Wedding website for a Canberra weekend
Canberra celebrations are often quieter than a Sydney weekend, and the guest list is not smaller for it. Parents may still live in Sydney or Melbourne. A few hours on the Federal Highway is a normal way to arrive, and people who leave late miss the start. The website has to give that driver a time before they set off.
The climate is inland. Winters are cold, with frost on spring mornings that look mild by noon. Summers are hot and dry. Spring and autumn are the kinder stretch outdoors, and a note about a layer is worth more than another photo in the group. Guests flying from Melbourne or Brisbane feel the change as soon as they land.
A posting here, a hometown somewhere else
Many Canberra households are here for the public service, a university, or a diplomatic posting. Friends may be in the city for a few years. Parents and aunties are still in Sydney, Melbourne, or another country. The Saturday in Canberra is sometimes separate from a family rite in the hometown the weekend before or after.
Write both if both exist, and invite people only to the one they are attending. Up to six events can live on the site. A cousin driving from Sydney should not be left guessing that the family rite was a different city. Overseas relatives on home leave need the date early. The save-the-date and the invitation can be the same link.
Email at work, WhatsApp at home
Colleagues in Canberra are used to email, and a personal email invite is the right shape for them. Family who will drive or fly still settle the reply in WhatsApp or by SMS. Diplomatic and migrant households often have relatives who answer only on WhatsApp, because that is how they talk to the country they left. A phone call remains how some parents collect a yes.
Each guest is named and opens their own page, with a photo if you add one. Send on WhatsApp, by email, or from your own phone with the link already written. English or French is per household. Record a spoken reply yourself: party size, names, meal, dietary needs, and a song. Clean the numbers first. An Excel or CSV export is enough.
What drivers need before they leave
They need the start, which day is theirs, and a plain travel note: the airport for people flying, and the road from Sydney for people who are not. Say what to wear for a frost morning or a hot afternoon. A short FAQ beats a chain of voice notes. The wedding party page can show both sides.
The clock is the wedding's clock, on the zone you pick for Canberra, labelled with the country. It does not become a Sydney phone's clock. Calendar links stay aligned. There are 30+ designs. Tables are on every plan. The floor-plan drawing is on Standard. A QR pass follows a yes, and the check-in role handles the door.
The starting plan
Canberra couples can begin with the website, RSVP, a table list, guest passes, and card gifts. That includes 30 WhatsApp messages, 50 email invites, and 10 AI answers.
Free to start.
Editors, the door, and Bea
An editor can build the page with you. The check-in role sees arrivals and can undo a mistake, without gifts or the website. Bea answers questions and can set up the site and the list. Confirm before a send, a publish, or a delete. A Zola, The Knot, or Joy link is previewed first and uses 10 AI credits. Guestbook notes and photos can be collected on the day.
Gifts named in Australian dollars
Someone driving from Sydney will still ask what to give, and the family will name an Australian dollar figure. The plan and the card gift are charged in US dollars. Basic is $79, Standard is $149, and Season is $649, once each. Season is five weddings sharing one message balance. The guest picks an amount and a note. You see the name and the total once a payout bank is connected. A honeymoon fund or a link to another registry can sit with it.
Standard and Season include an RSVP confirmation, reminders for people who have not replied, a day-of note, and a thank-you. That is the nudge for drivers the week before.
FAQ
Our family rite is in Sydney and the celebration is in Canberra. Can both be on the site?
Yes. Add them as separate events and invite each guest only to the ones they should attend. A driver needs the Canberra time before they leave.
Will colleagues and relatives get the same kind of invite?
Each person gets their own page. Email suits many colleagues. WhatsApp, or a link from your own phone, suits family. You can type in a reply that arrived as a text.
What do we pay?
US dollars. Basic is $79, Standard is $149, and Season is $649, paid once. Guests may still think of a gift in Australian dollars. Free to start.
Does the time change on a phone set to Sydney?
No. The hour stays on the wedding's clock, with the country labelled. The calendar link uses that hour.