Making a wedding website with all of your information is not for the faint of heart. It can be incredibly frustrating to spend all of the time it takes to put together a wedding website and then have people constantly asking the questions that you already answered on your wedding website. In this blog post, we are going to run through the things that you definitely need to add to help yourselves out, and the things that you can probably skip and save yourself time on.

6 Things you Should Add:

General Information

This should hopefully make sense to have front and center on your website! Many people will forget to bring their invitation with them to the actual wedding, so having something they can easily look up with the venue’s address(es) and times they need to be places will definitely be good for everyone to know.

2. (At least) One photo of you and your Future Spouse

You don’t have to fill an entire page of photos with descriptions unless you really want to, but it’s probably wise to have at least one photo of yourselves so that people know that they are in the right place.

3. An FAQ

A general FAQ is going to be incredibly helpful to you for those “quick questions” that people may have. I would recommend adding questions like if children are allowed at the wedding, what your wedding party members are wearing (so people can wear colors that aren’t the same), any parking information necessary for the venues such as if it is only street parking or if they can leave their cars overnight, and something about if the guests have dietary restrictions.

4. Hotel and Shuttle Information

This will definitely be helpful for your guests to have everything in one place. Providing a link to book inside your room block or adding the code will go a long way. You also can add the cut-off dates for when the hotel block is closed or if you are providing shuttles to and from the hotel and venue when you have that settled.

5. Your Registry

This is another thing that is far easier to find when you have all of the places you’ve registered all on one page. People are weird about gifts and money sometimes, so it’s nice to be able to direct them there without having to flaunt it around!

6. An Online RSVP Feature

Having an online RSVP feature is incredibly convenient for you because it will automatically track people’s responses for you.

5 Things you Can Skip (but don’t have to):

“Our Story”

As nice as it is to have how you met written out as a lovely post, in all honestly I might be the only person that reads it! Many guests will skip over large amounts of text and will only come to your website for the “important information”. If you really want to write it, I will guarantee a handful of guests might read it. I love love though personally, so if you ever send me your website I will be reading it!!

2. “Wedding Party”

This is another thing that you should only do if you feel like you want to. Trying to find photos of JUST you and that person can be tough and you may feel weird about writing about each person if you aren’t as close with each of them the same way, so this is another thing you shouldn’t feel obligated to post. They will all see them at the wedding anyway!

3. “Things to Do”

Many guests, even out of town guests, will be able to plan their trips without help, so don’t feel like you need to scout for things unless they are really places you would recommend they see!

4. Extensive FAQ Questions

It may be tempting to write out every single question that guests may have, or write certain questions with specific guests in mind, but honestly if you add too many and are too specific it can come across as rude. If you don’t care about that, then of course you can be explicit about your expectations for your guests!

5. Lots of Photos

Don’t feel like you have to add a ton of photos of every milestone in your lives. You definitely can, and again this is definitely something that I would personally look through! But many guests will have likely seen a lot of those photos already, skip to the hotel information, or scroll through without giving the photos much thought. I love to see them, but if this is a daunting task you can totally skip it!

This piece of wedding planning can be superbly helpful if you’re overwhelmed and don’t want to answer thousands of questions from your family, friends, and other guests. I would recommend adding your website on your save the dates or one of your extra cards in your invitation so that people can easily find out more information when you direct them that way and even can RSVP online to save some stamps and other hassle. The wedding website can be fun to some people to add in all of those extra things, but if it is something that is freaking you out with how many things you need to do, definitely add the bare minimum and keep it short and sweet to save yourself some stress!

If you would like more help to plan your wedding, you can reach out to me here. I’d love to help you put your wedding website together with you!

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