The Wedding Planning Journal
Guides on invitation wording, etiquette, guest management, design trends and planning your celebration.
- Digital vs Paper Wedding Invitations: Cost, Etiquette & What Guests Prefer — An honest comparison of digital and paper wedding invitations — real costs, etiquette, the environmental difference, Canva vs an invitation website, and when a mix of both works best.
- Wedding RSVP Guide: Timeline, Questions to Ask & Chasing Late Replies — When to set your RSVP deadline, what to ask guests, how online RSVPs compare with reply cards, and exactly how to chase guests who haven't replied.
- How to Make a Wedding Guest List (and Cut It Without the Drama) — A step-by-step method for building your wedding guest list, setting rules for plus-ones and children, handling family pressure, and cutting the list fairly.
- Wedding Hashtag Ideas: 100+ Examples and 7 Formulas That Work — Seven proven formulas for a wedding hashtag, 100+ examples, how to check yours is unique, and where to put it so guests actually use it.
- Wedding Photo Sharing: How to Collect Every Guest Photo With a QR Code — How to collect guest photos with a QR code, set up a shared wedding album, where to put QR codes on invitations and signs, and how to keep it private.
- Wedding Weekend Events: Welcome Drinks, Rehearsal Dinner & Day-After Brunch — Who to invite, who hosts, timing and invitation wording for every event around the wedding — welcome drinks, rehearsal dinner and the day-after brunch.
- How Much Alcohol for a Wedding? The Formula, Bottle Counts & Examples — The simple formula for wedding drinks, how many drinks are in a bottle, worked examples for 50, 100 and 150 guests, and ways to cut the bar bill.
- Wedding Color Palettes: 15 Combinations by Season and Style — Fifteen wedding color palettes organised by season and style, how to build your own around your venue, and how to use your colors on invitations and your website.
- Bilingual Wedding Invitations: How to Word an English & Hindi Invitation — How to create a bilingual English–Hindi wedding invitation: layout options, which parts to translate, ready-to-use bilingual wording and tips for families abroad.
- How Much Does a Wedding Cost? US & UK Averages and a Category Breakdown — What weddings really cost in the US and UK according to the latest studies, cost per guest, a category-by-category split, and how to set your own budget.