How to Create a Wedding Website in the UK: Step-by-Step
You can get a wedding website live without treating it like a second job. Pick a platform, pick a template, put the facts guests actually need on the page, and send the link.
This is the UK version of that list. Free marketplace sites exist. A paid planning suite exists. You do not have to pretend one of those is a monthly-fee trap.
1. Choose the platform
Bridebook, Hitched, and Joy do not charge couples a monthly fee. We are not going to pretend they do. They stay free because venues pay, or because the product is a pretty RSVP page. That is a fair £0 start. See free wedding websites UK.
Tie The Knot is the other model: a guest website plus a planning suite, no marketplace. £249 once, lifetime access, 30-day money-back. Five templates: Modern Fresh, Romantic Classic, Boho Chic, Classic, and Luxury.
Pick the platform first so you are not halfway through one and switching. If you still need a venue, use Bridebook or Hitched for that search. We do not replace them for finding a barn.
2. Choose a template
Do not overthink it. Modern and clean, or warm and classic, or something quieter. On Tie The Knot those five names are the real list. Colour palettes can wait. Getting the page live matters more than matching the napkins.
3. Put the facts on the page
Work through this in order:
- Names and date, unmissable.
- Ceremony and reception: full venue names, addresses, arrival time, what happens when.
- RSVP: deadline, meal choices, dietary tags, plus-ones. We do not collect song requests. See wedding website RSVP.
- Travel: postcode, parking, station, taxi.
- Hotels: any block you booked, plus a few nearby.
- Gift registry and cash funds, if you have them.
The guest site is the public half. The planning board, budget tracker, and table planner are for you and your partner. You do not have to put the seating plan on the open page. For the full contents list, see what to put on your wedding website.
4. Add the bits that feel like you
A short how-you-met. A few photos you already have. An FAQ built from the questions in your group chat: kids, dress code, evening-only, parking.
The guest photo gallery (QR, no app, no login) can wait until you want it. It is not required to send the link.
5. Share it
The useful time to share is with save-the-dates, so guests have one URL from the start. Put it on the card if you are sending paper. Say the RSVP deadline in the same message. For paper versus a page, see wedding website vs paper invites.
Where Tie The Knot fits
You get the guest website plus a shared planning board, a linked budget tracker, and a drag-and-drop table planner. RSVPs collect three-course meal choices, dietary tags, and plus-ones in the couple dashboard, without sending guests into a supplier app. Gift registry and cash funds. Guest photo gallery. Multi-day timelines. Hotel and taxi info.
No supplier ads on the site or the planner. Support: hello@tietheknot.uk.
If you only need a pretty RSVP page, look at Joy. If a free Hitched or Bridebook site already does what your guests need, keep it.
If you want those sections in one planning suite, start on tietheknot.uk — £249 once, lifetime access, 30-day money-back.
Photo: Christin Hume / Unsplash.