Everyone has a smart phone now in our generation and it’s starting to be more acceptable to send out digital invitations through wedding websites and wedding days are no different! There are obviously some pros and cons to this, but I’ve always been obsessed with apps and technology that makes life more efficient and gives you more possibilities.

1. Digital invitations help you save money on your wedding day

I know that it is a different experience to have a tangible wedding invitation to send out to your friends and family, but there are just so many pros to having a digital invitation. When Cristian and I were planning our wedding in 2021, there was just so much we were unsure about. We were living in the most locked down city in the world (Melbourne). We didn’t even know if we would be out of lockdown by our wedding day. Our circumstance was not unique and there were many more couples who suffered with postponements and not having any family present because of travel restrictions, but one thing that did ease our mind was that the online invitations allowed us to change our wedding date without having to spend more money to re-print physical invitations.

Now for the specific functions that withjoy.com (a FREE wedding website) gives you:

2. Wedding countdown

This is a once in a life time experience and it isn’t a time that will last forever. You will be married for the rest of your life, but you’ll only be engaged just for this season. Your wedding website can be a place to show off your engagement photos and get people counting down until your wedding day!

3. Clickable links – your wedding venue address and save to calendar

One thing that really stresses me out is when people get the address wrong and go to the wrong place, but this will never happen if you are able to link everyone to the correct address, which they are able to click and add it to their calendar. There’s really no way they can get it wrong with one click.

4. Communicate with everyone who is invited to your wedding all at once

The last thing you want is to communicate important information to everyone separately. You’re also able to add extra information like directions for parking, where to stay nearby and what to wear on the wedding day. You can also notify people of any last minute changes and make announcements with a banner on your wedding website.

5. It allows you to discreetly ask for money as a wedding gift in a positive way

If you’re like me, the only thing you wanted was money as a gift from the wedding day and while it is technically normalised to give money as a gift, there really is no polite way to ask for it. With your website you’re able to show your guests what they’re contributing to with their money such as contributions to your honeymoon fund, your wedding photography or your wedding catering.

6. A place to tell your story together before your wedding day

At every wedding, it is a gathering of all friends and family from two people’s separate lives. While you might be close with some people at your wedding day, there are usually people you’ve never met from your fiancé’s side. On your website there’s also fun sections you can add like the story of how you met so that everyone can start getting the feels before your wedding day, especially for the people you don’t really know that well yet!