Examples
Most example round-ups show you screenshots of designs. The part couples actually get stuck on is the wording. Below are ten sections as they appear on a real Simplyweds guest hub, with what each one is for: take them and change the names.
Every good section gives a number, a name, or a date in the first sentence. Anything after that is decoration a guest scrolls past.
Guests read your site standing up, one-handed, usually once. Short paragraphs beat elegant ones.
The parking sentence exists because someone would otherwise text you about parking at 3:40 on the day.
"Black tie optional" means nothing to half your guest list. One clause of plain English fixes it.
Plus ones, children, and gifts read better as one calm sentence on a page than as a conversation.
Two photographs beat twenty. The website is a guide, not an album.
Each one is a section you can add on Simplyweds. See them assembled in the live demo wedding.
The first sentence a guest reads after scanning.
We are getting married on 12 September at the Lyndhurst Barn in Hudson, New York. Everything you need is on this page. Your RSVP is at the bottom.
Answers the only question guests came for.
Saturday, 12 September 2026. Doors at 3:30, ceremony begins promptly at 4:00, dinner at 6:15.
Directions written for someone driving unfamiliar roads.
The Lyndhurst Barn, 41 Old Post Road, Hudson NY. Take Route 9 north and turn at the white gate: GPS will try to send you past it. Free parking on site; cars can stay overnight.
Two options and a deadline, not a list of nine hotels.
We have held rooms at the Hudson Inn until 1 August under "Whitmore Reyes." The Maple House, eight minutes away, is the quieter option.
A label plus a translation of the label.
Cocktail attire: suits and ties, dresses at or below the knee. The ceremony is on grass, so a block heel will treat you better than a stiletto.
Times guests can plan a train around.
3:30 arrival · 4:00 ceremony · 4:45 cocktails on the lawn · 6:15 dinner · 8:00 dancing · 11:30 last shuttle.
One deadline, one place to reply, named seats.
We have reserved 2 seats in your honour. Kindly reply by 1 May, for each name, and tell us about any dietary needs in the same step.
The two sentences that prevent twenty text messages.
Your invitation names everyone we have space for. We love your children, and we have planned this evening as an adults-only celebration.
Short, specific, and free of the word "journey".
We met in the queue for a broken lift in 2019 and spent the next forty minutes talking about nothing. Daniel proposed six years later on the same street.
Gracious, and clear enough that nobody has to ask.
Your presence is the gift. If you would like to give something, we are saving for a long trip to Japan and there is a contribution link below.
Paste these into your own site, change the names and times, and publish when it reads like you.