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Every wedding generates the same forty questions. What time does the Mehndi start? Is the reception at the same place? Which hotel are people staying in? Can I bring my sister? What do I wear?
Answer them once, on a page, and send that page to everyone. That is all a wedding website is.
What a wedding website is for
An invitation and a website are not the same thing, and confusing them is why some couples skip the website entirely.
The invitation is personal. It goes to one guest, greets them by name, and asks one question: are you coming, and with how many people? It should be short and beautiful.
The website is shared. It is the place anyone can check at 11pm the night before, when they cannot remember whether the ceremony is at 7 or 7:30. It holds everything the invitation deliberately leaves out.
You want both. The invitation gets the RSVP; the website absorbs the questions.
What to put on it
Start with the things people actually look up:
The schedule, function by function. Not “the wedding is on the 12th” but each event with its own time and venue: Mehndi on Friday evening at the house, Sangeet on Saturday at the banquet hall, the ceremony on Sunday morning. Guests invited to only some functions should see only theirs.
How to get there. The nearest station or airport, roughly how long the drive takes, where to park, and whether there is a pick-up. If you have blocked rooms at a hotel, name it and say how to book at your rate.
What to wear. Two words — “Indian festive” — prevents an enormous amount of anxiety. If a function has its own colour, say so.
A short FAQ. Write down the five questions you have already answered on WhatsApp. Children? Gifts? Timing of the meal? Accessibility? Each answer you write is a message you will not have to send again.
A way to RSVP. Either a link back to each guest’s personal invitation, or one open RSVP form for people you could not reach individually.
Your story, if you want one. Guests genuinely enjoy reading how you met. Keep it to a few paragraphs.
Leave off: your full home address, your phone number, and anything about money. Those belong in a private message, not on a page that can be forwarded.
Should it be findable on Google?
This is a real decision, not a technical detail.
An indexed page is convenient. A relative who lost the link can search your names and find it again. It also means anyone can read it — including people you did not invite.
Our own default is private: the page works for anyone with the link, but search engines are told to skip it. Turn indexing on deliberately, and when you do, keep the address off the page and let the private invitation carry the sensitive details.
Building one in an evening
You do not need a designer or a domain for this. The practical route:
- Pick a design and add the basics — your names, the date, the main venue.
- Add each function as its own entry with its own time and place.
- Write the sections — your story, travel and stay, dress code, FAQ. Half an hour of writing here saves weeks of messaging.
- Choose your link. Something a person can read out loud, like
rahul-weds-priya. - Add photos — your shoot before the wedding, your favourites after it.
- Share one link on WhatsApp and put it on the printed card if you have one.
Send a save-the-date first
If guests need to travel or book leave, tell them the date four to six months out, long before the full invitation is ready. A save-the-date needs three things: who, when, and roughly where. Add the website link and the calendar entry, and the people who need to plan can start planning.
After the wedding
Do not take it down. Replace the schedule with your photographs and a thank-you message, and the link everyone already has quietly turns into the album. It costs nothing to leave up, and people do come back to it.
Our invitation studio does both halves: private, personalised invitations with RSVP tracking, and an event website with the schedule, gallery, FAQ and guestbook at your own link. One-time payment per event — no subscription, and no one to hire.
Frequently asked questions
- Do I really need a wedding website if I am already sending invitations?
- They do different jobs. The invitation is personal and asks one question — are you coming? The website is the shared reference everyone returns to: the full schedule, directions, hotels, dress code and the answers to the questions people keep asking. If you are hosting more than one function, or guests are travelling, a website saves you hundreds of repeated messages.
- What should go on a wedding website?
- The date and venue, every function with its own time and place, how to get there and where to stay, the dress code, a short FAQ, and a way to RSVP. A photo gallery and a guestbook are nice additions but not essential. Keep it to one page that loads fast on a phone.
- Should the wedding website be public on Google?
- That is your choice and it is worth thinking about. A page that search engines can find is easy for guests to rediscover, but it also means strangers can read it. If you publish it, leave out the full address, your phone number and anything financial — share those on the private invitation instead.
- How far in advance should I send a save-the-date?
- Four to six months ahead for a wedding where guests need to travel or book leave, and about six weeks for a local celebration. A save-the-date only needs the names, the date and the city — the full details can follow on the website.
- Do guests need an app or an account to open it?
- No. A wedding website is just a link. Guests open it in whatever browser they already have, on a phone or a laptop, and nothing needs installing.
- What happens to the website after the wedding?
- Keep it. Swap the schedule for your photographs and a thank-you note, and the same link everyone already has becomes an album your family can revisit.