Wedding Website RSVP: How to Collect RSVPs Online (UK Guide)
Reply cards go missing. They arrive with no name. Guests forget to post them. A few weeks after the invites go out, you are staring at a stack of envelopes and a spreadsheet that only one of you understands.
A wedding website RSVP is the same job in a couple dashboard: who is coming, what they are eating, and whether they are bringing someone. It is not magic. It is a form. It is still worth doing if you have more than a handful of guests.
What the form needs to collect
Attendance. A yes or a no. If some people are ceremony-only and some stay for the evening, say so on the form.
Name. Make it required. Reply cards are famous for arriving unsigned.
Dietary tags and meal choices. Three-course RSVPs need a place to land. A free-text box is better than nothing. Named tags (vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and so on) are easier to hand to a caterer.
Plus-ones. If you offered one, let them add a name and a meal. If you did not, do not show the field as if you did.
Song requests stay off this list. We do not collect them.
Paper vs a page
Paper still does ceremony. A card on the doormat is an object. Older relatives who will not open a link get something they can hold. For the honest paper-versus-site split, see wedding website vs paper invites.
The site does logistics. You edit the deadline. You see who has not replied. You are not reprinting an insert when the evening start time moves.
You will still chase people. An online form does not stop your uncle ignoring the link. A week before the deadline, a short message to the names that have not come in is enough. Keep it light.
Free RSVPs exist
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 choice.
Hitched has a real RSVP. Couples on Hitched Talk also report login friction — QR codes that send guests into a sign-up or the app. Treat those as Talk reports, not a teardown we ran. Officially, Hitched describes RSVP as a name search. Both can be true. See Hitched alternative and Is Bridebook free?.
If you only need a pretty RSVP page, look at Joy before you look at us. If a free Hitched or Bridebook site already does what your guests need, keep it.
Where Tie The Knot fits
Tie The Knot is the other model. £249, paid once. Lifetime access. 30-day money-back. Five templates: Modern Fresh, Romantic Classic, Boho Chic, Classic, and Luxury.
RSVPs collect three-course meal choices, dietary tags, and plus-ones in the couple dashboard, without sending guests into a supplier app. You also get the guest website, a shared planning board, a linked budget tracker, and a drag-and-drop table planner. Gift registry and cash funds. Guest photo gallery (QR, no app, no login). Multi-day timelines. Hotel and taxi info.
No supplier ads on the site or the planner. We do not replace Bridebook or Hitched for finding a barn. Find the venue there. Put the guests, the meals, and the room here. Support: hello@tietheknot.uk.
The guest site is the public half. The planner is for you. Put the RSVP next to the other things guests actually need — venue, travel, hotels — so the reply is one visit. See what to put on your wedding website.
If you want those sections in one planning suite, start on tietheknot.uk — £249 once, lifetime access, 30-day money-back.
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