Guide
How to Make a Wedding Website with RSVP (Simple 2026 Guide)
What to put on a wedding website, how online RSVP with meal choices works, free builders vs. a custom site, and when to launch it.
Short answer: a wedding website should include your story, the date and schedule, venue and travel details, hotel blocks, an online RSVP with meal choices, your registry and an FAQ. Launch it when you send save-the-dates (usually six to twelve months out), and set the RSVP deadline about four to six weeks before the wedding so your caterer gets final numbers on time.
What to put on your wedding website
- Home: names, date, location and a great photo
- Our story: how you met and the proposal
- Schedule: ceremony, reception and any rehearsal dinner, brunch or after-party
- Travel: venue address, parking, shuttles, airport and driving tips
- Hotels: room blocks with booking links and deadlines
- RSVP: names, attending or not, meal choices, dietary notes and plus-ones
- Registry: links to where you are registered
- FAQ: dress code, kids, weather plans, accessibility
- Photos: engagement photos now, wedding photos after
How online RSVP works
Guests find their invitation by name, RSVP for their whole household, choose meals and add notes. You get a live guest list you can export for your caterer, planner and seating chart. Good RSVP systems also send reminders to anyone who has not answered.
Free builders vs. a custom wedding website
| Free wedding builders | Custom wedding website | |
|---|---|---|
| Design | Templates | Matches your invitations exactly |
| Domain | Builder's address | Your own domain, like yournames.com |
| RSVP | Basic | Households, meals, plus-ones, reminders, exports |
| Ads and upsells | Often | None |
A custom wedding website makes sense when you want your own domain, a design that matches your stationery or more control over RSVPs.
Wisconsin wedding tips
Up North and Door County weddings need clear driving and lodging details, and fall weddings can bring surprise weather, so add a rain plan. If guests are flying in, list both Milwaukee and Madison airports with drive times.
Frequently asked questions
When should our wedding website go live?
Usually when you send save-the-dates, six to twelve months before the wedding. Add RSVP when invitations go out.
Can guests RSVP for their whole family?
Yes. Households can RSVP together with each person's meal choice and dietary notes.
What happens to the website after the wedding?
Many couples add wedding photos and a thank-you message, then keep the site as a keepsake.