PHONE NUMBER/EMAIL/ETC. ON THIS PAGE.
  • We highly suggest putting your wedding planner’s phone number or a point person that knows the details on this page. It could be helpful in the event that somebody gets lost, and you don’t want them calling you 5 minutes before you walk down the aisle so you can help them find the location.
• Registry –
  • Put that registry link on its own page, or some websites allow you to link your registry onto it!

Websites can be tough, frustrating, etc., but with our society being largely technology-based, it’s definitely beneficial to have a place where your guests can go for all those details!

Check out some photos below of a basic wedding website with a template from The Knot!

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