Love online

NOW, no one says that planning a wedding is easy. In fact, from deciding on who to invite, to picking a date, to picking a theme, venue, and the dreaded seating plan, it can be one stressful event.

So, (and this may be easier said than done) try and keep it as simple as possible. Invest in the help of a wedding planner if your budget will allow, if not, there are plenty of ways to get yourself organised, especially online.

With all the conveniences now offered on the web, it would seem acceptable that you could plan an entire wedding without leaving your couch, although this might not be such a great idea! But it certainly does make the entire planning process much easier.

Theknot.com The ‘google’ for every bride, is a one-stop shop for everything wedding related. Most importantly there is ‘My Knot’, a personal page where couples can create a registry, keep track of their budget, guest list, checklist, as well as create their own personal webpage, complete with pictures and a guest book for visitors to leave good wishes.

Myweddingnotes.com This is the world’s first group wedding planner online. It in fact works like a central database for friends, family, the wedding planner, and the bride and groom to update guest list information, addresses and other essential information. There is also an area for visitors to post notes as well as visit stored information on vendors, the budget and music playlists.

Exclusivelyweddings.com Offering thousands of ideas for the bride and groom when it comes to traditional and non-traditional favours, gifts, honeymoon accessories, invitations, cake toppers and everything else you can imagine. It also offers an Organised Bride Collection, the ultimate in hands-on planning systems, which includes worksheets to guide you through meetings with wedding vendors, binders and easy-to-follow checklists. Other things we love include “Just Married” beach bag and ‘I Love Him/Her’ flip-flops.

Weddingsolutions.com This website goes beyond the wedding webpage, giving brides and grooms the options to create their own wedding website, with their own personal URL. For one-time set-up fee of US$99, the couple will be able to personalise their own page with photographs, music, stories, as well as paste links to their registry and other information. The website also offers links where the couple can publish a wedding journal, and keep tabs on their budget and guestlist.