What is a wedding website and which sections should it include?

A wedding website is a page of your own where guests find everything they need to know about the day: where, when, how to get there, what to wear, where to sleep and how to RSVP. It replaces the hundred-person WhatsApp group and the forty times you would otherwise tell the same story.

Wedding website vs. digital invitation: the same thing?

Practically speaking, yes. The difference is emphasis: a digital wedding invitation leads with the moment of inviting (cover, names, date, emotion), while a wedding website leads with the day's information. In practice they are now one piece: a single address that does both.

The sections that belong

1. Cover: your names, the date, the place. Nothing else.
2. Your story: how you got here, in three paragraphs at most.
3. The day: ceremony, cocktails, dinner and party with real timings.
4. Getting there: exact address, map, parking and transport options.
5. Dress code: explained in human terms, with a nod to the terrain (grass, sand, stairs).
6. Accommodation: two or three options with prices and discount codes.
7. RSVP: the reply form always one tap away.
8. FAQs: children or not, what time it ends, drinks, the rain plan.
9. Gift registry: discreet, at the end, never on the cover.

The sections that almost always go

• A giant countdown filling the whole screen (a small one is charming).
• Twenty photos placed before the practical information.
• A guestbook nobody fills in.
• Music that starts on its own: the number one reason people close the tab.

Getting the order right

Order matters more than quantity. Simple rule: the more urgent for the guest, the higher it goes. Someone opening the site two months out wants the date and venue; someone opening it the night before wants the shuttle time. A short, fixed menu at the top solves both.

What goes in each section

What holds couples up is not choosing the sections, it is filling them. Quick guide:

The day

Do not just write "ceremony 6 pm". Give the arrival time, which is what guests actually need:

5:30 pm — Arrival and welcome 6:00 pm — Ceremony in the garden 7:00 pm — Drinks reception 9:00 pm — Dinner 11:30 pm — Bar and dancing 4:00 am — Last shuttle

Getting there

Three things: a copyable exact address, a map link and one line about parking. If there is a shuttle, it goes here and in its own section.

Accommodation

Two or three options with rough prices and a code if you have one. Add the real distance to the venue: "10 minutes by car" is worth more than the hotel's name.

FAQ

The most underrated section. These eight cover 90% of what you will be asked:

• Can I bring children?
• What time does it finish?
• Is there an open bar?
• What happens if it rains?
• Can I bring a plus-one?
• Is there parking?
• Can we take photos during the ceremony?
• Is there a vegetarian option?

Free or paid wedding website

Some platforms offer one free within their service, and for a simple local wedding that can be enough. The differences show once things get complex: your own address, no third-party ads, several languages and an RSVP that asks exactly what you need.

We go into it properly, with a comparison table, in free vs. professional wedding website.

Mistakes that keep repeating

Publishing late. Wait until everything is settled and you will launch with two months to go, having lost half the value.

Copying another wedding's structure. No shuttles means no empty transport section. No dress code means do not invent one.

Copy that is too long. Nobody reads five paragraphs about how you met in the schedule section. One job per section.

Not testing on a phone. 85% of guests will open it on mobile. If you have to pinch-zoom, something is wrong.

Forgetting the RSVP deadline. It belongs on the cover, not just inside the form.

When to publish it

As soon as your date and venue are confirmed, even with details missing. A site published with 70% of the information and updated later works far better than a perfect one that arrives late — precisely because it can be edited, which paper cannot, as we explain in the digital vs. paper comparison.

Our usual approach: publish early as a save the date with two sections, then expand to the full website once logistics are settled. Same link, nobody needs telling twice.

Frequently asked questions

How many sections is too many? Past nine or ten, people stop navigating. If you need more, group them: "Getting there" can hold parking and shuttles.

Do we need our own domain? Not essential, but it looks better and sticks in the memory. Our Signature and Atelier plans include one.

Does the website replace the WhatsApp group? Almost. The group survives, but it stops being where people ask about the shuttle time forty times.

Can we see it before sharing it? Always. It is published on a private link, you review it, and it only goes out once you say so.