Yesterday, The Center had the pleasure of attending an Ohio Bridal Expo in the Horseshoe Casino’s beautiful, new ballroom. During our time at our booth, we asked engaged couples who approached, “Have you decided upon a venue yet?” Some had chosen, some were considering places, but an overwhelming number of brides-to-be laughed and said, “We haven’t chosen anything yet!” as friends packed their bags with flyers.
That
unified feeling of having a week to do a year’s work inspired us share a quick tip to keep the stress levels down and the
creativity turned up.
Where are you registered? How do we get to the venue? What’s the address for the hotel? What can we do while we’re in town? When is the rehearsal dinner and where’s the restaurant?
Brides-and-grooms-to-be: Questions like these are bound to become part of your theme music over the next year. One quick, cost-effective way to field all of these questions is to create a personal wedding website. From having guests hail from out of town, to having your rehearsal dinner at your favorite hole-in –the-wall that’s hard to find, creating a wedding website is the perfect remedy to both yours and your guests’ detail-related worries.
Here are some examples and ideas of how to get started:
So Many Choices! Okay, so there is one more choice you have to make, but we promise that it will save you time in the long run. There are
many outstanding wedding website services, ranging from roughly $40-$80/year, and some
allow a personalized web address, without including the company name. If you have a more specific idea in mind,
there are even independent website developers who will work with you (sometimes
at a greater cost) to create the perfect site. However, there is a quicker, more cost-effective option...
Freedom
from worry: Wedding Jojo is a free wedding website that allows you to customize
your website to fit a color scheme in keeping with your wedding décor and
personalize your page with photos and stories.
Wedding Jojo
directs you through the entire setup process, allowing you to create and customize options like:
- An Events page (where your guests can RSVP by simply clicking a button)
- A link to your online gift registry
- Maps to the venue/parking lots/rehearsal dinner location, etc.
- They also have a privacy setting that you can elect to activate, ensuring that only those with a password can access your amazing site.
Save the
Date....and Site: It’s a good idea to set up the website as early in the planning as you
possibly can. That way, you can send out the personal URL to your guests on
save-the-date cards and update the site with information as you go!
Sources include: http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/, http://www.weddingjojo.com
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