Streamline Your Wedding Planning with Digital Wedding Invitations

Planning one of the biggest, most joyous milestones in your life should be just that – joyous… and fun. But unfortunately, it doesn’t always end up feeling that way! The endless research, the ever-growing inbox, and the barrage of questions from vendors, wedding guests, friends, and family during the wedding planning process can quickly become overwhelming.

There’s no need to panic though, these days there are a number of helpful tools, solutions, and wedding planning resources available to couples to help them stay on top of their wedding admin. From streamlining the wedding planning by opting for online wedding invitations to RSVP tracking and utilizing your very own, personalized digital checklist (available via the Say I do platform). These are just some of the exciting and super handy wedding planning tools available to soon-to-be-weds to help them along the way.

Digital Wedding Invitations

There’s a lot to consider and numerous decisions to make when planning a wedding but have you thought about how you will communicate your wedding news with your family and friends? It’s certainly fair to say that online wedding invitations have now taken over the traditional method of sending a printed wedding invitation. The majority of couples are now choosing paperless post when it comes to their wedding stationery, saving themselves precious time and money in the process, which they can put towards other aspects of their wedding preparations, and why shouldn’t they? If you’re not quite ready to go 100% digital, don’t worry - you’re not the only ones. We have found that whilst some couples like to choose their own design for the traditional paper wedding invite and/or date cards they are choosing to go digital for everything else - opting for a combination of both online and physical wedding stationery to save the date with their guests and share the details regarding their big day with their loved ones.

Your Wedding Website

Creating a wedding website has fast become an integral part of planning a wedding. It serves as a brilliant central hub where your guests can discover all the important details relating to your big day such as the location, start/finish times, and guest accommodation options. Plus, you can get up and running and publish a beautiful new site within just a few clicks, yes really! If you don’t have a wedding planner at this point, perhaps you might not require one after all. There’s so much tech out there to support you and your partner during this exciting wedding planning journey, but if you’re looking for a quick, easy, and invaluable resource, start with a Say I do account where you can create a super helpful (but totally beautiful) wedding website for you and your wedding guests.

It’s within a hub such as ours that you can design and create your digital wedding invitations (e-vites), manage your guest list, and integrate your seating chart. You don’t have to sacrifice quality or beauty by taking your invitations online though. Customize your design in just a few minutes to match your wedding website and overall wedding theme.

Of course, you want your wedding website and paperless post to look amazing but they need to be functional too, providing your guests with all of the information they require whilst delivering and managing all of the details you need from them too. Therefore, don’t forget to include any RSVP questions that you need answered when you send out your invites. These include dietary requirements, plus ones, accommodation options, etc. Once you’re ready, hit send and your beautiful, personalized invitation will be instantly delivered to your friends and family anywhere in the world.

Collect RSVPs

Sending your invitations via email can save money and save time, plus it will help you stay organized - a powerful combination when planning such a special day, right? Those perfectly thought-out RSVPs will feed straight into your wedding website and automatically update your guest list information. Imagine how less stressed you will be when you don’t need to chase up printing lead times, track lost post or pay for multiple paper goods such as save the dates, date cards, wedding invitations, and thank you cards.

A mountain of admin work is avoided by being able to receive and manage your online RSVPs directly within your wedding website. Tracking replies and sending updates in real-time will leave you feeling totally in control of your wedding planning and that’s because you are! You can even view who has opened their invitation and is yet to reply – a really handy feature for those that need a little bit of extra help rounding up their final guests.

Flexibility with Paperless Post

Digital wedding invitations can also provide you with a huge amount of flexibility. Planning a wedding isn’t always plain sailing, especially when you throw tricky circumstances such as a pandemic into the mix. Throughout the wedding planning journey, there may be moments when you might need to communicate some last-minute changes with your guests, whether that’s updated venue information, weather updates, or essential forgotten details. Luckily you can do this by simply editing your online wedding invitations via your wedding website platform, like Say I do. In fact, you can edit your templates and invitations as many times as you like. Keep your guests informed by sending digital updates via email at the click of a button, and save money on reprinting and resending your traditional paper invitations!

Once you’ve selected your perfect wedding website theme via Say I do and input all of your details, it’s time to start telling your wonderful guests all about the exciting, impending special day. This is the perfect opportunity to let your digital wedding invitations become your dream wedding planning companion, streamlining your plans to perfection.