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NER: Wedding Websites
Hey Ladies,
I'm a serial lurker here and I'd like your opinions on wedding websites.
Are they a good idea? Why did/didn't you create one? On what part of your wedding correspondance did you put the URL?
I'm a serial lurker here and I'd like your opinions on wedding websites.
Are they a good idea? Why did/didn't you create one? On what part of your wedding correspondance did you put the URL?
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Re: NER: Wedding Websites
[QUOTE]Hey Ladies, I'm a serial lurker here and I'd like your opinions on wedding websites. Are they a good idea? Why did/didn't you create one? On what part of your wedding correspondance did you put the URL?
Posted by kristbot[/QUOTE]
I did one for ours because we had a lot of information on there for people coming in from out of town - hotels that we had arrangments with, stuff to do, places to eat, etc.
Instead of the separate ceremony/reception card (because ours was all in the same place), I changed one of those to be an info card with the title "Join Us" and put the wedding website at the bottom of the card.
We put the URL on both the save the dates and the reception card in our invites.
We have a section about how we met / started dating; about how we got engaged; a section about our wedding party with pictures and bios; registry information; directions to the church and reception; and a link to e-mail us with any questions or requests.
Our families have complimented our website because it is kind of one-stop shopping for any questions they have. And they love seeing our story & pictures.
I'd say if you're going to put it together, and it's a free site, it doesn't hurt to do it early - it's one more thing you can check off the list!
[QUOTE]We had a website -- we put the URL on save-the-dates and on the invitations. We made the website "live" when we sent out STDs. It had info on hotel blocks, so we wanted that information available to everyone. As we got closer to the wedding we put informaton about things to do, directions, etc.
Posted by Avion22[/QUOTE]
This exactly. We're still going to put a little card in the invite with information about hotels (for our elder guests who are not technologically inclined), but this allowed people to get the information early, start on booking hotel rooms, flights, etc if they need. Plus, it was a fun way to show off some of our engagement photos :)
[QUOTE]We don't have one and aren't planning on making one. I just think they're sort of cheesy- the whole "how we met" "how he proposed" stuff is silly to me. If you're invited to our wedding, chances are you already know those stories or don't need a website to find them out. The introduction of the wedding parties is silly too. If you know me, you know who my sisters and best friend are. If you know my FI, you probably don't much care who my sister is. Just my opinion, not a knock on people who have them. I actually don't know anyone who doesn't have one, so obviously they have their place. For information, it could be helpful, but we're doing reception and accommodation cards and hopefully that will be enough.
Posted by bridalmarch[/QUOTE]
I think it depends greatly on your guest list. My fiance and I have 300 people because we have huge families. I used our website as an opportunity to not have to tell the same story / answer the same question 100 times. Just my two cents.
[QUOTE]We don't have one and aren't planning on making one. <strong>I just think they're sort of cheesy- the whole "how we met" "how he proposed" stuff is silly to me.</strong> If you're invited to our wedding, chances are you already know those stories or don't need a website to find them out. The introduction of the wedding parties is silly too. If you know me, you know who my sisters and best friend are. If you know my FI, you probably don't much care who my sister is. Just my opinion, not a knock on people who have them. I actually don't know anyone who doesn't have one, so obviously they have their place. For information, it could be helpful, but we're doing reception and accommodation cards and hopefully that will be enough.
Posted by bridalmarch[/QUOTE]
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</div><div>I also find that cheesy, so none of it is on our site. We did one just so that out of town people could have info and maps about where things were without doing a million inserts in the invitations. It's part of the reason we went with weebly, because they didn't have the pre-done bits of it for "our story" (the idea of writing about myself and FI in the third person like that was ugh). </div><div>
</div><div>We have a welcome page that has our names and the date, a page with maps and websites for the church and the reception space, a page of listed hotels, and a page that has our registries. Cut and dried. People get info and I don't have to faff about writing short stories. </div><div>
</div><div>Definitely make your site live when you send out your STDs if it's on them. We didn't (I had the site reserved, but nothing was on it), and we've had a lot of confusion about it. We put our site on the STDs and on the bottom of our invitations (didn't do inserts because of postage). </div>
I put the URL on our save the dates and on one of the insert cards in the invitations. My STDs went out in April, so my site's be "live" since then.
The wedding date, place, etc... are all in the invite. Based on the venue (and invitation style), I know how to dress. Mapquest gives me driving directions. The hotel insert tells me where to get a hotel room or I just make my own reservation.
I think they are way more trouble than they are worth. I don't much care who the bridesmaids or groomsmen are. I don't want to read your "how you met" story. ::shrug::
Definitely a lot of food for thought, I'm still debating whether or not we have enough information that we want/need to share about the wedding. Not many of our guests are from OOT so STDs are only going to them and VIPs who would want them (grandparents, god parents, etc).
- I didn't even want to register, so I didn't see the point in having a page for registries. I'm also conflicted on whether or not registries belong on a wedding website.
- I don't like to put names or likenesses of people online without their permission, so I didn't want to put information about the wedding party.
- Most people I know never check the site, so I didn't want any crucial information on the site that wasn't included with the invitations. Ergo, the site would have been redundant.
That said, when other people create sites I find them helpful, especially if they give specific directions and/or have links to hotel blocks.
I did make welcome bags for OOT guests with a weekend schedule and a list of restaurants and things to do rather than putting that stuff online.
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Yeah, it depends on the crowd I think for sure. I mean FI and I are going to a wedding for his buddy next month and without their website, I would have no idea what was going on. They put info on their website to let people know that there was a big event going on that weekend so hotels were gonna be scarce so it let FI and I know that we'd need to book early. It depends on how communicative you are and how close you are to those you're inviting.
This wedding we're going to is for FI's best friend (FI is a groomsman and we're still pretty much in the dark on a lot), but best friend is notoroious for being very minimal with his communication and late with everything. FI and I joke that he'll be late to his own wedding. And their website allowed me to stay on top of things since FI is not always on the ball and FI's buddy is very tough to get info from.
We made ours for the benefit of those OOT guests. It's also a good way, like PP have said to not have to answer the same questions a bajillion times. We didn't publish the site until we sent out STDs. And honestly, it's pretty easy and low maintainance. I put hotel info, registry info, we're going to give our guests an online RSVP option and there are members of our families who have not met us yet. (his met me, mine met him). So generally I'm for them. It really just depends on what kind of person you are and what kind of crowd you're expecting.
It had information about reserving the hotel block, restaurants and area attractions for OOTers, some info about us, how we met, etc., ceremony and reception information and a link to our registries.