10 Wedding Websites to use to Plan Your Wedding in the US

Once the just-engaged dust has settled, the fizz has been drunk, and the CONGRATULATIONS have been gratefully received it's time to start the wedding planning! The US certainly isn't short of brilliant wedding advice, inspiration, and guidance but here we've rounded up our top 10 wedding websites to help you prepare for your big day in the US.

1. BRIDES

BRIDES the brand may have been around for 87 years, but this is no stuffy wedding platform. First a beautiful glossy magazine, now a modern tech tool for wedding planning couples the world over. BRIDES provides an expert, inclusive look at the world of weddings, with a diverse content calendar and prolific social media accounts.

2. Collecto

If you're looking for a wedding registry with modern gifts and unique home furnishing options, head to Collecto. This fashion-forward homeware destination and luxury gift registry is home to some of the finest and most distinctive designers. Your wedding is a special day so why not level up your gifts and curate a list personalised to you, packed with gifts that you will love and treasure forever.

3. The Venue Report

The Venue Report's business isn't exclusively weddings but their venue collection of places to celebrate, getaway, and gather is next to none. They have a big focus on helping couples find their dream wedding spaces which you can do by searching by venue type, (camping & glamping, boutique hotel, warehouses and barns included), capacity, or filter through location. Expect your results to be full of beautiful, stylish, exclusive spaces -- perfect for hosting your big day.

4. Green Wedding Shoes

Championing the fact that there is no 'right' way to throw a wedding, Green Wedding Shoes love everything WEDDINGS and claim to be head over heels in love with love! This is demonstrated through their wedding blog content: authentic, feel-good and totally inspiring. From DIY camping adventures to achingly cool loft celebrations; as long as there is individuality, expert photography, and good vibes, you'll find it on Green Wedding Shoes.

5. Net-a-Porter / Mr Porter

For the stylish couple-to-be who want to be fashion-forward for their big day, Net-a-Porter and Mr Porter are the perfect place to hunt down your stylish wedding outfit (and your engagement outfit, and your pre-wedding rehearsal one too!). With a brilliant selection of wedding-worthy dresses, exquisite and unique bridal accessories, and dapper outfit options for the guys, this high-end shopping platform is worth a good browse!

6. Say I do

For staying organised and sharing all the need-to-know details with your guests a custom wedding website from Say I do is essential. Reflect your personal style and the feel of your upcoming wedding through your chosen design and overall vibe (images and quotes included!). Your wedding website will be a key source of information for your loved ones, assisting them with travel details, reminding them of important dates and times, and wedding attire...so make it a good one!

7. MunaLuchi Bride

A specialist resource for brides of colour, MunaLuchi is a blog and vendor directory for brides who crave culture and style. There's a brilliant section on where to find black-owned wedding vendors in your area and their regular blog caters perfectly to the multi-cultural couple. Their mission is to promote positive images of women of color and they do this PERFECTLY!

8. Mint App

Mint is a money management app that brings together all of your finances enabling you to create a wedding budget planner and tracker. Mint's free budgeting tool makes it easy for couples to stick to original plans while setting goals for saving, tracking what's been spent, and ultimately keeping a close eye on those easily escalating costs.

9. Putnam Flower Channel

The wedding planning tool you didn't know you needed until you tried it! Renowned flower pros Putnam & Putnam have designed a platform where couples (and creatives) can digitally design their own floral arrangements and wedding décor. Upload an image of your venue to the Putnam Flower Channel and with more than 500 floral varieties to choose from, start creating your dream floral arrangements. Move over Pinterest, researching creative wedding florals just got very interesting!

10. Junebug Weddings

The team at Junebug Weddings aim to demystify the wedding planning process through inspiring real wedding features, helpful planning advice and information, and genius resources. They're not short of stunning real wedding features and magical engagement photoshoots, and publish both on a very regular basis. Gather indispensable tips and advice while at the same time crushing hard on the perfect ceremony arch!