Wedding website for a Calgary weekend
Calgary guests do not all live in Calgary. Edmonton is a highway, about three hours when the road is clear, and people still try to treat it as a nearby suburb. Relatives from Vancouver or Toronto land in the northeast. If the page does not say which day is theirs, they will invent one from a photo.
The temperature swings. A chinook can make a winter afternoon feel mild, and the next morning is sharp again. Summer is bright and can include hail. June evenings still want a layer, and May can freeze. Guests from the coast will not pack for that unless you write it down.
The north-east, the river, and Edmonton
South Asian households in the north-east, around Saddle Ridge and Martindale, often have more than one gathering, and the Beltline is not a quick loop back. Kensington and the river are another side of the city from the south. Deerfoot at the wrong hour is the delay people forget to mention.
Edmonton cousins need a start time before they leave, not a pin at noon. If one part of the weekend is a drive west toward the mountains, that part is its own event. The highway will not close the gap between a ceremony and a dinner. Six gatherings is the ceiling if the weekend needs every one of them. Invite each guest only to the days that include them. The save-the-date and the invitation share a link, so the page they use to book is the page they use to reply.
Stampede week, email, and WhatsApp
In mid-July the city fills for the Stampede, so out-of-town guests need the date early or a room will not be there. Colleagues usually want email. Family in Edmonton, and relatives in India, the Philippines, Nigeria, or the UK, usually answer on WhatsApp. A phone call is still how some parents give a yes.
Name every guest, and add a photo if you have one. Their link opens their page. Send on WhatsApp, by email, or from your own phone with the text already in place. English or French can differ by household. Record a spoken reply with the party size, names, meal, dietary needs, and a song. Run a clean on the phone numbers before anyone is messaged. An Excel or CSV file is enough, and an Edmonton mobile will not always match a Calgary code.
The starting plan
Calgary couples can open on the starting plan: the website, RSVP, seating, guest passes, and card gifts. It includes 30 WhatsApp messages, 50 email invites, and 10 AI answers.
Free to start.
Mountain time on purpose
The hour stays on Mountain time, on the zone you pick for Calgary, with the country labelled. It does not become a Vancouver evening or a Toronto night. Calendar links stay on that hour. Designs in the catalog number 30+. The wedding party page can list both families in the order you set.
Tables are on every plan, and the pass may show one. The floor-plan drawing is included in Standard. After a yes, that named guest can be given a QR pass. The check-in role sees arrivals and can undo a tap, without gifts or the website editor. Bea can help, and you confirm before anything goes out or is removed. A Zola, The Knot, or Joy paste is previewed first and uses 10 AI credits.
The figure people say out loud
In conversation a cash gift is in Canadian dollars. The plan and a card gift are charged in US dollars, paid once: Basic $79, Standard $149, Season $649. Season lets a planner run five weddings on one shared message balance. Each giver sets an amount and may write a few words, visible after a payout bank is connected, next to a honeymoon fund if you add one.
Follow-up on Standard and Season
Those two plans send an RSVP confirmation, reminders for guests who have not answered, a day-of note, and a thank-you when the Edmonton drive is still short of replies.
Vancouver, Toronto, and Canada
Vancouver's rain is a different packing list, and Toronto's map is a different problem. Those pages are the other city guides in this set. The Canada page holds the zones together, including what happens to a relative in Saskatchewan when the clocks change.
FAQ
Can Edmonton guests and a mountain hour be separate RSVPs?
Treat the highway north and the mountain hour as separate replies. A driver needs the Calgary time before leaving, and a gathering toward the mountains is not the same invitation as the city day.
Friends use email and family uses WhatsApp. Where do answers land?
Answers land together. Each person gets a personal link by email, on WhatsApp, or from your phone. If the yes arrives as a text or a call, enter it on the list yourself. A household can be set to English or to French.
What should we say about a chinook?
Say that the temperature can swing inside a day, and that a coat still belongs in the car. Summer can bring hail. May can still freeze overnight.
What is the price for a Calgary page?
Settled once, in US dollars: $79, $149, and $649. Naming the gift in Canadian dollars does not change the invoice. Free to start.