The Wedding30s Blog
Curated guides to help you plan, design and share your wedding website. Templates, RSVP tips, video invitations and more.
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How to Find a Couple's Wedding Website (The Knot, Zola)
Find a couple's wedding website or registry on The Knot, Zola, Minted or Joy, what to do when the search shows nothing, and why some sites never appear.
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How to Plan a Wedding Step by Step: A 10-Step Guide
Wedding planning in the right order: budget, guest list, date, venue, vendors, website, RSVPs, menu, seating and the day itself. Free templates included.
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How Much Does a Wedding Planner Cost? Pricing Explained
What wedding planners charge: full service, partial planning and day-of coordination, flat fee or a percentage of the budget, and what to ask first.
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Wedding Catering Cost Per Person: What You Really Pay
Wedding catering averages about $80 per person in the US, before bar, service charge and tax. What the price includes and what to ask the caterer.
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How Much Does a Wedding Cost in 2026? A Realistic Breakdown
The average US wedding costs about $34,000, but guest count changes everything. What each part costs, how to estimate yours and where to cut.
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WedSites vs LumiWed vs Wedding30s: Bilingual Wedding Websites
Price, languages, AI or manual translation, RSVP per language and time online. Three multilingual wedding website builders, checked in October 2026.
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Getting Married in Spain: A Wedding Website Every Guest Can Read
What foreign guests need to know about a Spanish wedding: late dinners, transfers, dress code and gifts. And how to give them a site in English and Spanish.
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How to RSVP on The Knot and Zola (Guests and Couples)
How to RSVP on a Knot or Zola wedding website, why your name is not found, and how couples set up, edit and close RSVPs, from their own help pages.
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Free Wedding Seating Chart Template (Excel, Alphabetical)
Free wedding seating chart for Excel or Google Sheets: counts each table, flags any over capacity and sorts into an alphabetical list. No sign-up.
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Free Wedding Day Timeline Template (with a 4pm Example)
Download a free wedding day timeline for Excel or Google Sheets: type the start time and every other time updates itself. With a 4pm ceremony example.
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Free Wedding Checklist Template (Excel & Google Sheets)
Free wedding checklist for Excel or Google Sheets: 39 tasks month by month, a status for each and a summary that flags what is overdue. No sign-up.
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Beef or Fish? Whether to Offer a Wedding Meal Choice
Should you offer guests a choice of beef or fish at your wedding? What it costs you, the two-choice rule, the meals that are not optional, and deadlines.
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How to Delete Your Wedding Website on The Knot or Zola
Can you delete a wedding website on The Knot or Zola? Not quite. How to deactivate it, hide it from Google or close the account, quoted from their help.
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Free Wedding Budget Spreadsheet Template (No Email)
Free wedding budget spreadsheet for Excel or Google Sheets: 24 categories, budgeted vs actual, deposits, balance due and cost per guest. No sign-up.
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Free Wedding Guest List Template (Excel, Formulas Done)
Download a free wedding guest list template for Excel or Google Sheets, with a summary sheet that counts RSVPs and meals by itself. No sign-up, no email.
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Food Allergies on the Wedding RSVP: A Complete Guide
How to handle food allergies and intolerances on your wedding RSVP. What to ask on the form, how to communicate with the caterer, and sample allergy notices for guests.
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RSVP Dietary Restrictions: Wording + 6 FAQs
How to ask about dietary restrictions on your wedding RSVP: wording to copy, the 6 questions couples ask and where each platform stores the answers.
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Wedding Website Etiquette: What to Include (And What to Skip)
The five things a wedding website actually needs and the eight wedding-blog favourites you should skip. Less is more, every time.
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Save the Date Digital: Email, WhatsApp or Wedding Website?
Honest comparison of the three formats actually working in 2026 for sending Save the Date messages. When to use each one, and the hybrid that wins.
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How to Create Your Wedding Website in 5 Minutes
A step-by-step guide to building your wedding website in five minutes. What to prepare, what to skip, and how to publish without overthinking it.
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Digital Wedding Invitation Ideas: 12 Formats for 2026
Twelve digital wedding invitation formats actually working in 2026 — wedding websites, QR codes, RSVP forms, bilingual pages and more. Honest pros and cons.
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Wedding Website with RSVP: What Couples Actually Need in 2026
What an online RSVP form should include, what to skip, and how to keep guests from abandoning the form. Real lessons from running RSVP flows on real weddings.
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How to Manage Your Wedding Guest List Online (Without Spreadsheets)
Why spreadsheets break at 30 guests, and the dashboard that replaces them: plus ones, dietary needs, late repliers and the day before.
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Wedding Photo Gallery and QR Code: What Your Site Includes
How the QR code on your wedding website works, how the photo gallery is built, and your options if you want guests to upload their own shots.
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Why Your Wedding Website Isn't Showing Up on Google
Want your wedding website found on Google, or hidden for good? What The Knot, Zola and others do, quoted from their own help pages, and how long it takes.
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Online Wedding Menu Selection: How to Let Guests Choose Their Plate
How to collect menu choices online without spreadsheet chaos. Form fields that work, common mistakes, and what to hand the venue two days before.
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Is a Free Wedding Website Really Free? What Costs Extra (2026)
When a free wedding website is enough, when it backfires, and what you actually pay for in a paid one. Honest comparison from someone who sells one.
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Bilingual wedding menu: how to stop guests picking the wrong dish
When half your guests do not read the language of your RSVP form, meal choices become a problem. Here is how to handle menu selection in a bilingual wedding, platform by platform.
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How to create a wedding guest list online: the complete guide (2026)
The fields every guest actually needs, how to automate RSVPs instead of chasing replies, and why a shared spreadsheet stops working past 80 guests. With a comparison of the three real ways to run it.
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Bilingual wedding websites: what the big platforms actually offer (2026)
Zola, The Knot and Joy do not give your guests a language switcher. Here is what each one actually offers, which platforms do it properly, and when writing everything twice is good enough.
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