Here's How You Can Use Wedding Planning Websites to Have a Hassle-Free Experience

Over the last few years, there has been a shift in wedding trends. More and more couples these days are opting for wedding planning websites over the traditional way of planning. The many benefits of choosing this high-tech tool make it almost impossible for modern day couples to ignore the option. Let’s take a look into some of the top benefits in detail.

Here's Why You Need Wedding Planning Websites

1. Monitor and organise all your wedding expenses

Wedding planning websites have a myriad of helpful tools such as inspiration guides, a website builder, and most important of all a budget tool. It can help you keep your finances in check by monitoring your budget. The free tool also provides averages of the wedding industry, so that you know how much to spend approximately on each area of your wedding.

2. Choosing vendors is a breeze

Choosing a vendor has never been so easy! The digital tools offer searchable lists of various types of vendors, with reviews from real couples. So if you are unsure about who to hire, perform a quick web search, and narrow down the list by location, type, price, or rating. You can directly contact the preferred vendors from these sites, and also track all the replies you receive. Did we mention that you can also create notes with the most important details?

3. Easily manage your guest list

We can’t agree more that creating a guest list can be a daunting task. But with wedding planning websites, you can create a professional guest list with only a few taps. You can begin by creating a list of guests you would like to attend your big day by adding one by one or simply importing them from an excel sheet or an email contact list. Then build out the final list using the RSVP info, add menu choices, and more.

4. Keep everything organised using the checklist tool

Whether you have three months or a year, planning a wedding can be stressful. If you are like many others who end up making endless lists, only to forget it later, then the checklist tool on the wedding planning websites is for you. You can personalise it by adding as many tasks as you would like and track the progress to see how the planning process is going. You can also set up alerts to ensure efficiency. And once completed, checking off a task from the to-do list is also a breeze.

Wedding Planning Tools Available for You

Here are all the tools that you can use when you find the right wedding planning websites:

1. A wedding planning checklist

A wedding planning checklist is an itemised set of things to do when you're planning your wedding alongside with a time frame. It includes a set of things to do when you've just found out or plotted a wedding date and timed at intervals - a year, six months, three months, two months and even a month ahead of that date.

Normally, most wedding planning websites guide you through this set of things to do and ensure that you don't miss a thing.

2. Guest planner

Most wedding planning websites and apps allow users to map out the numbers, if not directly invite your guests to your big day. The one at WeddingWire, for instance, allows the bride and groom to upload their own wedding lists directly and merges the two of them. You may also invite your guests directly to the set.

3. Wedding budget planner

A wedding budget planner lets you know how to break your total wedding budget and know how much to spend in all aspects of your big day. It can even keep your finances on track - readjusting numbers in case you tend to overspend in any category.

4. Wedding vendor repository

Nearly all good wedding planning websites keep a repository or a list of different kinds of wedding vendors for all basic wedding needs - from photography to decor, outfits to planning and even pandits. Go to such a website and then find the right set of vendors to reach out to and close all of your needs.

5. Hosting services for your own website

Instead of finding a hosting service and setting up a wedding website (more on this below), you can opt for doing this on wedding planning websites. With preset templates and formats, these make creating a site for your nuptials pretty easy and simple.

How You Can Create Your Own Wedding Website

One of the biggest advantages of planning your wedding on a digital platform is that it allows you to create your personal wedding website for free. Let’s see what all can you do creating a wedding site.

1. All your wedding info is accessible to everyone

A wedding website is one of the best ways to bring all your guests together in one place virtually. Set it up for free and then post as much information as you want. From the location, directions to the venue, to travel information, you can easily add all the details about your special day. And as there are no limitations when creating a wedding website, you can make it a lot more informative for your guests. For instance, add a page about you as a couple along with some pictures to make it more personal and fun. Did it just spark an idea?

2. Saves time and effort

What if there is a change in plans? It’s possible that there might be modifications in the ceremony timings or maybe a change in the venue a few days before the wedding. On the days leading up to the wedding, there can be unpleasant surprises, and you must be prepared to handle them. And till now the fastest and the most efficient way we know is a wedding website.

3. Host your picture in one place

After the big day is over, your wedding website is a great place to share photos and videos with the world. By this point, most of the guests will already have the website address, and adding images will give everyone an opportunity to view them. Simply set up alerts to notify everyone of the addition.

For sure there will some inevitable times during the planning process where you will have to appear physically to plan ahead but in this era of technology, the most overwhelming and monotonous tasks can be taken care of from the comfort of your home by using wedding planning websites.  

With so many wedding planning tools at your disposal today, use the best of them to plan your wedding.