Wedding website welcome message examples
A welcome message is the first paragraph guests read when they open your site from their own link. Keep it short, say what the page is for, and point them at the reply.
What the welcome needs to do
Guests usually arrive on a phone, from WhatsApp or email. They want to know they are in the right place, which gatherings are theirs, and how to answer.
The personal invitation already carries their name, a photo, and their own page. The welcome can speak to everyone who was invited. You do not need a different essay for every household.
Write the welcome in the same language as that household's invitation. WeddingBeacon invitations and the guest site are English or French, chosen per household.
Save-the-date welcome
Use this while the schedule is still forming. The invitation can follow later on the same link.
Paste this on the home page. Replace nothing unless you want to add your names.
Welcome. We are getting married, and this page will hold the plans as they settle. For now, please save the date. The invitation will arrive on this same link, with the events you are invited to and a place to reply.
Invitation welcome
Use this when the date, the schedule, and the reply are all on the site.
It names the blocks guests actually look for: schedule, dress code, travel, photos, and the reply.
Welcome to our wedding website. Here you will find the schedule, the dress code, travel notes, photos, and answers to the questions guests often ask. Please reply from your invitation, event by event, so we know who is coming.
Several events
A site can hold up to six events. Each guest sees, and replies to, only the events on their invitation.
Use this when a ceremony, a family gathering, and a reception are not the same list.
Welcome. This celebration has more than one gathering. Your invitation lists only the events you are invited to. Please answer each one, including a no. If we asked, the reply can include the people in your party, a meal, a dietary note, and a song.
Guests who are travelling
Event times stay on the wedding's own clock, with the country named beside them. The hour does not shift to the visitor's phone.
Pair this with the travel notes, once you know how people will get there and where they can stay.
Welcome. If you are coming from another city or another country, the travel notes cover how to get there and where to stay. Times on this site stay on our wedding clock, with the country named, so the hour does not move to match your phone. Reply from your invitation when you know which events you can attend.
Put it on your site
The welcome sits on the home page guests open from their personal link. You can edit the sentences later. The link stays the same.
Free to start. Add the welcome, the schedule, and the reply on that same link.
When you want to see how a full page is arranged, open the wedding website examples.
FAQ
Where should the welcome message sit?
On the home page of the wedding website. Guests open it from the personal link in their WhatsApp message or email.
Should the welcome repeat every guest's name?
The invitation already uses their name. The welcome can speak to everyone who was invited, while each person still opens their own page.
Can the welcome be in French?
Yes. Choose English or French for each household. The guest site is available in those two languages.
What if the plans are not finished?
Use the save-the-date welcome now. Send the invitation later on the same link, when the schedule and the events are ready.