{"id":563,"date":"2010-01-26T10:52:32","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T15:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.topweddingsites.com\/wedding-blog\/?p=563"},"modified":"2017-03-10T12:28:42","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T17:28:42","slug":"do-i-really-need-a-wedding-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.topweddingsites.com\/wedding-blog\/wedding-planning\/do-i-really-need-a-wedding-website","title":{"rendered":"Want A Personal Wedding Website? Get Your Wedding Website Free!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Now that engagement season has passed\u00a0the real wedding planning process begins. You are ready to choose a venue, find a dress and start thinking about the music. At Team Wedding<\/a>\u00a0we can’t help you choose the exact dress you want, but we can offer some great ideas on how to take your wedding to the next level with your own wedding website.<\/p>\n

Think of your wedding website as the key place to share any travel and accommodation information, the wedding website can be a valuable resource for guests scattered far and wide. Putting information online can also reduce the amount of detail needed in your invitations, saving on printing and postage.\u00a0There are both free and paid options for building a wedding website, and most require no coding experience at all. We always recommend Weebly<\/a> since that has proven over the years to have the best balance between ease of use, beautiful themes and great overall functionality. There are lots of other tools out there, but nothing comes close to Weebly. Weebly is also 100% free. Yep, you read that correctly.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Personal wedding websites are becoming a necessity for every wedding for many reasons.\u00a0 Sharing pictures and\u00a0stories with friends and family is a primary reason for a couple to have their own wedding website.\u00a0 Moreover,\u00a0including important information will eliminate questions that accompanied weddings in the pre-internet era. The\u00a0stress reducing effect is as beneficial for the guests as it is for the couple. The guests can be as uncomfortable\u00a0as the couple about having to disturb them by calling or emailing with questions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Take for example, the gift registry. It is considered inappropriate to tell guests where one is registered in the\u00a0wedding invitation. This results in many phone calls by guests attempting to discover where the couple’s registry\u00a0is located. If the guest is not close to the immediate family, they will not know whom to call to find out what\u00a0stores the couple has selected to receive their gifts. This results in yet another unwanted bowl or serving piece\u00a0that the couple will have to return the day after the wedding, which is time consuming if not stressful.<\/p>\n

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To avoid this situation couples can include their wedding website address in the invitation, which is completely\u00a0acceptable according to all wedding etiquette experts. When guests visit the website to see their story,\u00a0pictures, details, and other important information, they can easily find a direct link to their online registries.\u00a0This makes it easy for their guests to give them the gifts they want to receive without breeching the proper\u00a0etiquette of directly asking for gifts in the invitation.<\/p>\n

Another example of making life easier on the couple and their guests is having the details and maps posted\u00a0directly on the wedding website where guests can access them 24\/7 worldwide. Without a website, the happy\u00a0couple can count on endless phone calls about where and when each event is, not to mention, “What’s the\u00a0best way to get there”.<\/p>\n

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Without a personal wedding website the couple should be prepared to include many extra notes in the invitation that tell out of\u00a0town guests where hotel arrangements have been made, as well as things to do and see. Even if this is included\u00a0in the invitation, guests may forget them when they travel, which means the bride can look forward to many\u00a0phone calls on the weekend of the wedding.<\/p>\n

Sending out invitations can be the easy part. Chasing guests for the response to whether they are attending\u00a0can be a test in one’s patience. For whatever reason some guests seem to take there time returning the RSVP\u00a0card that usually accompanies the invitation. Perhaps they slipped it in a drawer, meaning to get to it later or\u00a0they simply lost the undersized envelope accidentally. Whatever the reason, not many weddings go by without\u00a0a need to call some guests directly to see whether they intend to attend or not. Having a wedding website can\u00a0reduce this pursuit. When guests visit the website to see all kinds of information and pictures they can RSVP at\u00a0the click of a button.<\/p>\n

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The benefits of a personal wedding website are plentiful and thanks to the advancements in technology, one can\u00a0create a website without any knowledge of programming whatsoever. There are several companies that make it\u00a0as easy as filling in forms with your information. Your data is then fed into a beautiful design template of your\u00a0choice. Prices have come down drastically and most companies offer a free trial, so you can\u00a0try before you buy. Create a website to make life easier for you and your guests and as a bonus you will have a\u00a0blast doing it.<\/p>\n

See our section on\u00a0Top Wedding Websites<\/a><\/p>\n

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