Why all engaged couples need personal wedding websites?
Dealing with the stress and time consumption of planning a wedding is hard enough, having 100 phone calls per week can just take the fun out of it altogether. You need a personal wedding site. Think of it as your own personal assistant. Wedding websites allow you, as a couple, to share all the details of your wedding with friends and family no matter where they live.
One important feature of wedding websites is of course photos. Remember, the friends and family of your fiancé may hardly know who you are, they will love seeing photos of you both. You can post photos from when you were little tikes right up to your engagement photos. Other great features you can make use of are:
Interactive Guestbook: Let your visitors leave their best wishes for you and your fiancée. Entries can be added in real-time with some services so that you can see who has visited your site and left comments.
Offer Directions: Setup a page on your wedding website to outline all the events and gatherings prior to your wedding. You can provide directions to your events and you could even upload maps or provide links to an online map service to assure no one gets lost.
Who is in your Wedding party? Everyone always wants to know who you have selected to be in your wedding party. Create a special page just for them; include bios’ photos’ stories and more.
Link to Gift Registries: Letting people know where you are registered can sometimes be awkward since wedding etiquette claims listing your gift registry on a wedding invitation is a no-no. Adding this information to your site makes for a great way to let everyone know where you are registered.
Offer Online RSVP: Save time, money and stress by allowing guests to RSVP right on your own site. Most services offer this feature and will send you an e-mail immediately when someone RSVP’s. You can also login to your site to the saved RSVP’s to keep track of who has and hasn’t responded.
Personal Stories; Share the romantic way in which your proposal transpired. Share your personal story on how you met your fiancée and vice versa. Everyone will love the details and putting this information online will make a great read for friends and family.
Wedding Slideshow: This is a unique way to share the story of your life and the special nature of your relationship with others, bringing your loved ones together in celebration of your special day. Each wedding Slide Show is custom tailored from start to finish to convey your feelings in the way that you would most like them expressed. With a wide range of multi-media effects at your disposal, we go beyond simple photo montage to create an emotional, sensory experience which brings your romance to life!
Share! Your wedding site is not only useful to your guests, but very valuable to those loved ones who cannot make it to the wedding. Maybe you have family or friends overseas who cannot attend, a website will allow them to feel a part of your plans and your big day. It also offers them an additional way to communicate with you.
Using a full featured wedding website will really help organize and relieve some of the stress of your wedding planning. Family and friends can now just visit your website to get the details on all your events, registries and more. You can easily include your web address with your wedding invitations to get the word out. Plus, having your own site is most impressive!
After the Wedding?
Wedding sites are not only great to announce your wedding and provide details about what is coming up, but they are just as important to provide information and photos after your wedding. You know everyone is waiting for you to bring your wedding album over so why make them wait? Simply upload some photos online and let them enjoy sooner rather than later. You can also update your website with honeymoon photos and comments; everyone will love to hear about your trip. A great way to remind people to visit your site after the wedding is to print your web address on your favors, or to print it on your thank you cards. Wedding websites…the personal assistant for every busy bride.
