Wedding website

scmurphy2010

I'm putting together the FAQ section of my wedding website, and I am in need of some common questions guests have asked you as a bride or you have asked as a guest. I already have answered questions about the food, formality, parking, time and location information. I just want to make sure I give my guests as much information as possible (so I don't have to answer the same questions over and over). Thanks!! 

NYCMercedes

scmurphy2010 said:

I'm putting together the FAQ section of my wedding website, and I am in need of some common questions guests have asked you as a bride or you have asked as a guest. I already have answered questions about the food, formality, parking, time and location information. I just want to make sure I give my guests as much information as possible (so I don't have to answer the same questions over and over). Thanks!! 

Add registry. Delete formality.

southernbelle0915

There shouldn't really be any FAQs unless your wedding is super complicated with multiple events in multiple places, or if it's a cultural wedding that your family is totally unfamiliar with.

People will know the time and place from your invitations. They'll know the formality of the event from your invitations. They'll know who's invited from the invitations.

Literally the only thing I can think of if this is a normal wedding is whether the ceremony/reception is outside. 

saacjw

Honestly, most of this stuff is stuff that I would put in categories other than FAQ.  If your parking is kind of complicated, I'd put that info in the section with the ceremony and reception so it's right up front. I tend to pull up the websites on my way to a wedding to make sure I have the info I need for the ceremony, but wouldn't go over to the FAQ to look for that. The time and location info should be with their respective things too. Food can go with the reception info. 

holyguacamole79

I don't have many questions as a guest usually.  The only things I really expect to see on a wedding website are links to hotels and the ceremony / reception venue and links to registries.  I rarely care about the other stuff.

I have seen a few brides create a Google Map of the area (ceremony / reception venues, airport, hotel, local hotspots, etc).  This was nice for us when we went to a wedding out of town. 

beethery

I second the google map thing, it is very helpful, and you can delineate parking areas on it too.

crackktheskyy

scmurphy2010 said:

I'm putting together the FAQ section of my wedding website, and I am in need of some common questions guests have asked you as a bride or you have asked as a guest. I already have answered questions about the food, formality, parking, time and location information. I just want to make sure I give my guests as much information as possible (so I don't have to answer the same questions over and over). Thanks!! 

I'm not sure if this is helpful, but we are working on our wedding website now and we put all of this stuff in other places. Under the "ceremony" tab, we included info about the shuttle service we are providing, as well as local parking lots (we're getting married in a big city.) On the "reception" tab, we asked that guest let us know about any dietary restrictions that we should be attentive to, and we also mentioned valet parking and our shuttle.

I think putting that info on those tabs helps, because it keeps all the info that someone might need in one area. We also included maps on those pages.

Cookie Pusher

We didn't do an FAQ, per se, but we did have a page for guest info that included local fireworks displays (wedding was over July 4th weekend) and that our wedding was outdoors with a ceremony on grass so people would wear appropriate footwear. Other than that, all the other pertinent info was on their respective tabs.

csuave

Like others, we didn't do a FAQ page.  We included maps, timing and important details on the ceremony and reception pages.  We also put pictures of the venues on these pages to help people identify it on the actual day and gauge formality.

TerriHugg

I found it necessary to have a frequently asked question page on my website, but that was because we had a destination wedding. 

The below were common questions I got and then put them on my wedding website:

1. How long is the flight?

2. What things can I do there?

3. Do I have to stay at the hotel you booked the group rates for?

4. What's the weather like there?

5. What should I wear? (and yes, I know dress code shouldn't be included, but I got so many questions from family and friends about it that I figured it wouldn't hurt to put it on the website.) 

6. Will there be a welcome dinner or planned group events?

7. What restaurants are near the hotel or wedding location?

8. Who can I call if I have any questions about the wedding when I get there?

melbenso

We didn't do a FAQ section, but we did do a Guest Information section.  It included:

-more detailed information about the different types of rooms available for guests at our venue
-the different activities offered at our venue (state park with hiking, swimming, canoeing, golf, etc.)
-suggestions for places to eat and things to do in our city for out of town guests (including links to some restaurants and places we enjoy)

Regarding formality: Don't tell your guests what to wear, unless truly black or white tie as PP mentioned.  Honestly, most of the other formality suggestions are confusing to guests.  And you really, really won't notice on the wedding day. You likely will get some people who will ask you what to wear.  We did.  So, we included a section in guest information that said:

"Melbenso will be wearing a wedding dress (shocking) and DH will be wearing a vest and tie.  The groomsmen will also be in vests and ties and the bridesmaids will be wearing knee length satin dresses.  The ceremony will be held outside, weather permitting, and average highs for this area are in the mid to high 80s.  The reception will be indoors. "

This way, without telling our guests what to wear, we hoped to convey to them that they should dress for sitting outside in warm weather for a while and that the wedding was not super formal, based on what the wedding party was wearing.  We still got some questions.  (My aunt must have asked me 4 times what her husband and adult sons should wear - I finally told her that my  bridesmaid had told her BF and teenage son to wear khakis and button down or golf shirts.) 

If you are really and truly concerned that your guests won't be able to take clues as to the formality from the time and location of the wedding as well as the invites, you could try something like this.  Just be sure to stick to giving them information that can help them decide what to wear rather than giving them a dress code to follow.

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jenijoyk

I've never heard of a wedding website FAQ. The few tidbits we included on our appycouple website were:

Under the "Travel" tab, a link to the hotel and two sentences about how to use our group rate code if a guest wanted to book through the website instead of calling directly. Also a note about the shuttle from the hotel, and a note that in addition to the shuttle, cabs should be plentiful. We also included a couple links to things we think our OOT guests would enjoy doing on their down time (links to good local breweries, and a couple local beaches) with only one sentence describing each. We live in a big metro region with multiple airports, and we also included a super short paragraph recommending one airport over the others and explained why.

Under the "Events" tab, we included a note that our guests will have complimentary valet parking if they use a certain lot and mention our names. Also a one sentence note that our ceremony and reception are both outdoors, and that in X county during X month the temperature can range from the upper 70s during the afternoon to the low 60s during the evening. The week before the wedding I'll add a real time weather widget.

I think that's it. We tried to keep it to as few words as possible, because we didn't want to: (1) insult our guests' intelligence; or (2) imply we thought our wedding was THEE. MOST. IMPORTANT. EVENT. OF. THE. SUMMER. and that everyone was just dying to read about its every little detail.

 

 

goldchocobo.defunct635829490514903826

Maps are helpful.  If your guests have to call a certain number to book a hotel at a discounted rate or quote a confirmation code, make a note of that too.